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Gators Insiders Has Me EXCITED With Recruiting BUZZ for UF Football & Jon Sumrall! · A Peek Inside Gators Football: A Show About the Florida Gators

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to A Peak Inside Gator Football. Chatting right
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  Speaker 1: now with Gators Online's Blake Alderman about this upcoming weekend
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  Speaker 1: and what it could mean for recruiting in this video
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  Speaker 1: so I was on Gators Online. I checked out this
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  Speaker 1: visitor list.
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  Speaker 2: It is like.
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  Speaker 1: Three miles long. I want to start with Jacoby Paisley
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  Speaker 1: because he's the official visitor, right?
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  Speaker 2: Correct. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: So he's committed to West Virginia, but he's not just
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  Speaker 1: coming to the game. He's actually taking that official visit.
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  Speaker 1: How seriously should we take this one? And do you
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  Speaker 1: think Florida's legitimately got a shot to flip them?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think that, you know, the way that recruiting
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  Speaker 2: goes now, I feel like I learn more cycle by cycle, right?
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  Speaker 2: With NIL introduced and just all the changes and, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: kids in high school have agents now. So, you know,
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  Speaker 2: that's a new thing in this cycle. So I always
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  Speaker 2: sort of learn on the fly now with just the
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  Speaker 2: modern age of recruiting. And I feel like we saw
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  Speaker 2: how early Florida was, for the most part, done with
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  Speaker 2: their 2027 class. I felt like going into May, going
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  Speaker 2: into official visit season, the majority of the work was done.
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  Speaker 2: That used to not be the case. It used to
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  Speaker 2: be you take your official visits and you're looking at
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  Speaker 2: your class, the nucleus of it done. July-ish. Well, that's
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  Speaker 2: not the case now. So I feel like whenever you
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  Speaker 2: look at guys that are taking official visits, and I
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  Speaker 2: mean visits in general, but I think official visits are
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  Speaker 2: even more notable. If you're a guy that's a 27
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  Speaker 2: recruit and you're visiting another school at this point in
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  Speaker 2: the season after you've been committed for so many months,
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  Speaker 2: I think that definitely shows that there's interest on the
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  Speaker 2: recruit side and the simple fact that Florida is hosting him.
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  Speaker 2: You could have had this guy from right there near
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  Speaker 2: the south part of Georgia or going towards the south
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  Speaker 2: part of Georgia. I mean, that's not a hard drive, right?
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  Speaker 2: So I think the fact that you're having him on
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  Speaker 2: that official visit shows that Florida has some interest. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know pecking order or where the things are there
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  Speaker 2: because this is Paisley's first visit to Florida. I do
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  Speaker 2: know that there's been contact. They offered there in July
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  Speaker 2: a first visit. So I think this is more one
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  Speaker 2: where Florida and Paisley are both going to feel each
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  Speaker 2: other out. They're going to just kind of see where
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  Speaker 2: each other's heads at. Obviously Paisley's going to get to
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  Speaker 2: see more about the university and the team and what
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  Speaker 2: the scheme fit and all this, that, and the other
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  Speaker 2: will be. But I do think that the door is,
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  Speaker 2: I don't even know that it's cracked. I think it's
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  Speaker 2: pretty open. You know, he's committed to West Virginia there
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  Speaker 2: in May. Florida's talking to him. Vanderbilt's talking to him.
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  Speaker 2: Georgia's talking to him. He took an official visit to
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  Speaker 2: Georgia in June. Vanderbilt's going to host him for two
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  Speaker 2: games this fall. So, I also think too, that there's
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  Speaker 2: some ties there with Florida. He's the younger cousin of
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  Speaker 2: former Florida Gators on the, I believe on those Urban
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  Speaker 2: Meyer teams, Brian Crum, his current DB coach at his
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  Speaker 2: high school. And granted Paisley plays wide receiver, but former
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  Speaker 2: Florida DB Rashad Torrance coaches at his high school. So
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  Speaker 2: he's heard a lot about Florida. Obviously he's got the
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  Speaker 2: family ties there. A lot of his family is right
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  Speaker 2: there in Camden County, which like, I mean, like you
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  Speaker 2: could throw a rock and be right there at the
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  Speaker 2: state line from where you're at there. So I think
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  Speaker 2: there is some heavy interest on Paisley's side. Florida is
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  Speaker 2: juggling a couple wide receiver targets. Obviously, Eastern Royal, the
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  Speaker 2: five-star Texas commit, who will be in there this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: And there's a couple others that they're looking at as
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  Speaker 2: a potential fourth wide receiver. But Paisley's one of those.
