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Jafar Mann to transfer from UF

 |  November 5, 2012  |  2 Comments
Former Florida Gators true freshman Jafar Mann is transferring. / File photo

True freshman Jafar Mann is no longer a part of the Florida Gators’ football team.

Second-year coach Will Muschamp said he met with lineman from Stone Mountain (Ga.) Stephenson on Sunday night.

“Jafar Mann and I met last night and he’s decided to transfer,” Muschamp said. “He and I agreed that it was time for him to move on.”

A consensus three-star prospect by national recruiting networks, Mann was ranked the No. 30 defensive tackle in the nation by ESPN. He reported nearly 20 scholarship offers and also was recruited by Auburn, Georgia and Tennessee, among others.

Mann has not played a snap this season and has not made any road trips. He was moved from defensive tackle to offensive guard late in fall camp in August.

Mann has gained attention off of the field, and for the wrong reasons. It usually was because of his Twitter account. One web site picked up on Mann “advertising blunts,” which often refers to a cigar filled with marijuana, at a house party in mid-July.

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Mike’s 15 years in the business has included more than six years of covering SEC sports and recruiting at a daily newspaper in Arkansas. He has also helped launch a newspaper, magazines, websites and even a sports talk radio show. Mike has won Florida Press Association awards for Best Sports Game Story and Best Sports Feature Story in the past two years as well as a company-wide award at his former newspaper group that includes some 60 publications, for Excellence in Sports Reporting.

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malscott said...

Shame. “gonna be smokin’ me spliffs” cool runnin’s bumba clot. What guys do in their spare time, whatever, but advertising it all...ton o’ brilliance kickin’ in...sheesh.

2:22 pm | 5 November 2012 - #
Mike Capshaw said...

LOL, malscott.

Glad Twitter wasn’t around when I was in college. We may not have been able to field a team!

3:35 pm | 5 November 2012 - #

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