Michigan 5-Star wide receiver Commit Stuns College Football World with Decision to Flip and Join Florida Gators over Alabama and Tennessee..
Michigan 5-Star wide receiver Commit Stuns College Football World with Decision to Flip and Join Florida Gators over Alabama and Tennessee…..
At halftime, his team had a measly four-point lead, at home, against a Southeastern Conference opponent looking for its first win in league play. Todd Golden, with injuries forcing a third different starting lineup in four games, didn’t waste any time talking about adjustments to the rotation or the defense or anything else. No, his message was simple.
“We needed to play harder,” Golden said.
And harder they did. Immediately, in fact. Florida started the second half with a 3-pointer from junior guard Denzel Aberdeen, then got another a minute later from sophomore forward Thomas Haugh to take the lead to double digits. The two buckets were harbingers of things to come for both players, but also for the third-ranked Gators, who used a deadly efficient second half to run the South Carolina Gamecocks out of Exactech Arena for an 88-67 victory before a sellout crowd Saturday night.
Both Aberdeen and Haugh threw in career-best scoring totals. Aberdeen dropped 22 points and bombed a career-high five 3s to go with three assists and no turnovers in 30 minutes. Haugh finished with 20 points, six rebounds, three assists and a steal. The Gators (22-3, 9-3), in winning their fourth straight, shot 70.4 percent in the second half, including eight of 14 from distance (57.1 percent) and put 51 points on the board for the period, while defending the Gamecocks (10-15, 0-12) at 35.7 percent.
don’t have to rely strickly on the transfer portal to bring talent into Coral Gables.
It might not have been the top-five recruiting class that Mario Cristobal is used to, however, the Hurricanes still finished with the best recruiting class in the ACC for the third straight year. They look to use some of that talent on day one.
Some believe that one of the star wide receivers in this 2025 class will walk in and be a day-one starter for the Hurricanes.
“I think On3’s top 100 wide receiver Joshua Moore is going to walk in and start at Miami next season,” On3’s Josh Newberg said. “Not just make an impact, not just come in as a rotational piece, but I think he has a chance to come in and start as a true freshman next season.”
Joshua Moore – Pembroke Pines, Florida
Position: Wide receiver
Height: 6-foot-4
Weight: 205 lbs.
Rankings
Consensus:4-Star prospect
247Sports: No. 120 nationally, No. 16 position, No. 20 state
On3: No. 85 nationally, No. 13 position, No. 12 state
Rivals: No. 158 nationally, No. 29 position, No. 29 state
The Hurriacnes have lost the entire starting receiving room this season thanks to the outstanding play of their top player. Xavier Restrepo, Jacolby George, and Sam Brown Jr. have all declared for the NFL draft while Isaiah Horton (who was poised to be the No. 1 option in Miami) has transferred to Georgia.
Moore and the batch of other talented young players will take to the field to try and recreate what the Hurricanes did last season as the No. 1 offensive in the country.