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  Speaker 2: And I think a lot of questions will be answered
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  Speaker 2: this weekend. But I do think that his interest is
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  Speaker 2: very high.
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  Speaker 1: So you mentioned Eastern Royal, and he is committed to Texas.
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  Speaker 1: He is one of the elite receivers in the entire country.
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  Speaker 1: Why is he coming to Gainesville, and how much of
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  Speaker 1: an opportunity does Florida really have here? You know, he's
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  Speaker 1: out of the state of Louisiana, and if you talk
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  Speaker 1: to Urban Meyer, he'll tell you, don't ever recruit kids
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  Speaker 1: out of Louisiana. It doesn't go well for you. And,
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  Speaker 1: you know, committed to Texas, but I think there's so
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  Speaker 1: many of us that feel like there's a great chance
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  Speaker 1: he ends up at LSU. But if Florida's passing game
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  Speaker 1: has a big night in this atmosphere, do you think
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  Speaker 1: that a visit like this can actually make him– rethink
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  Speaker 1: where he ends up?
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  Speaker 2: Sure. I think that it could, it could have an
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  Speaker 2: impact there. I mean, guys that play wide receiver, you
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  Speaker 2: can go back to the beginning of time with recruiting.
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  Speaker 2: Those guys want to know, how are you getting me
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  Speaker 2: the ball? Who's getting me the ball? And they want
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  Speaker 2: to know about your scheme. So I think that with
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  Speaker 2: John Summerall having some connections to the state of Louisiana
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  Speaker 2: from his time coaching at Tulane and several other coaches
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  Speaker 2: that are on Florida staff now have those ties. I'm
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  Speaker 2: sort of in the Urban Meyer thinking of, you know,
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  Speaker 2: X the boot, you know, like stay away from there.
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  Speaker 2: You can get those guys. I've seen Florida land guys
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  Speaker 2: from Louisiana. I just haven't seen it consistently enough, and
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  Speaker 2: I've certainly seen times where Florida was well out in
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  Speaker 2: front of recruiting this guy earlier, recruiting this guy harder earlier.
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  Speaker 2: The LSU Tigers, it's different there in that state because
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  Speaker 2: a lot of those guys– they're the big school in
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  Speaker 2: the state. A lot of those guys grew up there. So,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, obviously, Royals may be a little bit of
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  Speaker 2: a different type of player because we're talking about a
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  Speaker 2: guy that's from Louisiana that's committed to Texas. So, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I think that he's still been looking around. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: that's been apparent. He's visited LSU. He's visited Florida several times.
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  Speaker 2: Just the fact that What more do you need to see,
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  Speaker 2: I guess? I understand the importance of seeing the scheme,
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  Speaker 2: but you can see that on YouTube. You can see
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  Speaker 2: that on TV. There's lots of ways you can see
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  Speaker 2: the scheme. But you've got to shoot your shot. That's
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  Speaker 2: an elite talent like that. I do think that heading
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  Speaker 2: into the weekend, Texas and LSU are more the prime
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  Speaker 2: contenders there. Is he going to stick with Texas? I
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  Speaker 2: think if he flips, it'll be to LSU. But I
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  Speaker 2: do think that the thing that is working in Florida's
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  Speaker 2: favor is how their offenses run. how they're putting up
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  Speaker 2: a lot of points and how they're getting the ball
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  Speaker 2: to these receivers. So, you know, the electric atmosphere, seeing
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  Speaker 2: a strong offensive showing and potentially a win this weekend,
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  Speaker 2: I do think will make a big impact. But I
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  Speaker 2: also think that playing into this is how long is
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  Speaker 2: he trying to drag this out? Because again, what more
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  Speaker 2: do you need to see? You've seen after visiting Florida
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  Speaker 2: this weekend, you've seen all three schools for a game.
