Official Visitor Preview

Here on the last official visit weekend of the 2018 recruiting cycle Florida will play host to three prospects, while keeping an eye on some of their biggest remaining overall targets who are visiting elsewhere.

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* Alley: Lamar had an 'amazing' in-home visit Thursday night

* Alley Insider: Gouraige weekend plans

* The latest on Silvera and Chatfield

* Five Most Likely

* The Big Board: Look at the remaining targets

* McDowell flips to Florida

* Long, winding road coming to an end for Petit-Frere

* The Inside Scoop: Updates on a couple of visitors

* Alley Insider: Barnes and Montilus updated

* Alley Insider: The latest on four-star JUCO defensive tackle

* Alley Insider: Tight end Matt Alaimo updated

* After visit, McDowell down to two

* Lamar has 'amazing' visit to Florida

* The latest on Caleb Tannor and Caleb Johnson

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Doesn't it seem like Florida has been recruiting Copeland for almost a decade now? Yes, the Gators were the first to offer way back when, but even with that being the case, this recruiting process seems like it has gone on for forever and a day. Either way, it will end on Wednesday when he signs with either Alabama or Florida. Since the Gators added Billy Gonzales to the staff, it feels as though this has been slowly trending Florida's way, but it is never a 'gimme' to take a Tide target.

At one point about a month or so ago, Florida was heavily trending upward, but now, even despite the visit this weekend, it doesn't appear that this match is going to happen. Watch out for Texas A&M here.

The fact that he made the visit is good news for the Gators, whose coaches have a pre-existing relationship with Lovett from their time in Starkville. However, it would take a being 'blown away' type of visit for Florida to pull him out of the Magnolia State in general, likely Starkville in particular.

2/2: Auburn

2/2: Auburn

2/2: Ohio State

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