I understand the buyout was a major reason for keeping Napier in 2025, but I wanted to take a look at the roster to see if it was wise to keep Napier for another year. I do believe for Florida to win 9+ games there needs to be a change in the dc and oc. I’d look to replace Ron Roberts with a new DC and Rob Sale as the oc and ol coach. The OC should bring in his oline coach and the dc should bring in some of his coaches. I would look at either Kade Bell or Mike Shannahan from Indiana as the OC. I’d look to hire Indianas DC, Kentucky’s DC or an experienced defensive head coach that gets let go from their school this season.
As far as the roster, let’s assume we keep players who have produced this season or the coaches are high on their potential, the following would be the core 2 deep roster without additional transfers:
Qb: Lagway, Warner
Rb: Baugh, Jackson/Webb
Wr: Wilson, Hawkins
Wr: Mizell, Burke
Wr: VB3. Jackson
TE: Hanson, rillos
Te: Boardingham, Jackson
OL: Barber, Manuel
OL: Harris, Lovett
C: Slaughter, Kearney
OL: George, Waites
RT: Westphal, Jones
De: James/BooneMcCray
DT: Banks/Sapp, Taylor
NT: Lyons, Moreau, Robinson
Rush: Pyburn, Gumbs/Searcy
LB: James, Graham
LB: Howard. Robinson, Chiles
Star: Gates, Denson
DB: Moore, McClain/Grimsley
DB: Johnson/Johnson
S: Castell, Smith
S: Turner(medical Rs), Thornton
That’s a strong core 2 deep. Now as @SRGators mentioned, we will have a lot of money to spend on the portal this season. The following positions we need to get an elite player to plug In as a starter:
1 or 2 Dts (replace Jackson and slackman)
2 WRs ( replace dike and badger)
1 S ( replace bridges)
1 DB ( replace Marshall)
Qb: (just need a backup who has experience in case Lagway gets injured)
1 Rt ( replace Crenshaw Dickson). Dont want a first year starter on a team that must win 9 games
We don’t need a lot of portal players if we retain our core. The NIL should be in place to rettain the core players and bring in elite players at these positions.
I would think 8 million in NIL could get you 2 elite wr, 1 or 2 DTs, 1DB, 1 S, 1 RT and a backup qb.
If this is your roster with portal additions at these positions, 9 wins at a minimum is the expectation.
As far as the roster, let’s assume we keep players who have produced this season or the coaches are high on their potential, the following would be the core 2 deep roster without additional transfers:
Qb: Lagway, Warner
Rb: Baugh, Jackson/Webb
Wr: Wilson, Hawkins
Wr: Mizell, Burke
Wr: VB3. Jackson
TE: Hanson, rillos
Te: Boardingham, Jackson
OL: Barber, Manuel
OL: Harris, Lovett
C: Slaughter, Kearney
OL: George, Waites
RT: Westphal, Jones
De: James/BooneMcCray
DT: Banks/Sapp, Taylor
NT: Lyons, Moreau, Robinson
Rush: Pyburn, Gumbs/Searcy
LB: James, Graham
LB: Howard. Robinson, Chiles
Star: Gates, Denson
DB: Moore, McClain/Grimsley
DB: Johnson/Johnson
S: Castell, Smith
S: Turner(medical Rs), Thornton
That’s a strong core 2 deep. Now as @SRGators mentioned, we will have a lot of money to spend on the portal this season. The following positions we need to get an elite player to plug In as a starter:
1 or 2 Dts (replace Jackson and slackman)
2 WRs ( replace dike and badger)
1 S ( replace bridges)
1 DB ( replace Marshall)
Qb: (just need a backup who has experience in case Lagway gets injured)
1 Rt ( replace Crenshaw Dickson). Dont want a first year starter on a team that must win 9 games
We don’t need a lot of portal players if we retain our core. The NIL should be in place to rettain the core players and bring in elite players at these positions.
I would think 8 million in NIL could get you 2 elite wr, 1 or 2 DTs, 1DB, 1 S, 1 RT and a backup qb.
If this is your roster with portal additions at these positions, 9 wins at a minimum is the expectation.