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  Speaker 2: You've been to all these schools a bunch of times.
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  Speaker 2: So we'll see. But I do think that Florida has
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  Speaker 2: some ground to make up. I'm not sure what this
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  Speaker 2: visit will do, but I'm interested to see coming out
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  Speaker 2: of it.
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  Speaker 1: You know, we talk about the things that he could
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  Speaker 1: be looking to see, the explosive plays, the quarterback development,
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  Speaker 1: how wide receivers are schemed open. And you're right. You
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  Speaker 1: can see all of that on YouTube or on ESPN
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  Speaker 1: highlights or whatever. Is there anything Florida can show him
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  Speaker 1: that is more powerful than anything the staff could tell
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  Speaker 1: him in a recruiting meeting or that he could see
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  Speaker 1: on YouTube? Like, is it that environment? Is it, you know,
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  Speaker 1: Florida maybe arriving a little ahead of schedule on the
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  Speaker 1: national scene? Like, is there something that can only be
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  Speaker 1: seen in person that could carry weight?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I think that those sit down conversations, I'm
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  Speaker 2: a big person and I'm a big believer that I
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  Speaker 2: can talk to someone on FaceTime, text, phone, whatever. It
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  Speaker 2: doesn't have the same impact as when I'm sitting down
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  Speaker 2: and talking face-to-face. So I do think that's something, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: you can't get somewhere else. But I think just that
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  Speaker 2: atmosphere he's going to witness inside of the Swamp, win
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  Speaker 2: or lose, that place is going to go absolutely nuts.
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  Speaker 2: So I think that that's something to be said. I
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  Speaker 2: think that just as far as game, yes, you can
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  Speaker 2: see it on YouTube after the fact, and you can
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  Speaker 2: see it however you want to. But he's been compared–
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  Speaker 2: just scheme-wise, fit-wise, as an Eric Singleton, as a Vernell
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  Speaker 2: Brown III, those types of guys. I mean, seeing those
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  Speaker 2: types of players firsthand just really fit well in the offense,
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  Speaker 2: just have big games, being utilized in different ways, I
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  Speaker 2: think that that can have an impact in person. But
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  Speaker 2: I think probably more for me, the biggest benefit that
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  Speaker 2: you'll get out of this is the atmosphere and that
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  Speaker 2: time around the coaches in person.
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  Speaker 1: Frederick Ards is an Orlando kid. He's a top national
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  Speaker 1: edge player. He's committed to Texas A & M. Florida
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  Speaker 1: was involved before he chose A & M, and he's
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  Speaker 1: going to be in town. What has kept that relationship alive?
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  Speaker 1: And if Florida's defensive front creates havoc on Saturday night,
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  Speaker 1: could this recruitment become interesting again?
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  Speaker 2: I think it could. And I say that just because
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  Speaker 2: Frederick Ards was one of those guys that from Junior
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  Speaker 2: day visit in January up until maybe the later part
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  Speaker 2: of the spring, Florida was the team to beat. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, I think a hot start there, 3-0. Texas
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  Speaker 2: A & M obviously had that tough loss last weekend. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, there's some, you know, bits and bites in
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  Speaker 2: the armor there, I guess. You know, you want to
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  Speaker 2: be able to try to take any advantage you can.
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  Speaker 2: And if Florida can come out and have a strong showing,
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  Speaker 2: get a win, you know, that's an advantage. You want
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  Speaker 2: to take any lane you can. So, you want to
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  Speaker 2: try to rekindle that big love that he had for
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  Speaker 2: Florida early on. And I do think that NIL is
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  Speaker 2: a factor in this recruitment, so that could potentially be
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  Speaker 2: a conversation to have. He would have an official visit
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  Speaker 2: to you. So, I mean, even if this is your
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  Speaker 2: springboard to get a guy like this back later in
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  Speaker 2: the season for an official visit, you've got to get
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  Speaker 2: him on campus first because I always say these visit
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  Speaker 2: lists and what you see on Friday and Thursday, whatever,
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  Speaker 2: heavy on the expected part. I've just seen so many
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  Speaker 2: visit lists where, X, Y, and Z is expected. Well,
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  Speaker 2: you have to see who shows up on Saturday. So
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  Speaker 2: first step is getting him in town, getting back around
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  Speaker 2: the staff, trying to rekindle that flame. And if you
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  Speaker 2: can make big headway this weekend and potentially spring that
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  Speaker 2: into an official visit down the road, let's see what happens.
