Recruiting begins way before a kids senior year, or at least it should. Here are some early names to watch. I will add as we go along. Early peek at list show Texas (the State) to be loaded, Georgia, Louisiana and Florida as usual. Elijah Haven QB 5* Mark Matthews OT 5* Joshua Dobson CB 5* Kamarui Dorsey S 4* Caden Moss OT 5* Kaiden Henderson 4* LB Tampa Jesuit Jaiden Bryant 4* Edge Irmo SC Julius Jones 4*WR St. Thomas Aquinas Derwin Fields 4* Edge Brookhaven Mississippi Mekai Brown 4* Edge Greenwich Conn.
I'm trying to stay with guys UF may, should or are interested in. Haven is #1 QB and list Florida as the early leader. UF is in Caden Moss early favorites. Matthews is at St. Thomas Aquinas and was on Campus late June and early April. He is 6'6 265, so no bad weight. Early thoughts are he can continue to develop strength and technique, arrive on somebody's campus at a solid 300 and contend for early PT. Dobson is from Fort Mill SC and the Gamecocks and Clemson are all over him. #2 rated corner, UF will try to obtain a visit or two and see what happens.
I could get em with the right bag. A staff cant even drive em away if the price is right. Sure, theres some guys that are different but most say" its up to my agent."
Our program seems to be ‘stuck’ somewhere between ‘these players have a higher opinion/self value than the staff has for them’ and Those that ‘fund’ things just not be willing or able to ‘bring it’ like some of our rivals and the oil schools are doing.
And if you are going to have an ‘outside the top 15-20 budget cap group’, you’d jolly well better have a Coach and staff that can ‘take their uns and beat your uns’ if you are going to make that 12 team playoff frequently. TBD. As of yet.
Hold up now, I live there. I just checked the football schedule and one of his games is down the street from me and other games are close by too. I suppose that tabs me with representing Gator Nation and showing out. I'm on it, haha.
These kids like the coaching staff. Instead of if you build it, they will come, Napier going with if you come, we will build it. I'm thinking the wins pile up more and more as we get these multiple cycles of top tier recruits.
