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As of now, Florida has 82 or 83 on scholarship, depending on the scholarship status of quarterback transfer Austin Appleby. For now, we'll assume he's on scholarship, since all of the graduate transfers a year ago were and Florida has no issue giving him one in terms of either initial counters for the 2016 cycle or the overall 85-man scholarship cap.
Florida has 10 scholarship seniors (again, an assumption here is that linebacker Alex Anzalone will be granted a medical redshirt for the 2015 season because he's certainly eligible).
That means the amount of scholarships currently open for the Gators is 12, prior to any attrition that may happen.
Typical attrition in a given cycle is 7-10 between transfers and NFL early entrants. For reference, Florida had seven transfers in Jim McElwain's first year and a school-record-tying five early NFL Draft entrants. That was on the high side.
With that in mind, we're projecting Florida to sign a class of somewhere between 20-23 in the 2017 recruiting class. Given heavier-than-normal attrition, the class certainly could go higher, but with large junior and sophomore classes, it would make sense for Florida to stay on the smaller end of the 2017 class so that the 2018 class can sign a full amount and have the necessary flexibility to fix any positions in need while still utilizing a few early enrollees counting back.
Below you can view a complete scholarship chart broken down by position. Click the thumbnail to expand it.
As of now, Florida has 82 or 83 on scholarship, depending on the scholarship status of quarterback transfer Austin Appleby. For now, we'll assume he's on scholarship, since all of the graduate transfers a year ago were and Florida has no issue giving him one in terms of either initial counters for the 2016 cycle or the overall 85-man scholarship cap.
Florida has 10 scholarship seniors (again, an assumption here is that linebacker Alex Anzalone will be granted a medical redshirt for the 2015 season because he's certainly eligible).
That means the amount of scholarships currently open for the Gators is 12, prior to any attrition that may happen.
Typical attrition in a given cycle is 7-10 between transfers and NFL early entrants. For reference, Florida had seven transfers in Jim McElwain's first year and a school-record-tying five early NFL Draft entrants. That was on the high side.
With that in mind, we're projecting Florida to sign a class of somewhere between 20-23 in the 2017 recruiting class. Given heavier-than-normal attrition, the class certainly could go higher, but with large junior and sophomore classes, it would make sense for Florida to stay on the smaller end of the 2017 class so that the 2018 class can sign a full amount and have the necessary flexibility to fix any positions in need while still utilizing a few early enrollees counting back.
Below you can view a complete scholarship chart broken down by position. Click the thumbnail to expand it.
