Three-star safety flips commitment to Florida
By MORGAN MORIARTY | Feb. 2, 2015Things are starting to drastically heat up on Florida’s recruiting trail with National Signing Day just two days away.
Things are starting to drastically heat up on Florida’s recruiting trail with National Signing Day just two days away.
Florida’s 2015 recruiting class received its third verbal commitment of the weekend on Sunday afternoon.
Mere hours after offensive lineman Richerd Desir-Jones announced his verbal commitment to UF on Twitter, the Florida football team received a second commitment on Saturday.
Florida offensive line — arguably is thinnest position heading into 2015 — just became one player deeper.
Jim McElwain landed two more verbal commits from the recruiting trail on Monday.
Florida has landed its second commitment in as many days, this time a 2016 commitment in wide receiver Rick Wells.
Florida’s 2015 recruiting class landed its ninth verbal commitment on Sunday morning.
With the recruiting dead period over and National Signing Day approaching in just three short weeks, the Florida coaching staff has to hit the recruiting trail hard to put together the 2015 recruiting class.
Jim McElwain, the new Florida Gator head football coach said in his opening press conference that you have to “recruit daily or die now”. Less than two weeks after he was named head coach, he and his staff has landed their first verbal commitment to the 2015 recruiting class.
Jim McElwain will get on the recruiting trail today, and the new coach’s job on the trail just got a little bit more difficult.
Florida’s 2015 recruiting class picked up its 10th verbal commitment as four-star linebacker Adonis Thomas (6-foot-3, 219 pounds, Lawrenceville, Ga., Central Gwinnett High) announced his commitment to UF. Thomas, the No. 16 ranked outside linebacker in the country, chose Florida over Alabama. He had offers from Georgia, LSU and Notre Dame as well.
Ray-Ray McCloud III announced his verbal commitment to Clemson on Monday evening. The commitment came as somewhat of a surprise as McCloud was in attendance at UF’s Friday Night Lights camp. The feeling was that McCloud would go with Florida with Gainesville fresh on his mind.
Florida’s 2015 recruiting class picked up its ninth verbal commitment today.
Florida’s 2015 recruiting class lost a member of its verbal commitments over the weekend.
Florida flipped a 2016 recruit from in-state rival Miami over the weekend. 2016 defensive back Chauncey “CJ” Gardner (5-foot-11, 190 pounds, Cocoa Beach, Fla., Cocoa High) switched his commitment to UF on Saturday afternoon. Gardner attended Saturday’s session of Will Muschamp’s football camp and was offered a scholarship by coaches while he was still on campus.
This weekend was a busy one as coaches held the first session of Will Muschamp’s football camp. In Friday’s 7-on-7 tournament, Booker T. Washington wide receiver Antonio Calloway was on campus participating in the tournament. Calloway has named Florida as his leader and Miami as a close second.
Florida landed its 2015 quarterback. Four-star prospect Sheriron Jones, out of Moreno Valley (Calif.) Rancho Valley High School, verbally committed to Florida on Sunday, as first reported by Rivals.com.
The first weekend of Will Muschamp’s annual football camps continued on Saturday, and a number of Florida targets and commits were on hand.
The Gators received their second commitment in as many days.
Trey Mourning is ready to step outside of his father’s shadow. Whether or not that will require him to leave the state where his last name became legendary is still in question.