Florida wide receiver [autotag]Andy Jean[/autotag] plans to leave the program via the transfer portal, according to On3’s Corey Bender. The transfer portal opens on Monday, Dec. 9.
Jean signed with Florida as a member of the Gators’ top-15-ranked recruiting class of 2023 (No. 12 by 247Sports and No. 13 by On3). He was a four-star recruit ranked inside the top 400 by both major recruiting services — No. 380 by 247Sports and No. 397 by On3 — out of Northwestern High School in Miami. Jean picked Florida over his hometown Hurricanes and the Florida State Seminoles.
At the time, Jean was high on Florida partially due to Jaden Rashada flipping to the program. Of course, Rashada never made it to Gainesville and played a year with Arizona State before transferring to Georgia last offseason.
Jean leaves Florida with three more years of eligibility. He played four games in 2023, collecting six catches for 97 yards and earned a redshirt. Jean saw the field for just one snap in 2024, out wide against Mississippi State. Pro Football Focus gave him an offensive grade of 63.8 over 93 snaps as a freshman.
Florida’s options at wide receiver
This is the first transfer portal announcement for the Florida Gators. Every Power Four program deals with some attrition each offseason, but Florida has enough depth at wide receiver to survive the loss.
The Gators are set to lose three seniors from the position room, including starters Elijhah Badger and Chimere Dike. Ja’Quavion Fraziars is also out of eligibility.
[autotag]Eugene Wilson III[/autotag] will be a redshirt sophomore next year and the unquestioned No. 1 of the position room.
Redshirt juniors Marcus Burke, [autotag]Kahleil Jackson[/autotag] and Taylor Spierto could all return. Jackson went down at the start of the season with an injury but was a starter against Miami.
Several younger receivers figure to return to the program and take on larger roles in the offense, including redshirt freshman [autotag]Aidan Mizell[/autotag] and true freshmen TJ Abrams and [autotag]Tank Hawkins[/autotag].
Florida is also adding a trio of receivers in the 2025 draft class, including five-star Vernell Brown III and four-stars Naeshaun Montgomery and Muizz Tounkara. The Gators are chasing five-star receiver Dallas Wilson, an Oregon commit.
The Gators also have walk-ons Jaden Edgecombe, Alex Gonzalez, Brian Green Jr., DeBraun Hampton, David Schmidt, Zak Sedaros and Jackson Wade on the roster.
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