National Signing Day

[MJWilliamson]

LOI Signed

Justin Watkins - WR - 4 Stars

Andrew Chatfield - DE/OLB - 4 Stars



Verbal Commits

Richard Gouraige - OT - 4 Stars (2:30-2:45 PM)
Griffin McDowell - OC - 3 Stars (10 AM ET)

Other Announcement Times of Interest

Caleb Tannor - DE/OLB - 4 Stars - Nebraska
Nicholas Petit-Frere OL - 5 Stars - 10 AM ET hour on ESPNU
Nesta Silvera - DT - 4 Stars - 10 AM ET - Miami
Malcolm Lamar - DE - 4 Stars - 10 AM ET
Noah Boykin - CB - 4 Stars - 11:30 AM ET
WR Jacob Copeland - WR - 4 Stars - 2:00 PM ET hour on ESPNU
Caleb Johnson - DE - 3 Stars - 2:30 PM ET
DE Malik Langham - DE - 4 Stars - 3:30 PM ET
Dorian Gerald - JUCO DE - 3 Stars - Announcing Friday.
Fabien Lovett - DE - 3 Stars - Back to signing sometime today

 

[ocalaman]

Andrew Chatfield just signed with Florida. Silvera to Miami, Tannor to Nebraska

 

[Panhandle Slim1]

Silvera to Miami

 

[oozie7]

How the hell did we lose Tannor to Nebraska of all places?

 

[Panhandle Slim1]

NPF to osu.

 

[SKSnole]

How the hell did we lose Tannor to Nebraska of all places?

Not sure, but he's a stud. Great pick up for them.

 

[Countygator1]

Glad we got frost the hell out of florida.

 

[passoverGator]

How the hell did we lose Tannor to Nebraska of all places?

Scott Frost is going to tear it up there.

 

[ocalaman]

Ohio St. got the #1 OT & the #1 DT in the nation, both from the state of Florida. Should NEVER happen. Mullen has his work cut out for him in getting this program back to an elite level. I'm impressed with what he's done this year in a very short period of time. Given a full year to work on the 2019 class, I'm expecting UF to sign a great class next year. We can't get everybody we want, but losing NPF hurts. We need to close out the day with some big names, like Boykin, Gouraige & Copeland.

 

[ocalaman]

Another site is reporting that Griffin McDowell has signed.

 

[ocalaman]

Malcolm Lamar has signed with FSU.

 

[SKSnole]

Surtain to BAMA. Big miss for LSU.

 

[djegators]

Another site is reporting that Griffin McDowell has signed.

Mullen posted McDowell on Twitter, its official.

 

[MJWilliamson]

(2/7/18)

Justin Watkins - WR - 4 Stars

Andrew Chatfield - DE/OLB - 4 Stars

Griffin McDowell - OC - 3 Star



Verbal Commits

Richard Gouraige - OT - 4 Stars (2:30-2:45 PM)

Other Announcement Times of Interest

Caleb Tannor - DE/OLB - 4 Stars - Nebraska
Nicholas Petit-Frere OL - 5 Stars - tOSU
Nesta Silvera - DT - 4 Stars - Miami
Malcolm Lamar - DE - 4 Stars - FSU
Noah Boykin - CB - 4 Stars - 11:30 AM ET
WR Jacob Copeland - WR - 4 Stars - 2:00 PM ET hour on ESPNU
Caleb Johnson - DE - 3 Stars - 2:30 PM ET
DE Malik Langham - DE - 4 Stars - 3:30 PM ET
Dorian Gerald - JUCO DE - 3 Stars - Announcing Friday.
Fabien Lovett - DE - 3 Stars - Back to signing sometime today

 

[bigsnake49]

NPF to osu.

I am not that sad, he got abused at the All Star game. Plus he's only 6'2", 280. It will take him a while to be ready to play. I have no idea why he was a 5 star. Now if we miss on Gouraige then we're in trouble.

