Florida recruiting: Latest updates on the Gators’ class
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Florida’s recruiting class had some moving parts this week with the hiring of new Florida coach Dan Mullen.
The Gators lost a total of five recruits, including three 2018 de-commitments, but also dipped into the state of Pennsylvania for another offensive addition.
Where Florida’s class ranks
Florida’s 2018 class is ranked
No. 11 nationally and
No. 4 in the SEC, according to the 247Sports Composite. Eight of the Gators’ 16 commits are 4-star recruits. Florida has the SEC’s fourth-highest average star rating (90.11) behind Alabama (91.37), Auburn and Georgia .
Latest news
Florida’s 2018 class fell out of the top 10 after the losses of 4-star wide receiver
Jacob Copeland, 3-star defensive end
Taylor Upshaw and 3 -star cornerback
Divaad Wilson.
It wasn’t all bad news, however, as the Gators convinced 3-star offensive tackle
Chris Bleich to flip his commitment from UCLA to UF. He is Florida’s second pledge from Pennsylvania, joining 4-star TE Kyle Pitts.
Here’s the latest Florida recruiting news:
Commits (16)
- 4-star QB Matt Corral, Long Beach Poly (Long Beach, Calif.)
- 4-star RB Dameon Pierce, Bainbridge (Ga.)
- 4-star RB Iverson Clement,Rancocas Valley (Mount Holly, N.J.)
- 3-star WR Corey Gammage, Atlantic (Delray Beach, Fla.)
- 3-star WR Tyquan Thornton, Booker T. Washington (Miami)
- 3-star ATH Jalynn Williams, Saint Petersburg (Fla.)
- 4-star TE Kyle Pitts, Archbishop Wood (Warminster, Pa.)
- 3-star TE Dante Lang, Boca Raton (Fla.)
- 4-star OL Curtis Dunlap, IMG Academy (Bradenton, Fla.)
- 4-star OL Richard Gouraige, Cambridge Christian (Tampa, Fla.)
- 3-star OL Chris Bleich, Wyoming Valley West (Plymouth, PA)
- 4-star LB David Reese, Vero Beach (Fla.)
- 4-star DB Randy Russell, Carol City (Miami)
- 3-star DB Deontai Williams, Jones County J.C. (Ellisville, Miss.)
- 4-star ATH Amari Burney, Calvary Christian (Clearwater, Fla.)
- 3-star ATH Nigel Bethel, Northwestern (Miami)
Top 5 targets
5-star CB Patrick Surtain Jr., American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)
4-star WR Jacob Copeland, Escambia (Pensacola, Fla.)
4-star OL William Barnes, Apopka (Fla.)
4-star OL Nicholas Petit-Frere, Berkeley Prep (Tampa, Fla.)
4-star DE Andrew Chatfield, American Heritage (Plantation, Fla.)
4-star LB Richard Jibunor, Athens Christian (Athens, Ga.)
Position breakdown
Here’s a breakdown of the number of commits by position and how many are projected to be signed at the position:
- QB: 1/1 (Corral)
- RB: 2/2 (Clement, Pierce)
- TE: 2/2 (Lang, Pitts)
- WR: 2/5 (Gammage, Thornton)
- OL: 2/5 (Bleich, Dunlap, Gouraige)
- DL: 1/3 (Upshaw)
- LB: 1/1 (Reese)
- DB: 2/4 (Russell, Williams)
- ATH: 3/3 (Bethel, Burney, Williams)
Geographical breakdown
Here’s a breakdown of Florida’s commits by state:
- California: 1 (Corral)
- Florida: 11 (Bethel, Burney, Dunlap, Gammage, Gouraige, Lang, Reese, Russell, Thornton, D. Williams, J. Williams)
- Georgia: 1 (Pierce)
- New Jersey: 1 (Clement)
- Pennsylvania: 2 (Bleich, Pitts)