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  Speaker 2: But I do think that having a big showing, you know,
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  Speaker 2: Jaden Woods coming out and having a strong game, being
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  Speaker 2: able to be that guy that plays in space, gets
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  Speaker 2: after the quarterbacks, It's being able to truly see firsthand, hey,
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  Speaker 2: I know my skill set really well. I fit really
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  Speaker 2: well into Florida's defense. So I think that those are
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  Speaker 2: some of the things to keep an eye on for him.
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  Speaker 1: Definitely could, you know, get a good pressure, get some
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  Speaker 1: sacks that might turn some heads. So when I was
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  Speaker 1: looking at this list, something that jumped out to me
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  Speaker 1: was the fact that Zachary Johnson and Jernard Albright are
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  Speaker 1: on here, two Florida State commits in the swamp for
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  Speaker 1: a game of this magnitude. of those two is there
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  Speaker 1: one you believe florida has more of a realistic chance
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  Speaker 1: of making a move with and what should we be
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  Speaker 1: watching after this visit you.
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  Speaker 2: Know from reading you know from from finally putting together
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  Speaker 2: my list and getting my names and compiling them all
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  Speaker 2: together those were two guys that were not on my
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  Speaker 2: radar whatsoever going in so things between Florida and those
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  Speaker 2: two guys I'm sort of kind of the same thing
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  Speaker 2: where you see you're like oh interesting I don't really
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  Speaker 2: know right now where things are at with either of
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  Speaker 2: those guys I think that probably Zachary Johnson is the
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  Speaker 2: one that I think Florida has the biggest opportunity with
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  Speaker 2: just because he is an in-state guy because he has
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  Speaker 2: been vocal about you know talking up other schools I
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  Speaker 2: mean I think he went to Miami a couple weekends
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  Speaker 2: ago and was like man it'd be great to be
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  Speaker 2: a cane all the while being committed to FSU so
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  Speaker 2: He definitely seems open. Albright, I know Florida has recruited previously,
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  Speaker 2: and there were some times in the summer, I can't
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  Speaker 2: remember which weekend it was, but he was at one
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  Speaker 2: point expected for an official visit. I think he was
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  Speaker 2: committed to South Carolina, eventually flipped to Florida State, and
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  Speaker 2: I think Florida, both sides decided to walk away at
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  Speaker 2: that point. So this one is one where I'm interested
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  Speaker 2: in A, if they show, and B, where things go
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  Speaker 2: after that, because Florida already has two DBs committed, and
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. With Johnson, he could be an athlete.
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  Speaker 2: He could play either side. So is this a potential
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  Speaker 2: new name at wide receiver that we're seeing Florida kick
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  Speaker 2: the tires on? Because like I said, they've explored those guys.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know where they're at maybe with a potential
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  Speaker 2: third safety in the class. I think a lot of
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  Speaker 2: things with this visit were surprising to me to see
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  Speaker 2: them expected at first, and now I really want to
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  Speaker 2: see what comes out of it afterwards because those were
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  Speaker 2: two names that I wasn't really tracking as heavily before
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  Speaker 2: this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: sure you're subscribed over there. So another thing that I
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  Speaker 1: thought was really interesting when I saw this list, and
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  Speaker 1: you guys have had Bryson Wright on there all week long.
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  Speaker 1: And then I saw Miami post that he was coming
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  Speaker 1: to visit them this past weekend. And that ends up
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  Speaker 1: not being accurate. You could argue that him being on
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  Speaker 1: campus is probably every bit as important as anybody that's
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  Speaker 1: coming because he's the number one overall player in the
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  Speaker 1: 2028 class, at least according to rival's. Where does Florida
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  Speaker 1: stand with him right now? And how important is getting
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  Speaker 1: a Jacksonville superstar like that into the swamp for what's
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  Speaker 1: going to be probably the biggest home game of the season,
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  Speaker 1: maybe the biggest home game in the last several years?