 

[Panhandle Slim1]

All the twitter talk is gouraige is a done deal. I'd be shocked if we lost him. What's starting to pick up steam is we might pull langham. Which would be huge. And might also be the reason tannor went to Nebraska

 

[oozie7]

All the twitter talk is gouraige is a done deal. I'd be shocked if we lost him. What's starting to pick up steam is we might pull langham. Which would be huge. And might also be the reason tannor went to Nebraska

That wouldn't make sense though because they play two completely different positions. Tannor is an OLB in a 3-4 while Langham at 6'6 250 will play end and some tackle

 

[ocalaman]

Adam Silverstein at OnlyGators.com is reporting that Virginia had an in-home with Noah Boykin last Friday and may have flipped him. He was supposed to sign at 11:30 and the 247 Sports predictions have him 50% to VA, 35% to UF. Huge loss if we don't land him.

 

[Panhandle Slim1]

That wouldn't make sense though because they play two completely different positions. Tannor is an OLB in a 3-4 while Langham at 6'6 250 will play end and some tackle

Yeah
I didn't look at sizes. Just saw where they both were listed as SDE

 

[bigsnake49]

At least James Foster chose TAMU over FSU!

 

[Panhandle Slim1]

Adam Silverstein at OnlyGators.com is reporting that Virginia had an in-home with Noah Boykin last Friday and may have flipped him. He was supposed to sign at 11:30 and the 247 Sports predictions have him 50% to VA, 35% to UF. Huge loss if we don't land him.

That would suck

 

[ocalaman]

Barnes & Montilus from Apopka both signed with North Carolina. 247 crystal Ball now shows Boykin 62% to Virginia and Silverstein is saying we've lost him. Signing at his high school now set for 11.

 

[passoverGator]

 

[PacoGator19]

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Correct. The class got better with Mullen than with McElewain because he cut loose some of that dead weight that was in the class.

 

[GatorsFanYeah]

We lost Boykin to UVA? Lol. Didn’t even know they had a program still. Not a good day for Mullen so far. Program has a long ways to go before we start landing studs again.

 

[herecomesduke]

Taggart is killing it. They have some very great speed coming in. Seems there class is all four stars. He is going to be a factor in recruiting in Florida. Most high school coaches here say Taggart will own the state

 

[ocalaman]

Boykin has signed with Notre Dame. Disappointing. We NEED Gouraige, Copeland, Langham & Gerald!!!

 

[herecomesduke]

Wasn’t they ranked 76 when he got there and in less than a month he will have them finishing top 10-12 when day is over?

 

[MJWilliamson]

We do not yet seem to be getting any non committed players where we showed a big interest and where they showed an big interest. Still a few more to go.

Caleb Tannor - DE/OLB - 4 Stars - Nebraska
Nicholas Petit-Frere OL - 5 Stars - tOSU
Nesta Silvera - DT - 4 Stars - Miami
Malcolm Lamar - DE - 4 Stars - FSU
Noah Boykin - CB - 4 Stars - ND
Fabien Lovett - DE - 3 Stars - Miss St

WR Jacob Copeland - WR - 4 Stars - 2:00 PM ET hour on ESPNU
Caleb Johnson - DE - 3 Stars - 2:30 PM ET
DE Malik Langham - DE - 4 Stars - 3:30 PM ET
Dorian Gerald - JUCO DE - 3 Stars - Announcing Friday.
.

 

[ocalaman]

We do not yet seem to be getting any non committed players where we showed a big interest and where they showed an big interest. Still a few more to go.

Caleb Tannor - DE/OLB - 4 Stars - Nebraska
Nicholas Petit-Frere OL - 5 Stars - tOSU
Nesta Silvera - DT - 4 Stars - Miami
Malcolm Lamar - DE - 4 Stars - FSU
Noah Boykin - CB - 4 Stars - ND
Fabien Lovett - DE - 3 Stars - Miss St

WR Jacob Copeland - WR - 4 Stars - 2:00 PM ET hour on ESPNU
Caleb Johnson - DE - 3 Stars - 2:30 PM ET
DE Malik Langham - DE - 4 Stars - 3:30 PM ET
Dorian Gerald - JUCO DE - 3 Stars - Announcing Friday.
.

