The football season is over for the Florida Gators and now the assistant coaches will turn their attention to recruiting as Monday marks the first day coaches can visit prospects at their school and in home once a week.
The Florida Gators will have all of their assistant coaches on the road, plus recruiting coordinator Drew Hughes as he will take Will Muschamp’s spot. Hughes has been the mastermind behind getting some many prospects on campus since he was hired last winter.
Many have asked why the assistant coaches will be recruiting for Florida and the answer is simple– they are still under contract and are loyal to Florida, hoping to be retained by the new Gators head coach.
It’s also very important to note that if these coaches didn’t go out on the road for Florida, prospects wouldn’t see a Florida Gators logo for nearly 6 weeks as the dead period starts on December 15th.
With all of that being said, here’s who Gator Country has confirmed will get visits from the Gators coaching staff this week, as three coaches can visit one prospect at a time.
Hughes is scheduled to visit these guys:
JUCO offensive tackle Martinas Rankin on Monday
2016 receiver Eli Stove
Alabama safety commit Ronnie Harrison
Auburn athlete commit Danfernee McGriff
2016 FSU receiver commit Keith Gavin
2016 Georgia defensive end commit Chauncey Manac
Arkansas linebacker commit Derrick Graham
Iowa running back commit Karon Hidgon
2016 Florida athlete commit Tyler Byrd
D.J. Durkin, T-Rob and Brad Lawing will visit these guys together:
Defensive end CeCe Jefferson on Monday
Linebacker Jeffrey Holland
Defensive tackle Kendrick Norton
Defensive end Byron Cowart
D.J. Durkin and T-Rob will visit these guys together:
Miami safety commit Jaquan Johnson
Safety Tim Irvin
Notre Dame linebacker commit Tevon Coney
D.J. Durkin will visit these guys:
Linebacker Adonis Thomas
Linebacker Roquan Smith
T-Rob will visit these guys:
Cornerback DaVante Davis
Receiver Antonio Callaway
Ohio State cornerback commit Carlton Davis
Alabama receiver commit Calvin Ridley
Alabama commit Shawn Burgess-Becker
Brad Lawing will visit these guys:
Running back Nyheim Hines
Running back Bryce Love
Cornerback Mike Hughes
FSU running back commit Johnny Frasier
Florida defensive tackle commit Andrew Ivie on Tuesday
Coleman Hutzler will visit these guys:
JUCO offensive lineman Patrick Bethel
2016 cornerback commit Chauncey Gardner
Auburn offensive line commit Kaleb Kim
Cornerback Darius Slayton
Cornerback Micah Abernathy
Mike Summers will visit these guys:
Offensive lineman Martez Ivey
Miami offensive line commit Tyree St. Louis
Nebraska offensive line commit Mirko Jurkovic
South Carolina offensive line commit Christian Pellage
FSU offensive line commit Abdul Bello
Florida offensive line commit Brandon Sandifer
Florida offensive line commit Mike Horton
Florida offensive line commit George Brown
Kurt Roper will visit these guys:
Florida quarterback commit Sheriron Jones
JUCO receiver Isaac Whitney
Louisville quarterback commit Lamar Jackson
Chris Leak will visit these guys:
Receiver Ryan Davis on Monday
Florida State tight end commit Auden Tate
Georgia receiver commit Vn Jefferson
Brian White will visit these guys:
Offensive lineman Isaiah Prince
Running back Damien Harris
Miami running back commit Dexter Williams
Miami running back commit Jordan Scarlett
FSU running back commit Jacques Patrick
Clemson running back Ray-Ray McCloud
Derek Lewis will visit these guys:
Florida tight end commit Kalif Jackson
Florida tight end commit Camrin Knight
Florida receiver commit Derrick Dillon
What does a coach say to a prospect? He has no idea what type of offense or defense will be run at Florida. He has no idea if the new coach will want to retain him. He can’t answer any question. He can’t even offer a scholarship, it will be up to the new coach and staff to decide who they want. I’m sure the new coach will honor the pledges of the nine who have said yes, but it would be wrong for the present lame duck staff to make a promise about anything since they don’t have a clue to what direction the new coach wants to take Florida. On top of that, the assistants will be polishing up their resumes and worried about getting a new job. All of them, except Muschamp, Roper, and Summers, are not going to be paid by UF after they are let go. What an awkward conversation is going to take place. After the obligatory speech about how UF is a great school, what are they going to talk about?
They just have to tell kids that it’s still the University of Florida.
No Deon Cain?
I’m sure Derek Lewis will visit him while he’s in Tampa