University of Florida issued the following announcement on Dec. 16.
A lot happened on Wednesday.
The Gators signed nine players, including a pair of top-100 prospects, on the first Early National Signing Day with head coach Billy Napier at the helm. I'll have more on that later, but for now, I have included some national reaction on Florida's NSD performance.
Meanwhile, the Gators hired a new receivers coach in Keary Colbert from Southern Cal. And last but not least, quarterback Emory Jones confirmed he intends to enter the transfer portal after next week's Gasparilla Bowl.
Oh, and in the middle of the night, former Gators coach Urban Meyer got the ax from the Jacksonville Jaguars just 13 games into his NFL coaching career.
So, let's get to some headline links if you want to check out some of the latest items of interest for Gators fans:
QUICK READS
-- The Gators were one of the winners on National Signing Day writes Brandon Huffman of CBSSports.com.
-- Florida moved up to No. 50 in the national rankings according to 247Sports.com, despite the small signing class that will expand significantly in February.
-- Jones, confirming an earlier report from Yahoo! Sports, tells ESPN that he is entering the transfer portal writes Alex Scarborough of ESPN.com.
-- A former star at USC, new UF receivers coach Colbert is a beloved Trojan writes Matt Wadleigh of Trojan Wire.
-- Meyer knew every trick to college success, but you can't fake it in the NFL writes Adam Kilgore of the Washington Post.
-- Gators land two surprise top-100 recruits to break IMG curse writes Zach Abolverdi of the Gainesville Sun.
-- The story of the day was Deion Sanders flipping the nation's top recruit from FSU, his alma mater, to Jackson State, where he is head coach writes Andy Staples of The Athletic.
-- Napier underpromises, overdelivers for Gators on National Signing Day writes Edgar Thompson of the Orlando Sentinel.
Original source can be found here.
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