re: **2017 Football Recruiting Thread**

I think Truesdell will commit pretty soon. The staff has had to scramble because you don't expect to have 3 solid DTs committed and to lose all 3 within a week. Scott got kicked out because he got too fat, Hansard flipped to his hometown school, and Edwards I have no idea what his reasoning was. But the staff has to scramble to manage to sign a few DTs now. Truesdell is a good start and then we got to get a couple of more after that.

I think some potential realistic options based on what I've read and heard around campus that we have left go like this:

QB: 5 star Jarrett Stidham is first priority, 4 star FSU commit James Blackman is backup plan.

RB: Done there, still looking to find a way to get 4 star Adarius Lemons into school

WR: Expected to land high 4 star James Robinson, in final 3 for four star Henry Ruggs. I don't really think we'll take both and I think the staff would rather have Ruggs (from Alabama) because Robinson has some major off the field concerns. I expect us to add one more to go along with Daquan Green.

TE: Solid there, were done. Got two 6'6 guys committed.

OL: This is an interesting position because we've thought about it as a huge need for us for the last several cycles, but this cycle, it would be more of a luxury to sign a few OL instead of a requirement. We have an elite kid in Kadeem Telfor (Miami has pushed for him though). I think the staff wants one or two more guys but they're very picky about who. Obviously, 5 star Alex Leatherwood is the number one priority. He's an early enrollee and visits Florida last before the dead period. Florida is also trying to flip 4 star Navaughn Donaldson from Miami, he's been on campus a lot and the staff went in home with him last night. Some other options include Michigan commit 4 star Kai Leon Herbert and TJ Moore a 4 star from North Carolina. Our OL returns all 5 starters for next year, but guys like Leatherwood come in and start day one. The kid is that good. If we sign two OL, we will be at 19 scholarship on campus (and about 10 of them with the ability to start) which is a remarkable turnaround from the 6 we had on campus just two Springs ago.

DT: It's been discussed on here that DT is a huge position of need. 3 star Tyrone Truesdell will be committed soon, and there have been other targets popping up around the east coast recently as the staff is evaluating closely guys that are capable of playing at Florida. The Gaddy twins are recent Vol decommits that could be interesting to watch. They're both 6'5 300 lb and one is a 4 star and the other is a 3 star. They could be interesting to keep an eye on.

DE: I haven't heard much about defensive end. We're very deep there right now and we have an elite guy in 4 star Rivals 100 player Zachary Carter. Jarez Parks was once considered a Gator lean but he has since trended towards Alabama and hasn't visited UF in a long time. If I read something different I will certainly come back and update this.

LB: This is a fun position. We have David Reese 2.0 committed in 3 star Ventrell Miller. This kid is a stud. 3 star James Houston lost this season due to a torn ACL but he was expected to have a big senior year. 4 star Rahyme Johnson from Los Angeles is a Gator lean. From what I gathered, we only have one more linebacker spot available and it belongs to Johnson if he chooses to join us and i don't think we'll pursue anybody beyond him.

DB: This could be the deepest DB class we've had in years. Our current commits are elite. Marco Wilson, Elijah Blades, and Shawn Davis are good enough to be a full class most seasons. This year, were after 6-7 defensive backs. We have the 3 that are committed, are expecting to land 4 star Brad Stewart and 4 star Christopher Henderson. There's more guys that are considering Florida like 4 star Brian Stewart, 4 star Ambry Thomas from Detroit, 4 star Devon Hunter, and 5 star Shaun Wade. I don't expect Thomas, Hunter, and Wade, but I think the other guys are very real possibilities.

So if I had to guess here's what my mock class would be.

4 star Jake Allen
4 star James Blackman
4 star Malik Davis
4 star Lemons (if he can get in he's all Gator)
3 star Zech Byrd
3 star Kemore Gamble
4 star Daquon Green
4 star James Robinson
5 star Alex Leatherwood
4 star Navaughn Donaldson
4 star Kadeem Telfort
3 star Tyrone Truesdell
3 star mystery DT
3 star mystery DT
4 star Zachary Carter
4 star Rahyme Johnson
3 star Ventrell Miller
3 star James Houston
4 star Elijah Blades
4 star Marco Wilson
4 star Christopher Henderson
4 star Brad Stewart
4 star Brian Stewart
3 star Shaun Davis

That's a solid class. According to the 247 class calculator, this full class would put us at 4th in the country. But compared to last years class, this would be ranked 11th in the country.