Here’s some info from a 247 poster about our current talent. Mullen has definitely upgraded talent. Mainly through portal. But we’re still miles behind a couple of our peers.
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This time last year GatorFanatic247 put out a list of all of our scholarship players in rank order from highest to lowest. I haven't seen him (her?) around for a while so I took the liberty of updating that list for attrition and the latest recruiting class w/ transfers for 2021. In order to compare "apples to apples" with how 247 calculates the team talent composite, I used only the HS grades (JUCO for D. Black) vs. transfer grades and kept special teams players in there. I also included all the seniors who are returning even though they won't count toward our scholarship count (why we are over 85) because I expect those to be counted when the team talent rankings come out. We probably won't see that list get updated until the Fall (which, again, makes about as much sense as a football bat), but when it does come out, I think many will be surprised at where we fall in the rankings
# Name Pos. HS Grade
1 A. Gilbert, TE 0.9972
2 J. Shorter, WR 0.9962
3 G. Dexter, DT 0.9946
4 D. Bowman, RB 0.9909
5 B. Cox, DE 0.9867
6 L. Lingard, RB 0.9861
7 J. Marshall, CB 0.9856
8 K. Elam, CB 0.9755
9 D. Wingo, LB 0.9706
10 X. Henderson, WR 0.9702
11 J. Williams, Buck 0.968
12 K. Bogle, Buck 0.9677
13 J. Copeland, WR 0.9651
14 J. Rogers, CB 0.9632
15 R. Gouraige, OL 0.9603
16 T. Hopper, LB 0.9595
17 E. Jones, QB 0.9587
18 T. Sapp, DL 0.958
19 K. Zipperer, TE 0.9543
20 C. Collier, S 0.9525
21 M. Diabate, Buck 0.951
22 J. Delance, OL 0.9457
23 Z. Carter, DE 0.9404
24 C. Del Rio, QB 0.9357
25 J. Fraziars, WR 0.932
26 A. Burney, LB 0.9293
27 E. Pouncey, CB 0.9279
28 A. Powell, DL 0.9251
29 M. Burke, WR 0.9246
30 T. Dean, S 0.9222
31 D. Pierce, RB 0.9209
32 A. Richardson, QB 0.9207
33 D. McMillon, S 0.9197
34 A. Chatfield, DL 0.918
35 P. Umanmielen, DL 0.9117
36 L. Summerall, DL 0.91
37 N. Wright, RB 0.9061
38 J. Humphries, OL 0.9059
39 Yousef Mugharbil, OL 0.9056
40 T. Moore, OL 0.9054
41 J. Braun, OL 0.9049
42 M. Tarquin, OL 0.9041
43 D. Reynolds, WR 0.903
44 D. Black, S 0.9017
45 D. Reese, LB 0.9003
46 C. Borders, LB 0.8988
47 K. Gamble, TE 0.8987
48 G. Wilcox, TE 0.8985
49 K. Wilcoxson, DB 0.8979
50 J. Hill, CB 0.8969
51 J. Moon, Buck 0.8963
52 D. Newkirk, DT 0.8959
53 R. Torrence, S 0.8952
54 J. Boone, DL 0.8951
55 A. Helm, CB 0.8937
56 M. McDaniel, S 0.8923
57 L. Goods, DT 0.8922
58 J. Lee, DT 0.8917
59 W. Harrod, OL 0.8904
60 D. Watson, DT 0.8891
61 N. Elksnis, TE 0.8877
62 J. Young, DB 0.8872
63 C. Thomas, DL 0.8817
64 R. Simonds, OL 0.8809
65 D. Mitchell, DB 0.8809
66 F. Graham, Ath 0.8803
67 T. Johnson, DB 0.8802
68 S. Reese, OL 0.8793
69 M. Davis, RB 0.8765
70 J. Weston, WR 0.8763
71 R. Wells, WR 0.8727
72 A. Barber, OL 0.8727
73 D. Lang, DL 0.8709
74 K. Eguakun, OL 0.8689
75 G. Mincey, OL 0.8681
76 J. Slaughter, OL 0.8654
77 E. White, OL 0.8643
78 T. Whittemore, WR 0.8643
79 V. Miller, LB 0.864
80 J. Odom, TE 0.8633
81 R. Leonard, OL 0.8633
82 J. Kitna, QB 0.8609
83 J. Pouncey, WR 0.854
84 G. McDowell, OL 0.8342
85 A. Shelton, DL 0.8284
86 R. Underwood, ST 0.8117
87 J. Crashaw, ST 0.794
2020 -> 2021 change:
5*: 4 -> 7
4*: 43 -> 52
Blue Chips: 47 -> 59
BC Ratio: 58.0% -> 67.8%
Avg: .9021 -> .9102
Bottomline: We won't know for sure until 247 releases their 2021 update based off of their super secret GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION FORMULA, however I think we'll be ranked #5 ahead of LSU and Texas with a score in the 900s based off of the above. This doesn't put us in the top tier with Bama, UGA, and OSU but we're definitely getting better year over year and puts us in that next tier w/ great roster balance and a solid (if not very good) pipeline&development at the most important position (#UGAsucks). I like our chances boys.
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