Florida football added a blue-chip recruit from within the state’s borders Wednesday morning in accordance with head coach Billy Napier’s edict to dominate home territory.
Four-star wide receiver [autotag]Tawaski Abrams[/autotag], out of Fort Myers (Florida) Dunbar, officially penned his name at the bottom of his letter of intent to the Gators. He commited in mid-July. The 5-foot, 11-inch, 175-pound pass catcher originally committed to the Florida State Seminoles, but Florida’s wide receivers coach Billy Gonzalez persuaded him to come to Gainesville.
“(Gonzales) loves the speed,” Abrams told Swamp247. “That is what most coaches like about me. “He tells me I remind him of (former Florida receiver) Kadarius Toney. That is what he says. A lot of people say I should go to Florida solely because of that comparison.”
Speaking of speed, much like fellow 2024 signee Jerrae Hawkins, Abrams was a standout in high school track. That translated well on the gridiron. He caught 37 passes for 622 yards and six touchdowns while rushing for 328 yards and six scores on 55 attempts — good for a 6.0 yards per carry average.
Overall, Abrams has had a very positive view of what the Orange and Blue have to offer, despite the nadir the program is mired in. It is the reliance on youth that he finds alluring.
“Being a guy coming into the program, you want to see that. You want to see younger guys getting on the field, because it lets you know if you do the same thing, you can have the same results. Everyone wants to get on the field as a freshman,” he noted.
“They want speed, they are building the program. They want the speed in their program, and they say I can do that for them. They are just trying to get guys that can run like me one player at a time.”
Abrams is ranked No. 328 overall and No.55 at his position nationally according to the 247Sports composite. The On3 industry ranking has him at Nos. 343 and 58, respectively.
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