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  Speaker 2: I think it's huge. I mean, getting big time players
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  Speaker 2: at big time atmospheres, they're always going to make an impression.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you talk to some of your recruits that
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  Speaker 2: they're like, oh, I've seen They're having their first visit,
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  Speaker 2: which I don't think that's the case for Wright as
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  Speaker 2: far as game day visits. But you're like, oh, I've
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  Speaker 2: seen lots of the Swamp. I've heard about how loud
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  Speaker 2: it is. You haven't experienced it until you've experienced it.
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  Speaker 2: I would assume a weekend like this will be. So
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  Speaker 2: I think that that's going to be big. Being an
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  Speaker 2: elite player like that, I think that Bryson Wright, he
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  Speaker 2: could be a high-level D1 power four wide receiver or
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  Speaker 2: defensive back. I just think he's phenomenal on either side
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  Speaker 2: of the ball. It's a good problem to have, to
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  Speaker 2: have a player that you can just plug and play anywhere.
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  Speaker 2: So I would say that it is early. I feel
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  Speaker 2: like I've kind of been– like I've done it plenty
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  Speaker 2: of times where I'm talking to these 2028 guys, and
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, oh, man, so what schools stand out right now?
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  Speaker 2: And they're like, dude, I haven't even finished my junior year, man.
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  Speaker 2: I've got a while until official visit. So I do
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  Speaker 2: think that his recruitment is still on the earlier side,
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  Speaker 2: but I do think that Miami, Texas, Florida– Ohio State
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  Speaker 2: is probably one in there, too. And I think Florida
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  Speaker 2: State as well. They're sort of seeing what goes on
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  Speaker 2: with the coaching there and if there's a change. And,
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  Speaker 2: you know, obviously, if that does happen, you know, who's
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  Speaker 2: going to be the replacement? Because there is a lot
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  Speaker 2: of time on the clock. You know, he comes from
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  Speaker 2: a household that he grew up in a Florida State house.
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  Speaker 2: So they are going to watch and see how things
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  Speaker 2: go there. But I'd say right now Miami's the team
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  Speaker 2: to beat. I think Texas is probably the biggest threat
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  Speaker 2: to them. you know, Texas has done a really, or
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  Speaker 2: excuse me, Miami has done a really good job with
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  Speaker 2: a lot of these high level Jacksonville guys. Their staff
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  Speaker 2: has been in place longer. You know, they had that,
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  Speaker 2: that strong season last year. And I think that Bryson
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  Speaker 2: Wright and his family, they're big on, you know, proof
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  Speaker 2: of concept. What, what does the program direction look like?
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  Speaker 2: And Miami has been able to show him that. And
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  Speaker 2: I do think that in the same sense where Florida's at,
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  Speaker 2: maybe they're not arrived yet because just because you're three,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they're not going to hang banners for that,
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  Speaker 2: but you're seeing the hot start. And I think that
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  Speaker 2: that's great. And that's going to be a chance to
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  Speaker 2: show him and his family that, what this program's about,
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  Speaker 2: how he fits, and just sort of where the direction's
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  Speaker 2: going because that's going to be the big question there.
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  Speaker 2: I think when you're dealing with a guy like Bryson Wright,
• 14:49
  Speaker 2: you're the number one player in Rivals industry rankings. You're,
• 14:52
  Speaker 2: I think, a five-star on any site that ranks you.
• 14:54
  Speaker 2: NIL is going to take care of itself no matter
• 14:56
  Speaker 2: where you go. Big players like that, they're going to
• 14:59
  Speaker 2: get taken care of there. So trajectory, development, all those
• 15:02
  Speaker 2: things are going to be key for him this weekend.
• 15:04
  Speaker 2: And I think it's big for him to get in
• 15:05
  Speaker 2: town this weekend because not only are you going to
• 15:07
  Speaker 2: be around the coaching staff and the environment, But they're
• 15:09
  Speaker 2: going to have a lot of 27 Florida commits there,
• 15:11
  Speaker 2: other guys in 28. They're going to be in his year,
• 15:13
  Speaker 2: other guys in 28. Man, if we came here, we
• 15:15
  Speaker 2: could do this, that, and the other together. So I
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: think all those things are beneficial, and it'll all be
• 15:20
  Speaker 2: on his radar this weekend.
