'25 GA S Lagonza Hayward (Florida)

[Lloyd_Christmas]

Gator NIL team putting in work after losing so many last year.

And kids are trusting them to actually pay...as-if the whole Rashada situation never happened.

 

[Weezer]

Florida might pass us in recruiting.

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Bc he needs the emotional boost in his life so he can feel better

Yeah that’s clearly it. It can’t be that he is a fan and wants the team that he likes to recruit the best players. It just has to be the childish reason you just posted .

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

We aren’t going to be playing Georgia every year anymore after next year anyway.

How do you know?

 

[BigOrangeTrain]

Florida might pass us in recruiting.

Unacceptable

 

[Vol in Buckeye Land]

From the Onis thread, applies here as well.

 

[jpope9]

Florida might pass us in recruiting.

Napier is still the coach…..

 

[Weezer]

Unacceptable

247 rankings we've dropped to 9th while Florida has moved up to 12.

 

[Rockytopoftheworld]

I hope everyone sees this Florida surge for what it is…all the booster money that was going to be spent buying out Napier is now going to be spent on NIL since they’re sticking with Napier. Florida admin and boosters aren’t sold on Napier long term. They just didn’t have much of a contingency for this year, so they’re going to give him a longer leash, spend buyout money on NIL, see how things play out.

 

[Weezer]

Napier is still the coach…..

A coach who pulled his team together to end the season. They knocked Ole Miss ot of the playoffs.

 

[Weezer]

I hope everyone sees this Florida surge for what it is…all the booster money that was going to be spent buying out Napier is now going to be spent on NIL since they’re sticking with Napier. Florida admin and boosters aren’t sold on Napier long term. They just didn’t have much of a contingency for this year, so they’re going to give him a longer leash, spend buyout money on NIL, see how things play out.

Then our NIL needs to step up their game.

 

[Christian Lowe]

Napier is still the coach…..

We play them in the swamp next year.

 

[VolGee4]

Then our NIL needs to step up their game.

Let’s repeat…we do. But we do it with parameters and not just going to outbid everyone. The culture has been set, and it’s one reason why we are winning. Been going on 2 years now.

 

[Weezer]

WTF… Florida a dumpster fire for half a decade flipping guys from everyone. Auburn as well. Ridiculous
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If Florida adds this kid and Shady, they pass us in the rankings. Barring us adding anyone ourselves, that is.

 

[Rockytopoftheworld]

Then our NIL needs to step up their game.

NIL is not a cure-all. Look at Ohio State, Ole miss, Florida State, Miami…

I’d take our program, admin, coaching staff over any of those schools

I think we have a solid NIL game in place

 

[headhunter15]

We play them in the swamp next year.

Have already had a bad feeling lately that that game will be the yearly away game dumpster fire.

 

[pricevol5]

our cupboard isn’t completely bare.

Still time for Jon Slaughter to step up.(3 years)
We still have Jordan Thomas (2 years)
Jacobe Thomas (1 more year)
Turrentine ( 1 more year)
Charles ( 1 more year?)
….

I’m stoked for Redmond moving to safety but we really don’t know if that will fit. It should.
Walton I’m not sold on.
Two safety projects for 2025.
Man.

I think we’re good for 2025 season but we need to hit bigtime in 2026. Transfer or HS

Don’t sleep on Farooq. He’s played fast and violent in limited snaps. He’ll be in the rotation next season.

 

[volKano]

A gator fan said 70% of their nil is tied up in freshman and sophomore’s. injuries forced young guys to play early and some are producing. Then they announced Napier is staying and that pulled some that wouldn’t commit to a lame duck coach. Florida st falling apart is the cherry on top. UF has their qb and might be a pain in the butt next year.

 

[appvol]

 

[Weezer]

NIL is not a cure-all. Look at Ohio State, Ole miss, Florida State, Miami…

I’d take our program, admin, coaching staff over any of those schools

I think we have a solid NIL game in place

End of the day, and people are going to hate hearing this, but we need to recruit better. We're a playoff team, yet we're getting out recruited by Auburn and about to be passed by Florida. I love Coach Heupel. I'm not screaming for blood or for anyone to get fired. But he has to figure out why teams that are worse than us are out recruiting us. It's bad enough that Georgia and Bama are still getting almost whoever they want. But when teams that have not been good this year are out recruiting us, that's not good. The fact so many of you are not wanting to see this is baffling. If our goal is to win championships, which it should be, we need to recruit better.

 

[PYSCHO]

A coach who pulled his team together to end the season. They knocked Ole Miss ot of the playoffs.

really ky did that is the worst loss in the sec this year. Even worse than bama at vandy

 

[Weezer]

really ky did that is the worst loss in the sec this year. Even worse than bama at vandy

Ole Miss was ranked ahead of us with that KY loss on their record. It was losing to Florida that dropped them below us.

 

[PYSCHO]

Ole Miss was ranked ahead of us with that KY loss on their record. It was losing to Florida that dropped them below us.

I agree yes but they could have survived Fl loss still without ky loss

 

[VolByLaw]

Tennessee certainly is going to keep swinging here. This caught parts of the family totally off guard. His twins sisters had their TN checkerboard overalls on Friday night. Shaedy was posting about the TN win just 24 hours ago. This is an outside influence working behind the scenes to get a bigger bag and a secret visit and some UF pressure imo.

For now I think TN needs to avoid him announcing for Florida to have an outside shot of flipping momentum back.

-AP

 

[Weezer]

I agree yes but they could have survived Fl loss still without ky loss

And they would have survived the KY (they already were surviving it) until they lost to Florida.