Tampa (Florida) DJ Pickett, a Zephyrhills 247Sports Composite five-star cornerback, announced his top five schools on Friday night. He told 247Sports that he has down his options to “Georgia, Oregon, Michigan, LSU, and Miami.”
“These five schools, the connections I have with the coaches,” Pickett went on to say. “The top five I won’t be going anywhere else. “Those five will also be my official visits.”
Pickett spoke with 247Sports about his recent visits to Miami, LSU, and Oregon on Thursday night, starting with his homecoming to Coral Gables.
“That was good,” Pickett said. His cousin edge rusher Booker Pickett Jr. signed with Miami in the 2024 cycle, a haul that finished No. 3 nationally per 247Sports. “I was chilling with my cousin Booker and being around him at the same school is something you can’t really ask for. That was pretty big. Hopefully I’ll be able to play with him again too.”
Tabbed by the 247Sports Composite as the No. 1 recruit in Florida and No. 7 player in the land, Pickett says he’ll be back at Miami for a spring practice.
“It’s not too far from home,” Pickett said before going into what else is catching his eye. “The people like Coach Cristobal. And then I got my cousin there. I know that I’ll be good and they have that good d-line and that’s a big part for DBs. And it just run-in the family. We’ll see.”
Pickett visited LSU in the middle of last week where he reconnected with defensive backs Corey Raymond who was his lead recruiter at Florida.
“Me and him have a good relationship,” Pickett said. “When he was at Florida I was liking Florida a lot. Him at LSU makes it better.”
Pickett plans to get to a spring practice in Baton Rouge as well. Brian Kelly and his staff are in the mix to sign the nation’s No. 1 class in 2025. Pickett would go a long way towards that.
“Just the people around the building,” Pickett said of what’s catching his eye. “Coach Baker is a good guy. Coach Kelly is good and then it’s just they have a mission to win the National Championship and this 2025 class they’re building that’s a special group to be a part of and that’s big.”
Pickett loved his previous visit to Oregon for a game during the fall and he returned this past weekend.
“It was good,” Pickett said. “It was for my mom to see it. She liked the school, she liked the people around the building and things like that. We looked at their dorms, just did a tour.”
Oregon will get an official visit from Pickett down the road.
