The Florida Gators new head coach Jim McElwain isn’t wasting anytime in getting started recruiting as he will hit the road on Monday to visit prospects.
On Sunday McElwain got a surprise on campus visit from Florida offensive line commit Tyler Jordan (6-5, 270, Jacksonville, FL Bishop Kenny) and Jordan was very impressed by the Gators new head coach.
“I drove up to campus today (Sunday) to meet with Coach McElwain,” Jordan said. “It went really well. My first impression of him was that he was a really good guy and has a great personality. I think he’s going to do really well at Florida.”
McElwain didn’t waste anytime in making Jordan feel comfortable as McElwain reassured Jordan of his place in the 2015 class.
“Coach McElwain told me that I’m still apart of the plan at Florida and that he wants me,” Jordan said. “He told me that they are going to try and build the class around me and that he wants me to be the leader of this class.”
Jordan is one of only seven commits in this class but McElwain made sure to tell Jordan that he was going to get to work filling out this class.
“Coach McElwain says he’s going to start building a great class and that he’s going to hit the ground recruiting in the morning,” Jordan said. “He said that he’s going to talk to the team on Monday morning and then get on the road.”
During this process Jordan and former Gator commit George Brown were the top recruiters for this class and McElwain made sure to let Jordan know they he needed help talking to all of these uncommitted prospects.
“He talked to me a little bit about helping him recruit,” Jordan said. “I talked to him and Coach [Drew] Hughes about the guys that they want me to talk too. I talk to a lot of guys already.”
Under Will Muschamp Jordan was solid to Florida and after Sunday’s visit to meet McElwain nothing has changed for Jordan.
“I’m very excited about the program and the chance to play for him now,” Jordan said. “I’m solid to Florida and I don’t plan on taking any other visits to any other schools. I’m planning on taking my official to Florida in January.”
INSIDERS TAKE: Jordan was very excited about the chance to meet with Coach McElwain and he says that Coach didn’t mention any of the assistant coaches to him today. Jordan will now take over the role as head recruiter in this class since George Brown decommitted.
Build a class around an offensive lineman? I thought Jordan was the guy anyway, not Brown. Usually it’s a quarterback that shepherds a class. Oh well, one of the reasons for retaining Muschamp last year is that recruiting would take a hit, UF is taking that hit a year later. It really shouldn’t matter too much if the cupboard is still full as intimated by Muschamp on his way out. But Muschamp’s failure to evaluate properly is a reason he’s gone anyway.
Yes you can build a class around an offensive lineman if he’s a leader. I have a challenge for you sir. Post something positive in our comments for once.