Florida Gators transfer and Rivals five-star cornerback Chris Steele may not be headed to the University of Oregon after all.

Amid recruiting rumblings stemming from a Trojan Insider report that the 6-foot, 180-pound cornerback, out of St. John Bosco High School (Bellflower, California), took a visit to USC on Monday, a source close to Steele’s recruitment clarified his status.

“He is going to USC,” the source said.

Steele, who originally committed to Florida on national television during the All-American Bowl in January, was an early enrollee in Gainesville.

In early May, however, he entered the NCAA transfer portal and announced his commitment to the Oregon Ducks less than a week later in a since-deleted tweet.

“I now know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have everything I’ve ever wanted," he wrote. “I have learned the secret of being content. In any and every situation, I can do all things through GOD who gives me strength...Ready to get to Eugene and ball!”

Steele and fellow five-star athlete Bru McCoy reportedly visited USC on Monday, leading to widespread speculation that the duo would soon both return to the fold.

McCoy, a January early enrollee at USC, transferred to Texas weeks later after new Trojans coach Kliff Kingsbury bolted to take the Arizona Cardinals head coaching job. He then re-entered the transfer portal and committed to USC for a second time Friday.

Steele appears poised to join him in Los Angeles.

-- Andrew Nemec