Four-star running back [autotag]Treyaun Webb[/autotag] named Florida his leader, following his visit to its Orange and Blue game on Thursday.
Webb is a legacy recruit for the Gators. His cousin is none other than Gator great [autotag]Dee Webb[/autotag]. The younger Webb hails from nearby Jacksonville, Florida, and is ranked 115th overall and as the fifth-best running back, according to the 247Sports composite.
Webb said he’s thankful head coach [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag] moved the spring game to Thursday from Saturday because he wouldn’t have been able to make it during the weekend. He told 247Sports that the visit went well and he liked how a lot of fans recognized him even though he’s just a high school football recruit.
“The fans were amazing,” he said. “I feel like Florida is the only place where I can really go — either Florida or South Carolina, well I haven’t been to South Carolina yet — as far as I can go and walk around, feel comfortable like it’s my home. I can walk around, basically do anything I want. It’s basically home away from home. Fans, everything. The staff, they treat me like I’m one of their own.
“Anything I can look for in a school, I’ve got it in my back yard. It’s that overall feeling, that home feeling, I can go there, feel comfortable just walking around, talking to fans. The fans is crazy. I’ve never felt love from any fans (like that). It feels good going to a place where fans know you, take picture with you. You’ve got little kids looking up to you and stuff like that, I like that.”
Florida sits in the best spot in Webb’s recruitment along with South Carolina. He plans to take official visits to the Swamp and Columbia as well as Tennessee and Penn State in June before making a commitment during the last few days of the month.
“Florida is probably my leader in my recruitment for a while now,” Webb said. “That’s kind of where it’s at in my recruiting right now; Florida’s always been my leader, really.”
Napier and running backs coach [autotag]Jabbar Juluke[/autotag] have done an excellent job in Webb’s recruitment after Florida was an afterthought under former head coach [autotag]Dan Mullen[/autotag].
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