Miami offers 3-star 2024 IOL Joseph Ionata

Clearwater (Fla.) Calvary Christian three-star interior offensive lineman Joseph Ionata received an offer from Miami Wednesday morning. He announced the news on Twitter

Ionata is the No. 680 overall prospect and No. 51 interior offensive lineman in the 2024 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. 95 player in Florida.

The offer from Miami is the third Power Five offer for the 6-foot-3, 260-pound Ionata.

#AGTG After a great conversation with @CoachMirabal I received the best Christmas Present of an Offer to The University of Miami‼️ @CanesFootball @coach_cristobal @CoachEdPata @coachstroud @Andrew_Ivins @GabyUrrutia247 @adamgorney #GoCanes #Canes #blessed pic.twitter.com/EvpDfJcTsK

— Joseph Ionata (@joseph_ionata) December 28, 2022

The On3 Recruiting Prediction Machine currently has USF with a narrow lead over Appalachian State and Duke as the favorite to land a commitment from Ionata. The Bulls sit at 30% while Appalachian State is at 27% and Duke is at 23%.

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.