Name: Avery Helm
Number: 24
Position: Cornerback
Class: Redshirt Freshman
Height: 6’1″
Weight: 180 lbs
Hometown: Missouri City, Texas
High School: Fort Bend Marshall
Twitter: @FMB_Helm
2020 statistics:
| TOT | SOLO | SACK | FF | INT | PD |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Overview:
A four-star recruit in the 2020 recruiting class from Fort Bend Marshall High School in Missouri City, Texas, Helm was expected to be a bit of a project player. He was only the No. 24 corner in the nation coming out of high school, and he was the third-highest rated defensive back Florida signed in the class.
He didn’t see much action as a true freshman in 2020, appearing in just one game, Florida’s loss to Oklahoma in the Cotton Bowl. With a number of starters sitting out, UF gave a lot of opportunities to younger players like Helm in that game, and he earned a tackle.
Helm entered the 2021 season expected to be a rotational player in the secondary, but those plans changed when projected starter Jaydon Hill was lost for the season with a knee injury in camp. Helm won the starting job opposite Kaiir Elam over true freshman Jason Marshall, and though he’s had to deal with some learning curves as a redshirt freshman, he does have five tackles and a pass deflection through three games.
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