No question imo the recruit that is the worst loss to me is Ben Hanks. Though with him being a legacy at UF, it's not a suprising loss especially with UF turning on the jets for NIL in the last couple weeks.
QB - Really like Nickel. And I've been saying Portal QB and a low 4 star to high 3star our of HS with potential OR Literally the top QB in HS needs to be our strategy. Ultimately what we do at QB in the Portal and how that effects how we spend on every other position is the most important thing for this season upcoming.
RB - Pringle. Like him and am fine with 1 RB this class. This is good. We may have to get a portal RB simply because Ajay Allen is probably leaving and Martinez probably declares. But I'm fine where we are at RB.
WR - Below average to solid class. I mean it's worse than last years class imo. But it's not like Moore, Upshaw, and Toney is bad... Think no matter what we need to get the best portal WR available.
TE - Schott looks legit and Luka seems like he can be a good developmental piece. Better than like Carver potential wise. Seems like at worst he'll be like a McCormick type that is useful in the blocking game. Good TE class. I could see us getting a portal TE, but Don't think we need to or anything.
OL - Another good class imo. I really like Alofaituli and Buchanan a lot. The other two have good long-term potential to be developed. Again I really don't question these types of takes much with Mario. OLine is something you want to get like at least 1 guy that can contribute within 2 years, but the others are more 3 year projects. No problem with this class for me. I think next year is the class we need to land a 5star OT. And again I think we don't need to hit portal at OLine. If there is a top guy that wants to come here, sure. But otherwise not super necessary.
DT - Below average class 100%. Donta Simpson and Mykah Newton. Its not very surprising given last class, which was legit at DT. But still not a good class. I think we have to let the young Dline take over. We could still use a Good DT in portal just as a floor setter. But Moten and Horton should be counted on to step up along with our young guys.
EDGE - Solid average class. Again like DT not surprising that we don't get super elite guys given last class, but ultimately I like Lowe and Scroggins. So This is solid. Nothing crazy or very bad here imo. We legit need to get an EDGE contributor for sure imo.
LB - This seems bad, but ultimately Wiley + Marcelling is probably as good or better than like Alford + Nix... This all depends on Wiley. Lots on here have been saying they view Wiley as legit the best LB in the country. So I mean if that is the case, can you really say this is anything but a good LB class? Sure maybe it's not what we ultimately wanted, but it's still good imo. I like where we are at LB entering next season, and don't think we need to hit the portal.
S - This imo is a complete failure. We sucked at Safety this year, and got no safeties. Need to hit the portal hard. Like we need 2 guys that can start AND a guy with multiple years still. So I'd take 3 total Safeties in the portal.
CB - Honestly this is a better class than most will want to say WHEN compared to our previous handful of classes. Not what we needed though so still a fail. But the class is fine as a whole. Antioine looks legit to me and was a massive recruiting win. Fitzgerald is a CB imo and I think can be a good one. Good ball skills and athleticism. His physicality means he's not a safety. Ewald is a solid to good player. If Carter recovers fully he seems like he could be legit good too. Problem is we needed a class like we signed at DLine last year or Oline two years ago. That didn't happen. We need MINIMUM 2 starting level CBs in the portal.
PORTAL summary, Need: QB1, 1 WR, 1 Rotational DT, 1 Starting level EDGE, 5-6 DBs....
