Done deal :Today 5-star RB Byron Louis announce his commitment to Florida Gator football as final recruit…
Done deal :Today 5-star RB Byron Louis announce his commitment to Florida Gator football as final recruit…
Florida football is in prime position to bring in cornerback Kaylib Singleton after his decommitment from Rutgers.
Singleton, a three-star recruit out of Oakleaf High School in Orange Park, Florida, made a visit to Gainesville this past weekend for the Gators’ 48-20 blowout victory over the Kentucky Wildcats.
Singleton announced his decommitment on Sunday night.
“I’m truly thankful for the hospitality Rutgers have shown me since my commitment and I appreciate the coaching staff for giving me an opportunity to play for their school,” Singleton said. “I am decommitting and I’ve decided to reopen my recruitment
We will state that Florida continues to look like a team playing hard with something to prove. This is a continuation of what we saw during the back half of last season when the year started to go south.
And at this point, the bulk of the guys who are on the roster are Napier-picked guys, so when someone like Lagway, McClain, or Jadan Baugh has a big night, Napier does deserve credit for adding those guys to the squad.
But let’s not get ahead of ourselves that beating Kentucky 48-20 is proof that Napier himself is the best option to lead this roster. As we noted yesterday, his ultra-conservative nature heading into halftime was maddening. Had the Gators not gotten the benefit of an early whistle on their goal line stand in the first half, combined with Kentucky missing an extra point, there is a very real world where this game would have been 28-27 midway through the 3rd quarter in favor of Kentucky.
This is also the same Napier who botched last week against Tennessee and who had his squad woefully unprepared against Miami and Texas A&M.
This is the same Napier who botched Arkansas and FSU last season.
This is the same Napier who is still 15-17 as head coach of the Gators. His four wins this year are all against teams who currently have a losing record. In fact, of his 15 wins as head coach of the Gators, he has only beaten three teams who wound up with a winning record (Utah and South Carolina in 2022 and Tennessee in 2023).
We will see how the closing stretch plays out, and as noted above, there is a pathway for Lagway to drag this team to three more wins. But until Napier can consistently beat teams with winning records, and not get in the way of letting his players be successful, we aren’t willing to say this program has turned a corner.
