Elite DB Makari Vickers Has Oklahoma in Top 3

Vickers is rated the No. 5 safety in the 2023 recruiting class in 247Sports' composite rankings.

John E. Hoover|

Visiting his three favorite schools in June only confirmed what Florida defensive back Makari Vickers thought.

His top three schools are Alabama, Michigan and Oklahoma.

Vickers, a 4-star safety from Tallahassee, announced his official top three via social media on Tuesday.

The 6-foot-1, 180-pound Vickers visited Norman on June 3, Ann Arbor on June 10 and Tuscaloosa on June 17.

Vickers also has offers from Arizona State, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Florida State, Georgia, Louisville, LSU, Miami, Oregon, Stanford, Tennessee, Texas, USC and Virginia Tech, among others.

According to the 247 Sports Composite rankings, Vickers is the No. 5-ranked safety in the nation and the No. 85 overall prospect. Rivals, which lists Vickers as a cornerback, ranks him No. 14 nationally at his position and No. 94 among all prospects.

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Published Jul 12, 2022

JOHN E. HOOVER

John is an award-winning journalist whose work spans five decades in Oklahoma, with multiple state, regional and national awards as a sportswriter at various newspapers. During his newspaper career, John covered the Dallas Cowboys, the Kansas City Chiefs, the Oklahoma Sooners, the Oklahoma State Cowboys, the Arkansas Razorbacks and much more. In 2016, John changed careers, migrating into radio and launching a YouTube channel, and has built a successful independent media company, DanCam Media. From there, John has written under the banners of Sporting News, Sports Illustrated, Fan Nation and a handful of local and national magazines while hosting daily sports talk radio shows in Oklahoma City, Tulsa and statewide. John has also spoken on Capitol Hill in Oklahoma City in a successful effort to put more certified athletic trainers in Oklahoma public high schools. Among the dozens of awards he has won, John most cherishes his national "Beat Writer of the Year" from the Associated Press Sports Editors, Oklahoma's "Best Sports Column" from the Society of Professional Journalists, and Two "Excellence in Sports Medicine Reporting" Awards from the National Athletic Trainers Association. John holds a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications from East Central University in Ada, OK. Born and raised in North Pole, Alaska, John played football and wrote for the school paper at Ada High School in Ada, OK. He enjoys books, movies and travel, and lives in Broken Arrow, OK, with his wife and two kids.

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