Introducing the top 10 safeties in the Class of 2023

With Signing Day in the rearview mirror for the Class of 2022, the attention now turns to the junior class. It’s a class that features three Five-Star Plus+ prospects. It also includes seven safeties among the top 100 prospects in the country and 16 in the top 200. On3 looks at the nation’s best safeties in the 2023 cycle and where things stand in their recruitment.

1. Caleb Downs
School: Hoschton (Ga.) Mill Creek
On3 Consensus: No. 8
On3 NIL Valuation: $26K
Status: Uncommitted
On3 RPM: Georgia 82.1%, Alabama 8.2%, Clemson 5.1%, Notre Dame 2.6%

2. Tony Mitchell
School: Alabaster (Ala.) Thompson
On3 Consensus: No. 19
On3 NIL Valuation: $31K
Status: Uncommitted
On3 RPM: Alabama 96.4%, Auburn <1%, Georgia <1%

3. Joenel Aguero
School: Danvers (Mass.) St. John’s Prep
On3 Consensus: No. 32
On3 NIL Valuation: $53K
Status: Uncommitted
On3 RPM: Georgia 97.3%, Alabama <1%

4. Peyton Bowen
School: Denton (Texas) Guyer
On3 Consensus: No. 53
On3 NIL Valuation: $18K
Status: Committed to Notre Dame
On3 RPM: N/A

5. Derek Williams
School: New Iberia (La.) Westgate
On3 Consensus: No. 56
On3 NIL Valuation: $8.2K
Status: Uncommitted
On3 RPM: Ole Miss 35.7%, Michigan 35.7%

6. Dalton Brooks
School: Shiner (Texas)
On3 Consensus: No. 59
On3 NIL Valuation: $26K
Status: Uncommitted
On3 RPM: Texas 25.9%, Texas A&M 25.9%, Notre Dame 25.9%

7. Makari Vickers
School: Tallahassee (Fla.) John Paul II Catholic
On3 Consensus: No. 84
On3 NIL Valuation: $23K
Status: Uncommitted
On3 RPM: Florida State 34.8%, Alabama 34.8%, Texas 12.2%, Florida 12.2%

8. Adon Shuler
School: Irvington (N.J.)
On3 Consensus: No. 125
On3 NIL Valuation: $18.7K
Status: Committed to Notre Dame
On3 RPM: N/A

9. Ryan Yaites
School: Denton (Texas) Guyer
On3 Consensus: No. 126
On3 NIL Valuation: $13.1K
Status: Uncommitted
On3 RPM: Notre Dame 56.8%, LSU 19.8%, Ole Miss 19.8%

10. Rahmir Stewart
School: Philadelphia (Pa.) Imhotep Institute
On3 Consensus: No. 131
On3 NIL Valuation: $10.4K
Status: Uncommitted
On3 RPM: Penn State 47.7%, West Virginia 24.2%, Texas A&M 8.5%, Tennessee 8.5%