Given all the discussion of both poor OL performance and recruiting, thought I'd go back and calculate up the OL recruiting over the past decade. And this is what you get, starting with McElwain's first class back in 2015.
Note: I opted not to include transfer grades officially into the calculations as the ranking systems are just arbitrarily throwing random grades on a lot of the guys. As well, I only listed the positions the 247 (I prefer them over Rivals, which is why I used their rankings) labeled them as; I know some are listed at one position but played a different position at UF.
2015:
Martez Ivey (T): 100
Brandon Sandifer (G): 87
Tyler Jordan (C): 87
Fred Johnson (T): 85
Richard Desir (G)-Jones: 83
Nick Buchanan (T): 80
Average Grade: 87
5-star: 1
4-star: 0
3-star: 5
2016:
Brett Heggie (C): 87
Jaawon Taylor (T): 84
Stone Forsyrhe (T): 83
Average Grade: 84.66
5-star: 0
4-star: 0
3-star: 3
2017:
[Tedarrel Slaton (T): 95] removed as he never played OL at UF
TJ Moore (T): 91
Kadeem Telfort (T): 90
Average Grade: 90.5
5-star: 0
4-star: 2
3-star: 0
2018:
Richard Gouraige [T]: 93
Chris Bleich (T): 88
Noah Banks (T): 88
Griffin McDowell (C): 81
Average Grade: 87.5
5-star: 0
4-star: 1
3-star: 3
2019:
Riley Simonds (G): 89
Kingsley Eguakun (G): 87
Michael Tarquin (T): 87
William Harrod (T): 86
Ethan White (T): 85
Average Grade: 86.8
5-star: 0
4-star: 0
3-star: 5
2020:
[Isaiah Walker (T): 93] removed as he never played at UF
Joshua Braun (T): 91
Gerald Mincey (T): 88
Richard Leonard (G): 85
Average Grade: 88
5-star: 0
4-star: 1
3-star: 2
2021:
Austin Barber (T): 90
Ypusef Mugharbil (IOL): 88
Jake Slaughter (IOL): 85
Average Grade: 87.66
5-star: 0
4-star: 1
3-star: 2
Transfer:
Kaleb Boateng: 86 in HS
Note: this is the class the systems starting classifying them at IOL rather than G/C
2022:
[Tony Livingston (T): 87]: removed as he has never played OL for UF
Jalen Farmer (IOL): 87
Christian Williams (IOL): 86
David Conner (T): 84
Average Grade: 85.66
5-star: 0
4-star: 0
3-star: 3
Transfers:
O’Cyrus Torrence (IOL): 92 portal grade
Kamryn Waites (T): 91 portal grade
Jordan Herman (T): NA via JUCO
2023:
Roderick Kearney (T): 94
Caden Jones (T): 90
Knijeah Harris (T): 88
Bryce Lovett (IOL): 87
Average Grade: 89.75
5-star: 0
4-star: 2
3-star: 2
Transfers:
[Kiyaunta Goodwin (T): 91 portal grade]: removed as he transferred out prior to playing at UF
Micah Mazzccua (IOL): 90 portal grade
Dameion George (T): 88 portal grade
Lindell Hudson (T): 86 portal grade
2024 (currently)
Fletcher Westphal (T): 93
Mike Williams (T): 89
Marcus Mascoll (T): 87
Noel Portnjagin (IOL): 86
Average Grade: 88.75
5-star: 0
4-star: 1
3-star: 3
Total Average of last 10 classes: 87.6
Total 5-star: 1
Total 4-star: 8
Total 3-star: 28
Note: I opted not to include transfer grades officially into the calculations as the ranking systems are just arbitrarily throwing random grades on a lot of the guys. As well, I only listed the positions the 247 (I prefer them over Rivals, which is why I used their rankings) labeled them as; I know some are listed at one position but played a different position at UF.
2015:
Martez Ivey (T): 100
Brandon Sandifer (G): 87
Tyler Jordan (C): 87
Fred Johnson (T): 85
Richard Desir (G)-Jones: 83
Nick Buchanan (T): 80
Average Grade: 87
5-star: 1
4-star: 0
3-star: 5
2016:
Brett Heggie (C): 87
Jaawon Taylor (T): 84
Stone Forsyrhe (T): 83
Average Grade: 84.66
5-star: 0
4-star: 0
3-star: 3
2017:
[Tedarrel Slaton (T): 95] removed as he never played OL at UF
TJ Moore (T): 91
Kadeem Telfort (T): 90
Average Grade: 90.5
5-star: 0
4-star: 2
3-star: 0
2018:
Richard Gouraige [T]: 93
Chris Bleich (T): 88
Noah Banks (T): 88
Griffin McDowell (C): 81
Average Grade: 87.5
5-star: 0
4-star: 1
3-star: 3
2019:
Riley Simonds (G): 89
Kingsley Eguakun (G): 87
Michael Tarquin (T): 87
William Harrod (T): 86
Ethan White (T): 85
Average Grade: 86.8
5-star: 0
4-star: 0
3-star: 5
2020:
[Isaiah Walker (T): 93] removed as he never played at UF
Joshua Braun (T): 91
Gerald Mincey (T): 88
Richard Leonard (G): 85
Average Grade: 88
5-star: 0
4-star: 1
3-star: 2
2021:
Austin Barber (T): 90
Ypusef Mugharbil (IOL): 88
Jake Slaughter (IOL): 85
Average Grade: 87.66
5-star: 0
4-star: 1
3-star: 2
Transfer:
Kaleb Boateng: 86 in HS
Note: this is the class the systems starting classifying them at IOL rather than G/C
2022:
[Tony Livingston (T): 87]: removed as he has never played OL for UF
Jalen Farmer (IOL): 87
Christian Williams (IOL): 86
David Conner (T): 84
Average Grade: 85.66
5-star: 0
4-star: 0
3-star: 3
Transfers:
O’Cyrus Torrence (IOL): 92 portal grade
Kamryn Waites (T): 91 portal grade
Jordan Herman (T): NA via JUCO
2023:
Roderick Kearney (T): 94
Caden Jones (T): 90
Knijeah Harris (T): 88
Bryce Lovett (IOL): 87
Average Grade: 89.75
5-star: 0
4-star: 2
3-star: 2
Transfers:
[Kiyaunta Goodwin (T): 91 portal grade]: removed as he transferred out prior to playing at UF
Micah Mazzccua (IOL): 90 portal grade
Dameion George (T): 88 portal grade
Lindell Hudson (T): 86 portal grade
2024 (currently)
Fletcher Westphal (T): 93
Mike Williams (T): 89
Marcus Mascoll (T): 87
Noel Portnjagin (IOL): 86
Average Grade: 88.75
5-star: 0
4-star: 1
3-star: 3
Total Average of last 10 classes: 87.6
Total 5-star: 1
Total 4-star: 8
Total 3-star: 28
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