Florida offers 2025 4-star OT Mason Short

Evans (Ga.) four-star offensive tackle Mason Short received an offer from Florida on Saturday night. He announced the news over social media.

Short is the No. 32 overall prospect and No. 2 offensive tackle in the 2025 cycle, according to the On3 Consensus, a complete and equally weighted industry-generated average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He is also the No. 5 player in Georgia.

Honored and grateful to have received an offer from the University of Florida!! #GoGators🐊 @coach_bnapier @CoachRobSale @GatorsFB pic.twitter.com/ZlHlgoupXz

— Mason Short ✞ ♹ ♷ (@MasonShort_) November 13, 2022

The 6-foot-7, 280-pound prospect spent the day on an unofficial visit to the Gators. Florida ended up defeating South Carolina 38-6.

According to the On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine, it is a very tight race for Short’s commitment. Right now, Georgia holds a close lead at 32.4%.

RPM was released to the public in December. The On3 engineering group teamed up with Spiny.ai to create the industry’s first algorithm and machine learning-based product to predict where athletes will attend college. 

It factors in machine learning, social sentiment, visits and historical trends. However, expert predictions are still a big piece of the RPM equation.

For more Florida recruiting intel, check out Gators Online.

The Gators currently do not have any commitments in their 2025 recruiting class. Meanwhile Florida’s 2024 recruiting class contains two prospects in Atlanta Woodward Academy four-star linebacker Myles Graham and North Palm Beach (Fla.) The Benjamin School four-star running back Chauncey Bowens.

Short has an On3 NIL Valuation of $68K. The On3 NIL Valuation is an index that looks to set the standard market value for both high school and college-level athletes. The NIL valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a certain moment in time.