Spring Practice begins this Thursday.

[instaGATOR]

#1 Area of concern for the offense in iG's opinion is the OL.
Just a list of those available, with my W-a-G of who and where:

LT/LG Richard Gouriage 6-5 316 rsJr - 229 snaps - former LG starter
LT Will Harrod 6-5 330 rsFr- 23 snaps
LT Austin Barbe 6-7 300r FR ***

LG/RG Joshua Braun 6-6 340 So - 202 snaps
LG Kingsley Eguakun 6-3 322 rsFr
LG T..J. Moore 6-5 300 rsJr
LG Yousef Mugharbil 6-5 330 FR ****

OC/OG Ethan White 6-5 355 So - 50 snaps
OC/OG Griffin McDowell 6-5 300 rsSo - 30 snaps
OC Jake Slaughter 6-4 300 FR ***

RG Stewart Reese 6-6 350 Grad-Sr, former starter
RG Richie Leonard IV 6-2 347 Fr
RG Riley Simonds 6-3 303 rsFr

RT Michael Tarquin 6-5 312 rsSo - 60 snaps
RT Jean Delance 6-5 316 - Grad-Sr, former starter
RT Gerald Mincey 6-6 337 Fr
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OG Hayden Knighton 6-2 285 Fr W-O
OT Mark Pitts 6-6 313 Fr W-O

IF it were my decision, which it's obviously not, I'd start new on the right side and use the experience as backups.
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2021 Class adds the #2 K in Floirda, #4 K overall per 247.
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Possible xfer adds via the portal:
OC/OG/DT James Jackson - MsSt
K Jace Christmann - MsSt

 

[instaGATOR]

" Mullen later said that there have been times when Florida could have landed a player of great value, but since he didn't fill a need, it wasn't a priority. This sort of strategy of not taking everything that's out there does pay off, too. Instead of having a luxury player at a position that's already stacked with depth, Florida can use the spot to fill a larger need, and that's what's most important to building a championship team."
https://www.si.com/college/florida/...eds-based-strategy-transfer-portal-dan-mullen

It's the 1st time that I've noticed that (concerning the portal) 'what he said, doesn't exactly match up with what was done.' (HS position recruit ratings per ESPN)

On to an early departure (Jr) 1st Rnd NFL draft pick:
#2 TE-H Kyle Pitts 6-6 248 - after setting UF TE records.
8 Gms - 43 for 770, 12 TD's, 17.9 Yds/Rec - L-71

#3 TE-H Kemore Gamble 6-4 248 rsJr
2020 - 10 for 160 Yds, 3 TD's, 16.0 Yds/Rec, L-34

#1 TE-H Keon Zipperer 6-2 240 So
2020 - 11 for 145 Yds, 2 TD's, 13.2 Yds/Rec. L-39

# 21 TE-Y Jonathan Odom 6-5 246 Fr (under-rated)
He was behind 3 Top 5 TE's - DNP - redshirt

#2 TE-Y Gage Wilcox 6-4 230 Fr ****

#3 TE-Y Nick Elksnis 6-6 220 Fr ****
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Recent from the Portal
#1 TE-Y Arik Gilbert 6-5 249 (2020 class to LSU)
2020 - 35 for 368, 2 TD's, 10.5 Yds/rec, L-25

While I'm not sorry that they took him, (picky/picky) I'd have rather had a 4-5 star OL/DL instead....
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Just a FYI Note: Per ESPN, UF has the #5 Rated Class for 2021.

 

[Gator Fever]

Yep OL recruiting hasn't been up there with some other SEC teams but we have got enough talent there that if its developed they could be a decent SEC group. Some of the guys leaving finally became decent at pass blocking but never really got it together run blocking it appeared. Curious if any of those departing linemen get drafted or make a roster as a free agent. A few seem like they will be borderline whether that happens or not.

 

[instaGATOR]

Moving on, but I wish the departures well in their futures.
Hope they got their degrees....
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QB's seen at the 1st 2021 Spring Practice:

#2 Richardson
#5 Jones
#8 Del Rio-Wilson
#11 Kitna
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I assume that the bottom 3 are W-O's, but they were in the QB mix at practice.

#13 Ath/QB Kyle Engel 6-0 Fr - STA Ft. Lauderdale

#17 Ath/QB Kahleil Jackson 6-3 209 Fr - Hawthorne, FL
Passing - 4,214 Yds over 22 games (191.5 yards per game), 66 TD's.
Plus 11 rushing TD's… As a HS Sr, he ran for over 100 yards in 2 games.

#18 Ath/QB Jack Anders 6-2 202 rsSo - Germantown, MD

~~ Never know when you might find another Kerwin...
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The 2021 Offense is being called,,, 'The Smashmouth Spread'