Recruiting 2023 Recruiting Thread: 4* OT Caden Jones completes the class

Gatormac2112

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This is a good watch. Basically, way too early to worry and it would be a bigger worry if we had commits from the lower hanging fruit players right now. September is when we should start worrying. We need to be pulling in players that have a rating above 91 and if we find ourselves in September with a class avg below that then we need to worry.

This guy obviously is a graduate of Ox's mindcamp
 

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My thought is, if you are already visiting Gainesville this much, why not commit? But, that could be bad from an NIL perspective. Committing early might cost him money.
If committing to a school meant that other schools couldn't harass you to switch to them, I could see the value in it. But since you are going to be hounded anyway after committing, why wouldn't every recruit make all their visits and take all the time they have to make a commitment? I've never understood it.
 

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The Tebow-led Gators are the only team that kept me out of worry. Danny's team too.
Kept you out of worry?!?! Danny's my boy (his 4 years were my 4 years), but we had to squeak by a couple games with him, too. I remember beating Vandy by only like 7 one year when we were in the hunt.

And it took 3 blocked kicks to win a Natty with Tebow another year.

I love our Legends as much as anyone, but it was never smooth sailing. We had legitimate heart palpitations during our best seasons.

It's not easy being Orange & Blue!!!

We make it look easy. But it's not.
 

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Leblanc on campus again today. Will be back for spring game. I think he has sat in more meetings and attended more practices than Miller. Might as well let him suit up next Thursday evening. He just got a CB to us as well. He is committing on July 23.
 

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Leblanc on campus again today. Will be back for spring game. I think he has sat in more meetings and attended more practices than Miller. Might as well let him suit up next Thursday evening. He just got a CB to us as well. He is committing on July 23.

This is great and love that Napier is getting a lot of media buzz on it. Multiple sites stating LeBlanc's return and the CB. We keep hitting these kids with the ratings the 93-94 avg will happen.

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The lightest edge rusher we are recruiting is currently listed at 225 but looks a little bigger in recent pics. That is Isaiah Nixon. Other edge rushers we are after are Keon Keely (240), Tomarrion Parker (250-260) and Wilky Denaud (230-245). I assume they will gain even more weight once they get to UF.

The other linemen we are mentioned recruiting,

Zavion Hardy (6'5, 260)
Will Norman (6'4, 275-290)
Kamran James (6'6, 265)
John Walker (6'2, 300-320)
Jordan Hall (6'4, 300-310)
 

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I’d like to see them slide Gervon to DE with Watson at DT at times. Not always, but have that as a big alignment package. His athleticism is similar to Carlos Dunlap and his size would be tough to manage with Watson plugging the middle. Both would merit double-teams and the offense would have to choose its poison.
 

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I remember being struck at how quickly Dunlap could reverse direction, such as he’d crash the inside on a run fake but recover quickly enough to snag the runner before he turned the corner. Crazy agile at, what, 285-290?
 

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That clip was like nothing I’ve ever seen still to this day. He moved double and triple teams like they were weebles. I’m trying to remember another DL film that has been close. Maybe Floyd, or Gary Brown from Seffner Armwood.
 

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