Recruiting 2024 Recruiting Thread: 4* 315 pound DL D'antre Robinson commits

[Homer J]

Good carreer decision.

Not if they have a bunch of 5* players in front of him. He'll be playing special teams until Satan shows him the door.

 

[abefroman]

Like this?

 

[soflagator]

If Napier somehow makes it out of all this, and ends up miraculously being successful here for years to come, he will owe it all, almost entirely, to DJ Lagway. Not sure I’ve liked an incoming recruit as much as this kid, maybe ever.

 

[Theologator]

If Napier somehow makes it out of all this, and ends up miraculously being successful here for years to come, he will owe it all, almost entirely, to DJ Lagway. Not sure I’ve liked an incoming recruit as much as this kid, maybe ever.

I confess I had no idea what was coming with Tebow. I knew he was rated elite, but not that he would be a generational talent and leader. He was key to Meyer’s success. QB is just so essential. Lagway looks like the real deal.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Not if they have a bunch of 5* players in front of him. He'll be playing special teams until Satan shows him the door.

I have to tell you, Ole Homer never gives up.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

I confess I had no idea what was coming with Tebow. I knew he was rated elite, but not that he would be a generational talent and leader. He was key to Meyer’s success. QB is just so essential. Lagway looks like the real deal.

Maybe, but we won A LOT of games with defense. Spikes was just as important. He added the mean to the defense. They said he would punish players if he thought they weren't practicing hard, on either side of the field.

 

[Homer J]

I have to tell you, Ole Homer never gives up.

Remember when Ricks transferred from LSU to Bama and never played?

 

[soflagator]

Maybe, but we won A LOT of games with defense. Spikes was just as important. He added the mean to the defense. They said he would punish players if he thought they weren't practicing hard, on either side of the field.

We might have a little bit of that with Collins and/or Castell. I also think there’s a little of the Spikes mentality in Graham and Chiles based on comments I’ve seen. We’ll see.

 

[Gatorphan]

I confess I had no idea what was coming with Tebow. I knew he was rated elite, but not that he would be a generational talent and leader. He was key to Meyer’s success. QB is just so essential. Lagway looks like the real deal.

Similarly Watson was that guy for Sweeney at Climpson in a 10ish rated class that led them to the promise land. A great QB is worth way more than his ranking value to a class. I think Graham could be that guy in defense who starts sometime early in the season.

 

[Theologator]

I like that Slackman was a wrestler. Balance. Toughness. Leverage.

We’re at or slightly over 85 at the moment. Any more transfers in and recruits will necessitate further attrition.

 

[Homer J]

I like that Slackman was a wrestler. Balance. Toughness. Leverage.

We’re at or slightly over 85 at the moment. Any more transfers in and recruits will necessitate further attrition.

One of the Gator shows on YouTube said we are below the 85 limit.

 

[Theologator]

One of the Gator shows on YouTube said we are below the 85 limit.

I didn’t say that clearly, sorry.

I was going off a 247 article by Jacob Rudner from Saturday night (12/16) that said we were at 65, which combined with the 20 in our recruiting class means we’d have 85 at that point. Now the total would be at 87?

He said sources pegged the following guys as on the brink of the portal to make room for additional recruits and transfers in:

Wideouts Ja'Quavion Fraziars and Marcus Burke, specialist Ja'Markis Weston, quarterback Jack Miller, defensive backEthan Pouncey, offensive lineman Riley Simmonds, and defensive linemenDesmond Watson and Jaelin Humphries.

Of course, the 85 limit doesn’t apply until preseason camp starts in August. And there has always been attrition between now and then due to grades, medical issues etc.

 

[Homer J]

Yeah, they said it included the 20 high school recruits.

I can’t remember if it was Nick D or On3 that said it.

 

[Theologator]

Yeah, they said it included the 20 high school recruits.

I can’t remember if it was Nick D or On3 that said it.

I would think they are in the same ballpark.

 

[Spurdog98]

I didn’t say that clearly, sorry.

I was going off a 247 article by Jacob Rudner from Saturday night (12/16) that said we were at 65, which combined with the 20 in our recruiting class means we’d have 85 at that point. Now the total would be at 87?

He said sources pegged the following guys as on the brink of the portal to make room for additional recruits and transfers in:



Of course, the 85 limit doesn’t apply until preseason camp starts in August. And there has always been attrition between now and then due to grades, medical issues etc.

Big Dez transferring? To where? P90X University?

 

[TheDouglas78]

One of the Gator shows on YouTube said we are below the 85 limit.

We needed to lose more guys in the portal than what we picked up, a week or two ago, including the incoming class we were at 86.

 

[Silverback Gator]

We needed to lose more guys in the portal than what we picked up, a week or two ago, including the incoming class we were at 86.

Help me here- we really needed guys to leave so staff could bring in new talent at key positions; or, w/o transfers staff would have not needed portal acquisitions and been happy or stuck w their roster?

 

[TheDouglas78]

Help me here- we really needed guys to leave so staff could bring in new talent at key positions; or, w/o transfers staff would have not needed portal acquisitions and been happy or stuck w their roster?

We didn't have enough space on the roster to bring in the class that had committed, we had 86 committed spots, but only 85 actual spots.

 

[Silverback Gator]

Not if they have a bunch of 5* players in front of him. He'll be playing special teams until Satan shows him the door.

Always the risk with staffs that consistently recruit inside the top 10. And even if Grims hits the portal, it does not mean he would have developed at UF. We wish opponent boards were saying the same thing about our commits- that they will transfer in two seasons when passed by our next elite class.

 

[Silverback Gator]

We didn't have enough space on the roster to bring in the class that had committed, we had 86 committed spots, but only 85 actual spots.

How much or many of the transfer outs would have been planned/encouraged? Seems close to being engineered.