Not turning out to be the banner day many of us thought. I know we can't get everybody and I give Mullen & staff credit for the guys he has gotten. But we seem to have missed on several that "experts" thought we would get. Hopefully we can close out strong and get those last 4.

 

[Obvious Lee]

Wasn’t they ranked 76 when he got there and in less than a month he will have them finishing top 10-12 when day is over?

Agreed. Real lee strong close for the Noles. I’m hearing from lots of coaches that Taggart is dynamic.

 

[bigsnake49]

Now can we take a second QB in this class?

 

[bigsnake49]

Also, what are some of the potential graduate transfers?

 

[Countygator1]

Dawgs are cleaning house. Losing all those starters helped big time. They can offer immediate playing time.

 

[SKSnole]

Dawgs are cleaning house. Losing all those starters helped big time. They can offer immediate playing time.

8 five stars. Unreal. They're going to be the best program in the country over the next 6-7 years. Smart is legit.

 

[sadgator]

sadgator follows none of this and doesn’t know one player from the next...

But regardless of who the coach is...ever since Urban left, it just always seems like everybody out there does better than us and that we are always disappointed on this day. It’s been like this for 10+ years.

 

[SKSnole]

sadgator follows none of this and doesn’t know one player from the next...

But regardless of who the coach is...ever since Urban left, it just always seems like everybody out there does better than us and that we are always disappointed on this day. It’s been like this for 10+ years.

Nah. Muschamp signed back to back top 4 classes. Just couldn't do anything with them.

 

[oozie7]

We do not yet seem to be getting any non committed players where we showed a big interest and where they showed an big interest. Still a few more to go.

Caleb Tannor - DE/OLB - 4 Stars - Nebraska
Nicholas Petit-Frere OL - 5 Stars - tOSU
Nesta Silvera - DT - 4 Stars - Miami
Malcolm Lamar - DE - 4 Stars - FSU
Noah Boykin - CB - 4 Stars - ND
Fabien Lovett - DE - 3 Stars - Miss St

WR Jacob Copeland - WR - 4 Stars - 2:00 PM ET hour on ESPNU
Caleb Johnson - DE - 3 Stars - 2:30 PM ET
DE Malik Langham - DE - 4 Stars - 3:30 PM ET
Dorian Gerald - JUCO DE - 3 Stars - Announcing Friday.
.

Agree I thought Mullen was doing a good job and wasn't expecting a miracle but we haven't gotten one guy we were projected to get yet. And how we lost an elite lineman to UNC I have no idea.

 

[ocalaman]

sadgator follows none of this and doesn’t know one player from the next...

But regardless of who the coach is...ever since Urban left, it just always seems like everybody out there does better than us and that we are always disappointed on this day. It’s been like this for 10+ years.

I follow recruiting pretty closely, but I agree with your conclusion. We are behind other big time programs in facilities and we lost our recruiting edge under Muschamp & McElwain. I believe Mullen can and will get it back, but it takes time to rebuild relationships with high school coaches. Willie Taggert came to FSU AFTER Mullen and his class has moved from #36 to #10 right now in the 247 composite rankings, while we're at #17. They've closed on kids at the end much better than we have. If we get 3-4 more guys later in the day, we'll move up some, but Georgia, Alabama, Auburn & LSU are whipping us AGAIN in recruiting.

 

[PacoGator19]

Agree I thought Mullen was doing a good job and wasn't expecting a miracle but we haven't gotten one guy we were projected to get yet. And how we lost an elite lineman to UNC I have no idea.

We weren’t projected to get Barnes. He was a package deal with Ed Montilus. That ship sailed a few weeks back. We got Andrew Chatfield and missed on Noah Boykin is what has happened so far today.