The Florida Gators have seen some tremendous success on the college football gridiron of late, but [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag] and Co.’s triumphs have not been limited to the field.
Over the past month, the Orange and Blue has hauled in a plethora of new recruits that includes a handful of flipped commitments from other Power Four schools. This past week alone saw six flips —including three in a 24-hour span — which continues Florida’s ascent up the 2025 cycle recruiting rankings.
Coming in at No. 51 at the end of October, the Gators have surged 39 spots to No. 12 in the nation as of Monday per 247Sports. The program’s decision to retain Napier at the beginning of the month continues to look more and more prescient.
Recent recruiting flips
Last Sunday, things began to heat up when four-star linebacker Ty Jackson flipped his commitment from the USC Trojans to Florida. The native of Loxahatchee has been on the staff’s radar for a long time as they have desperately tried to keep him in the Sunshine State.
Next was offensive tackle Jahari Medlock out of Riverdale, Georgia, on Monday. A Cincinnati commit since June, Medlock decided to stay in the South after visiting the Swamp for Florida’s Week 13 upset win over the Ole Miss Rebels.
Florida completed a 24-hour-trifecta of recruiting flips with a commitment from wide receiver Muizz Tounkara out of League City, Texas. The former Arizona commit witnessed the Gators’ defeat of the Rebels while on an official visit.
On Black Friday, Florida flipped four-star edge defender Jayden Woods out of Shawnee, Kansas. Yet another witness to the Ole Miss upset, he decommitted from the Penn State Nittany Lions after the Week 13 triumph.
On Saturday ahead of the FSU game, four-star offensive tackle Tavaris Dice out of Fairburn, Georgia, flipped to Gators. Dice committed to the Auburn Tigers in March, but the Gators never stopped recruiting him.
Finally, there is four-star defensive lineman Joseph Mbatchou out of Loganville, Georgia, who flipped back to Florida after committing to the Texas Longhorns. initially committed to UF in July, but backed off that pledge in October for the Texas Longhorns; now Mbatchou is returning to his original pick of Florida.
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