• 15:22
  Speaker 1: Well, that kind of brings me to what I wanted
• 15:24
  Speaker 1: to talk about next, which Florida has Davin Davison. They've
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: got Andrew Beard, Elias Pearl, several other of the 2027
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: commits coming. Plus they have Armani Strong. He is a
• 15:34
  Speaker 1: commit in the 2028 class. How much recruiting gets done
• 15:39
  Speaker 1: by those guys on a weekend like this? And are
• 15:42
  Speaker 1: there specific uncommitted or maybe even committed elsewhere prospects on
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: this list that you think Florida commits are going to
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: be working particularly hard to swing?
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: You know, I think when you have your commits and
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: they're recruiting other guys, I think that sometimes those are
• 16:00
  Speaker 2: more beneficial than a coaching staff that's recruiting you because
• 16:03
  Speaker 2: you Coaches, there's some incentive, right, into trying to get
• 16:07
  Speaker 2: these players. But I think with recruits and commits and
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: guys that are in that same age bracket, those guys
• 16:13
  Speaker 2: want the best for you personally. They don't really have
• 16:15
  Speaker 2: a dog in the fight. Yeah, do they want their
• 16:17
  Speaker 2: team that they're committed to to have these building blocks
• 16:20
  Speaker 2: for the future there? Of course they do. But at
• 16:22
  Speaker 2: the same time, they're going to go recruit the next guy.
• 16:25
  Speaker 2: They're going to go try to build connections with the
• 16:27
  Speaker 2: next guy. They don't really have as much of a
• 16:29
  Speaker 2: dog in the fight. So I think that it's huge
• 16:31
  Speaker 2: because on top of Sort of being able to relate
• 16:33
  Speaker 2: to these guys and knowing that they're going to have
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: your best interest. Coaches have to go coach during the game.
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: That's what they're doing when they're sitting there in the
• 16:41
  Speaker 2: recruiting section. They're sitting with other recruits. They're having these
• 16:44
  Speaker 2: commits sit next to them. I think it was the
• 16:47
  Speaker 2: FAU game. I can't remember who he was sitting next to.
• 16:49
  Speaker 2: I'm drawing a blank there. But Davin Davidson, Florida's quarterback commit,
• 16:53
  Speaker 2: was sitting next to another target there. And he's just
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: sitting there chatting them up the entire game. So I
• 16:57
  Speaker 2: think that that's big too because... If you see a
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: big play there, I would think that it's hard to
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: pass up. Hearing a pitch like that during the game,
• 17:05
  Speaker 2: it's like, hey, man, I can do that throw. That
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: could be me and you there. Just hearing that from somebody,
• 17:09
  Speaker 2: just hearing it from all angles there, there's no negatives
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: to that. I think it's huge because I think that
• 17:14
  Speaker 2: sometimes those messages hit harder from another recruit than they
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: do from a coach. As far as names, I think
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: that this is probably one of those weekends to where
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: it's all hands on deck and just recruit anyone because
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: I feel like with this visitor list, My first recruiting
• 17:29
  Speaker 2: class I covered was 2013. So I've done this a while.
• 17:33
  Speaker 2: I've never seen a list like this at Florida before.
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: This is the strongest, deepest, however you want to paint
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: it list that I've ever seen since I've covered Florida.
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: So I mean, I think that at this point, it's
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: easier to answer who's not at Florida this weekend. So
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: I think that in this case, these guys are going
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: to be after any and everyone because there are a
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: ton of top targets in town.
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: When you look beyond the headlines, like you said, there's
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: a massive collection of 2028 guys and they're A lot
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: of Florida kids, Jacksonville, Tampa, South Florida, you've got IMG and,
• 18:02
  Speaker 1: you know, South Georgia nationally as well. But, you know,
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: is Saturday less about getting immediate commitments from the group
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: but more about establishing Florida as the place that these
• 18:15
  Speaker 1: kids associate with big-time football now?
