Gator's 2024-25 Recruiting / Portal
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Sounds like we may get Johntay Cook the WR from TX. Didn't do much in his 2 years at TX but the ranking places still have him as a strong 4 star as a transfer. Not sure if it was just TX having good NFL talent keeping him on the bench in his 2nd season or not. Kind of crazy he is rated higher than the UCLA transfer WR we got when that kid showed on the field in 2022 what he could do with a good situation.
Merry Christmas gator friends and family!!
Merry Christmas Gators and even you Noles.
I understand all these receiver transfer portals that we are trying to get with experience but if you keep Dallas Wilson, Tre Wilson and Vernell Brown's catches to low numbers they will jet. I watch too many games with true freshman players tearing it up. Just look at the freshman receiver from Alabama Ryan Williams.
Just for a change of pace, here's the Rivals class rankings:
DB Hylton Stubbs 6-2 190 ***** 6.1 - Jacksonville, FL
WR Dallas Wilson 6-3 200 **** 6.0 - Tampa, FL
WR Vernell Brown III 5-11 170 **** 6.0 - Orlando, FL
QB Tramell Jones 6-1 195 **** 6.0 - Jacksonville, FL
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From the other end of that scale:
OC/LS Mack Mulhern 6-2 207 ** - Scottsdale, AZ
K Evan Noel 6-2 150 ** - Bay Saint Louis, MS
K Hayden Craig 6-2 191 ** - North Bridgton, ME
TE Cameron Kossmann 6-6 245 NR - Chesterfield, MO (S.I. 2-star)
(only other offer was from Penn, where UF flipped him from....)
https://florida.rivals.com/commitments/football/2025
#9 Gator's 2025 Recruiting Class per Rivals:
26 Total - 1 5-star, 14 4-stars, 7 3-stars, 3 2-stars, 1 NR
With 3 of the 4-stars having a 6.0 rating, just below being 5-stars.DB Hylton Stubbs 6-2 190 ***** 6.1 - Jacksonville, FL
WR Dallas Wilson 6-3 200 **** 6.0 - Tampa, FL
WR Vernell Brown III 5-11 170 **** 6.0 - Orlando, FL
QB Tramell Jones 6-1 195 **** 6.0 - Jacksonville, FL
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From the other end of that scale:
OC/LS Mack Mulhern 6-2 207 ** - Scottsdale, AZ
K Evan Noel 6-2 150 ** - Bay Saint Louis, MS
K Hayden Craig 6-2 191 ** - North Bridgton, ME
TE Cameron Kossmann 6-6 245 NR - Chesterfield, MO (S.I. 2-star)
(only other offer was from Penn, where UF flipped him from....)
https://florida.rivals.com/commitments/football/2025
Very few true freshman WRs excel in the SEC until the latter part of their first season or their 2nd season. I hope we have a rare one that can dominate right off the bat.
Just like Ike and Reidel. Brett Musberger creamed himself over those then young freshmen studs. Only problem is they had Doering, Aubrey Hill and Jack Jackson ahead of them.
Yes they did but no such thing as a transfer portal back in those good ole days. I was watching a game the other day and one of the commentators said the days of most players staying with their original team the full 4 years are OVER. Go back to making them sit out a year and you will cut that team swapping OUT.
All of them were badasses. Go 5 wide, and Spurrier did a lot. He tormented the run dominate SEC. 😂
Johntay Cook is set to visit the University of Florida this upcoming weekend. They initially had an offer for him during Dan Mullen's tenure with the Gators, so it will be interesting to see how things go this time around. Billy Napier and the Gators staff will be looking to add the speedy receiver to the team, and he makes sense for what they want to do on offense, which is all about speed.
The Gators are trying to reset their offense for next season, and they've been looking for talent that could help complement what they're trying to accomplish. Getting a commitment from Cook would be huge for them
We are pushing very hard for Johntay Cook
With Lagway, we need to be able to go 5 wide at times with 5 top caliber WR.
Cook, Sturdivant, Tre Wilson, VB3 and Dallas Wilson would give you that.
5 WR with serious NFL futures.
Mizell, Hawkins and Abrams will all be right there in the rotation as well with their blazing speed.
Then the new OC will have everything he needs every game when you add in our RB room. Spread those WR out and the D will have to play only 5 men in the box. The RB will have huge lanes to make huge gains.
2025 season can't get here fast enough!
The Gators are trying to reset their offense for next season, and they've been looking for talent that could help complement what they're trying to accomplish. Getting a commitment from Cook would be huge for them
We are pushing very hard for Johntay Cook
With Lagway, we need to be able to go 5 wide at times with 5 top caliber WR.
Cook, Sturdivant, Tre Wilson, VB3 and Dallas Wilson would give you that.
5 WR with serious NFL futures.
Mizell, Hawkins and Abrams will all be right there in the rotation as well with their blazing speed.
Then the new OC will have everything he needs every game when you add in our RB room. Spread those WR out and the D will have to play only 5 men in the box. The RB will have huge lanes to make huge gains.
2025 season can't get here fast enough!
We hired an OC?
Speaking of OC, read online that our fanbase is going to go nuts if the person that is potentially our next OC does in fact become our next OC. Anybody in the know care to leak who it could be? I'm ready to go nuts, haha.
Not sure but if we do hire one I think that Chip Kelly stuff is just nonsense. Not sure he would even be a good choice now.
Does Napier ever go with 5 WRs? Curious if he even goes with one TE sets more than 2 TE sets.
I believe Brown III and D Wilson will be as good as Ike and Reidel, IMO anyway.
Kelly? Who is it rumored to be if we hire one if not Kelly?
I am not sure Kelly is even a big time hire anymore after his last few years but I still doubt he leaves Ohio State to come here.
Here's hoping we can get three full seasons of Lagway.....if we do, then we're going bonkers with all these offensive weapons we're stockpiling and going to be blowing teams out the water......ahh yes, visions of sugar plums dance in my head (i.e. lots of 56-10 type scoreboards we got accustomed to in yesteryears), haha. Defense is finally playing with passion after years of garbage and Offense talent is being gathered.....the combo is getting us excited, haha.
Need to upgrade the oline. Hopefully these kids catch on quick.
Totally agree. We are very good, plus deep at RB & WR, need to shore up the O-line becauwe it all depends on how well they can block against SEC quality defenses. Slaughter and Barber coming back are excellent starts, but you never never have enough good linesmen on either side of the ball.
Shemar James is going to the NFL but we have some good young guys there. If injuries don't kill us we should be pretty good at LB next season.
I wish him well. He has been a true gator through some rough times. Tear it up Shemar!!
We are all super excited about DJ, but candidly our 2 signature wins, LSU and Ole Miss we only had 330 and 340 yards respectively. The improvement in the defense was substantial, but in reality, our offense had not improved much if any from the start of the season. DJ looks to be that next gen talent, but if we don't get better up front it won't matter.
