The football offers piled up for Walter Clayton Jr. in high school — scholarship opportunities to play safety at Power Five programs that promised stability and a clearer path to the next level. But the Florida Gators guard had a different vision for his future, one that’s now playing out in March Madness glory.

Maryland coach Kevin Willard, among others, say Florida point guard Walter Clayton Jr.'s game reminds him of Steph Curry

The All-American guard for the top-seeded Gators never panics, rarely presses and usually performs with a subtle smoothness that’s hard to find at the college level.