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2025 J’Vari "Jrock" Flowers 4* CB from Northwestern is a Gator

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This just seemed like horrible timing FOR US from the jump. We just signed a very large HS+Portal DB class (so just dedicated a lot of money there). And then he reclassifies like out of the blue after those signings.... yeah man, just unfortunate, but I don't see us landing him tbh.

I mean MAYBE we can change plans with Fitzgerald and move him to WR FIRST, and bring this dude in. That would actually probably be the ideal outcome at this point because we are significantly lacking at WR depth, and I doubt we end up at 10 WRs after spring portal. Think 9 is most likely, and that's just not good....
 
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grover said:
I don't know. I've been saying no excuses on DB up until this point. But our CB room is looking top quality and deep for years to come. Meanwhile, we need to be throwing around a lot of money for a portal WR, DT and LB.
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Doesn’t matter if he can’t go anywhere else where it’s stacked he can come here. You think uga uf and those schools don’t have comp? The schools he gets to choose will have comp and will recruit comp.
 
TheOriginalCane said:
No excuses. Simple reality.

The Gator wants some small measure of revenge for all we have taken from them. They will not be outspent. On this ONE recruit.
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I think UF just spends a ton on DBs or something. They seem to always do well there at that spot. Either they get a recruit or the recruit falls into their laps on accident. Pause
 
When he reclassified I stopped paying attention but allowing him to go to uf is Rashada all over again. Losing a guy to them here or there is just recruiting but losing those type of high value prospects to them, specifically, can & have had lingering effects for us.
 
Ghurd8 said:
When he reclassified I stopped paying attention but allowing him to go to uf is Rashada all over again. Losing a guy to them here or there is just recruiting but losing those type of high value prospects to them, specifically, can & have had lingering effects for us.
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Well losing Rashada to them was a net positive... so I don't think this is comparable lol. Flowers going there would objectively suck. Want him here, and he could probably immediately be a Nickel 2 for us. I just don't think it works out given everything we've just added to the position group. Now if he were a safety? **** yes, imo we better match, but he's not. I think it won't be wrong to match to get him here, but it's not the smartest choice either...
 
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Calinative said:
Well losing Rashada to them was a net positive... so I don't think this is comparable lol.
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Disagree. Hindsight 20/20 & all that but Rashada under Dawson may have worked out differently. Having that prospect on our roster probably helps in wr recruiting & gives us a possibly better option after Ward leaves(assuming he stuck around or we even went after Ward in that scenario in the 1st place).
 
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Dwinstitles said:
Doesn’t matter if he can’t go anywhere else where it’s stacked he can come here. You think uga uf and those schools don’t have comp? The schools he gets to choose will have comp and will recruit comp.
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I get what you're saying. But we have 10 CBs -- OJF, Brown, Richard, Mack,, Lucas, O'Connor, Brantley, Karnley, Antoine, Ewald -- and are taking another 3-4 in the 2026 class. From what I'm reading, he's asking for CB1 NIL. Is he CB1 among this group?

Dwinstitles said:
I think UF just spends a ton on DBs or something. They seem to always do well there at that spot. Either they get a recruit or the recruit falls into their laps on accident. Pause
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I agree with this. McClain is supposedly having a great Spring, so that's something to watch for leading up to our game. But they've missed on several other spots, are more like Canes under Golden where some position groups are good, others are not. Maybe they're not allocating their budget and resources correctly?
 
Ghurd8 said:
Disagree. Hindsight 20/20 & all that but Rashada under Dawson may have worked out differently. Having that prospect on our roster probably helps in wr recruiting & gives us a possibly better option after Ward leaves(assuming he stuck around or we even went after Ward in that scenario in the 1st place).
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I mean Rashada currently has his thumb out on the side of the road, so...
 
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grover said:
I get what you're saying. But we have 10 CBs -- OJF, Brown, Richard, Mack,, Lucas, O'Connor, Brantley, Karnley, Antoine, Ewald -- and are taking another 3-4 in the 2026 class. From what I'm reading, he's asking for CB1 NIL. Is he CB1 among this group?


I agree with this. McClain is supposedly having a great Spring, so that's something to watch for leading up to our game. But they've missed on several other spots, are more like Canes under Golden where some position groups are good, others are not. Maybe they're not allocating their budget and resources correctly?
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McClain having a good spring is like (random Miami jag stories having good springs) everyone is having a good spring until the games go live.
 
Dwinstitles said:
McClain having a good spring is like (random Miami jag stories having good springs) everyone is having a good spring until the games go live.
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Yeah, I definitely don't believe anything coming out of Gator camp. But I saw Josh Newberg was talking him up, and was riffing off your post about UF having good DBs. Even when they suck, that's usually true.
 
He took a surprise OV to Notre Dame

A source told Irish Illustrated, regarding how the visit went: "We laid it all out. We made a move. Couldn't have gone better. We have a great shot. Now, it's about closing."
 
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