2026 Gators Recruiting Thread

Our pockets get deeper for the right player. Not Texas deep but competitive. Just not stupid money because Auburn wants to overspend for an Edge guy way past their value.

 

we got two 5 stars last year and I promise you they didn't play for half price

 

I don't get it.

 

Money, prestige, playing for championships, professional development.

 

Why? Seems logical. They've beaten us 4 straight years and finished way higher in the final rankings (including a couple of nat championships), have a more highly respected head coach nationally and probably have as deep a pockets as us (if not deeper). I would expect we would only get those that they don't really care about.

 

on top of that they can point to the fact that they have been churning out draft picks on D and specifically DL

 

Last draft first round DE, a 5th and 6th round DL, a 6th rounder in 2024. Less than I expected. Comparatively however, we have had one Cam Jackson 5th round in two drafts.

 

I think that has a lot to do with the kids talent. ETN was still ETN after going to Georgia. There's no magical coaching that turns play players into superhumans. Most of these kids are born that way. All it takes is a lot of hard work if they have the talent. The list of the greatest quarterbacks of all time in the NFL do not have a list of high school and college coaches to match them.

 

James Johnson flip to Texas does this. Now Georgia has to pay big to outbid us.