does anyone know how many players Florida is signing this year?
I have asked this around here a couple of times in a slightly different from. I have asked how many UF can sign this year.
This is a pretty easy if a bit complicated question and if there were anyone around who seriously follow recruiting they would know the answer or at least have a decent answer. I always did have a reasonable stab at this back when I seriously followed it, before Foley spent a decade trying to get me to care less about UF football than I did in the 1990s. Of course the early signing period coming before the bowl game, NFL announcements etc complicates this a bit.
Since we have gotten no answer to our questions, I spent a an hour or so trying to answer this. The parameters are these:
A. It appears to me that UF was about 85-79 or 6 below the 85 limit after awarding two walk on scholarships in August.
B. It appears to me that UF was a greater number than 6 maybe as many a 13 below the 25 initial enrollee limit in August. (That is UF was able to count back some the 8 early enrollees last year, but I am not sure how many and A make any number over 6 moot.) If UF was not able to count back 6, then the number below would need to be reduced.
C. UF has 14 SRs by eligibility on its roster and will lose a currenty unknown number of players leaving the program early due to turning pro, transfering etc.
So UF can in theory go to 31 signees and count back 6, if UF has 6 signees who will enroll in January and the staff . I believe that to be the case with the early enrollees. So UF can sign the number under 85 + the number of SRs plus the number that UF can count back or by my count 8 + 14 + 6 = 28 for sure and if UF has attrition of 3 this offseason as will surely be the case, UF can go to 31. However since Alcoholica just posted, this would preclude any transfers grad or otherwise unless UF has additional attrition.