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: I think with 2028, it's about establishing. If you want
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: someone to commit or someone wants to commit coming out
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: of the visit, like, depending on who they are and
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: where they are on the board, like all those questions
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: in there. But like, you're probably going to be more
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: primed to take them because momentum can carry you into
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: more of those things. But I think that what you're
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: going to want is you're like, you know, like I
• 18:38
  Speaker 2: said with Fred Arts, you know, would you love a
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: flip or a commitment this weekend? Absolutely. And I think
• 18:42
  Speaker 2: the same thing could be said about a lot of
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: 27 guys because Florida has 25 commits. Spots are limited.
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: You would rather have, know who's in your class, know
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: where things are at, not have all this drama and
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: chasing and all that while you're trying to coach, while
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: signing day is approaching. So I think that you'd rather
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: have things done, if not this weekend, sometime after if
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: you're dealing with a 27 guy. But sometimes we can't
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: pick and choose our battles there. So I think with 2028,
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: it's about establishing where you're at trajectory-wise, sort of laying
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: the bricks to that road of, hey, this is where
• 19:12
  Speaker 2: we're at. This is where our program's going. Because a
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: lot of those guys, not every 2028 guy is going
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: to be committing this early. Some have, and obviously we're
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: seeing that trend of guys committing earlier. As we go
• 19:22
  Speaker 2: each cycle, 2028, we've seen quarterback dominoes fall. We've seen
• 19:25
  Speaker 2: other guys commit. But, you know, I think that it's
• 19:27
  Speaker 2: certainly possible if someone wants to pull this trigger this
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: weekend because it's going to be a big matchup. If
• 19:31
  Speaker 2: you win, like you could get someone on some visit
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: high there. But I think bottom line with 2028 class
• 19:37
  Speaker 2: is just trying to set the future there. You get
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: a guy come back. You put Florida as the leader.
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: You sort of, you know, hang your hat in this
• 19:43
  Speaker 2: recruitment and you get a seat at that table. I
• 19:45
  Speaker 2: think that's maybe at the least what you want to
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: get out of this weekend. And I think that's what
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: Florida will get with a lot of these guys.
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: If Florida beats a top five Ole Miss team in
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: a packed swamp with this entire visiting list watching, how
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: significant could that be on the recruiting trail moving forward?
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: Oh, it's huge. Like, I mean, you have a win
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: like that. And I think when you look back to
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: what a lot of these recruits said once John Summerall
• 20:09
  Speaker 2: was hired, or let's say after they have the first
• 20:11
  Speaker 2: conversation with John Summerall. They've all, for the most part,
• 20:15
  Speaker 2: he was a winner. He's won everywhere he's been, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah.
• 20:18
  Speaker 2: Like it's all circled back to just being a developer
• 20:21
  Speaker 2: of a program, putting these programs in national championship territory,
• 20:26
  Speaker 2: conference championship territory. So if you can do that, it's
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: sort of like, man, I told you guys I was
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: going to do that. Like that's kind of where I
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: think a lot of these guys will see it. And
• 20:33
  Speaker 2: you're doing it at a much bigger stage now at Florida.
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: So I think a win like that against a top
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: five team, going into 4-0 on your own after a
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: team like Florida would match their last season complete win
• 20:44
  Speaker 2: total this weekend and week four. So I think that
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: that would be huge. I think whenever you look at Florida,
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: the resources they have with NIL and their degree, everything
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: that's on campus, the program has done a great job
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: of putting guys in the NFL. And they love the
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: staff and the energy that's in there. Energy is something
• 21:02
  Speaker 2: we hear from everybody. But if you can finally put
• 21:05
  Speaker 2: that last you know, sort of stake in the fire
• 21:08
  Speaker 2: there of like, Hey, we have all this stuff. You know,
• 21:10
  Speaker 2: we have all this stuff, but now we're a program
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: on the rise. I think that that's, I mean, that's
• 21:14
  Speaker 2: like the missing piece that a lot of these guys
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: are waiting to see. And I think that that would
• 21:17
  Speaker 2: show that.
• 21:18
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• 21:20
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• 21:22
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• 21:23
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• 21:24
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• 21:26
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• 21:28
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• 21:30
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• 21:34
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• 21:38
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• 21:41
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• 21:53
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• 21:56
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• 22:11
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