Florida’s offensive line a key focus for ESPN heading into 2023

Florida’s offensive line was a major reason the team wasn’t a complete disaster in 2022, and now the Gators have to replace four starters in the trenches.

Florida’s offensive line was among the best in the SEC and college football a season ago. Unfortunately, the Gators are replacing four starters on the offensive line after losing a pair of seniors to the NFL draft and two more to Southern California via the transfer portal.

UF will have center [autotag]Kingsley Eguakun[/autotag] returning, but gone are left tackle [autotag]Richard Gouraige[/autotag], left guard [autotag]Ethan White[/autotag], right guard [autotag]O’Cyrus Torrence[/autotag] and right tackle [autotag]Michael Tarquin[/autotag]. Replacing those four is the top storyline of Florida’s spring, according to ESPN’s Chris Low and Hary Lyles Jr., who dove into each SEC program at the start of spring ball.

The Gators brought in three transfers on the offensive line over the offseason. Alabama‘s [autotag]Damieon George Jr[/autotag]. and former five-star Kentucky signee [autotag]Kiyaunta Goodwin[/autotag] should get a shot to play tackle for Florida along with a returning [autotag]Austin Barber[/autotag], and Baylor transfers [autotag]Micah Mazzccua[/autotag] should step immediately into one of the vacant starting guard spots.

While it is almost a complete turnover in the trenches, Florida fans should still feel confident, according to Low and Lyles.

“The Gator faithful should feel confident in the abilities of offensive coordinator [autotag]Rob Sale[/autotag] and offensive line coach [autotag]Darnell Stapleton[/autotag] to get this group together, given their track record with [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag]’s great offensive lines at Louisiana, which produced multiple NFL draft picks,” the ESPN story read.

Low and Lyles also pointed a newcomer on the team to watch and chose to pick a player that will be behind the offensive line transfers mentioned above. Wisconsin transfer [autotag]Graham Mertz[/autotag] will be competing with [autotag]Jack Miller III[/autotag] for the starting quarterback job, and his experience in the Big Ten might give him the upper leg. Both he and the offensive line need to excel for Florida to have a bounce-back year.

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In-state offensive line prospect to visit Florida in March

A 2024 in-state offensive line prospect is planning another visit to The Swamp, given his close proximity to campus.

When [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag] took over the Florida football program, he made sure to emphasize the importance of winning recruiting battles inside the state of Florida. Over 14 months later, Napier is staying true to his word.

[autotag]Jake Guarnera[/autotag], a 6-foot-4-inch, 280-pound offensive lineman from Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, recently told On3’s Donavon Keiser that he is planning to make another visit to The Swamp in March after the recruiting “dead period” expires. The three-star prospect cited how close he is to campus, as Ponte Vedra Beach is just a 90-minute drive from Gainesville.

In his latest visit to campus in January, Guarnera was able to spend more one-on-one time with the coaches, received an official campus tour, and made some connections with other Florida Gators prospects. Guarnera highlighted the one-on-one time with coaches, specifically mentioning a 45-minute film session spent with offensive line coach [autotag]Rob Sale[/autotag] where they broke down his high school film.

Despite the proximity to home, the Gators are competing with multiple programs for vying for Guarnera’s signature when the 2024 class puts pen to paper. Along with Florida, programs like Miami and Michigan are expected to receive a visit once the “dead period'” is lifted. Those programs join NC State, North Carolina, Ole Miss and Penn State as others involved in his recruitment.

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This 4-star offensive tackle sets his return visit date with Florida

Chalk up another big-time visitor next month!

The month of March is looking to be a big one for Florida football’s recruiting efforts as the program gets set to host a handful of prep prospects in Gainesville.

Among those who have announced their plans to head to Hogtown next month is four-star offensive tackle [autotag]Ethan Calloway[/autotag] out of Mooresville (North Carolina) Lake Norman in the 2024 class. The 6-foot-7-inch, 300-pound behemoth has made a stop in the Swamp before to watch the Gators trounce the South Carolina Gamecocks and is planning to make a multi-day visit with [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag] and Co. on March 9 and 10, he told Swamp247 recently.

The high school junior’s recruitment has been spearheaded by offensive coordinator/offensive line coach [autotag]Rob Sale[/autotag] and assistant offensive line coach [autotag]Darnell Stapleton[/autotag], who have put in time with Calloway since his mid-season visit. Speaking of which, the Orange and Blue made a great impression on him the first time around.

“The atmosphere was great before and after,” he told Gators Online previously. “The offensive line coaches spent a lot of time with me. I know they had a lot of recruits there, so that meant a lot. Great conversations with Coach Sale and Stapleton. I learned a lot about how they do things and what they are looking for.

“I go on these visits with no expectations. The fact that they had done so much homework on me and sought me out to talk and make an offer was unexpected. I knew the Gators were interested, but that changed the night for me. They are trending in the right direction as a team too.”

The coveted offensive lineman also has offers from the Auburn Tigers, Florida State Seminoles, LSU Tigers, North Carolina Tar Heels, Penn State Nittany Lions, Tennessee Volunteers and Wisconsin Badgers, among many others.

Calloway is ranked No. 191 overall and No. 9 at his position nationally according to the 247Sports composite while On3 has him at Nos. 126 and 8, respectively, according to its independent rankings. On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine has the North Carolina State Wolfpack out front for his services with a 30.5% chance of landing him, while the Virginia Tech Hokies, Appalachian State Mountaineers and Penn State follow behind at 20.2%, 11.7% and 9.8%, respectively.

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2024 blue-chip OT sets return visit date with Florida

The list of March visits is starting to get long, including the addition of this top lineman.

The month of March is starting to look like a big one for Florida football’s recruiting efforts. While there is currently a “dead period” in effect during February, the Gators are still looking ahead to the future by continuing their due diligence in the coming classes.

Among those set to make their way to Gainesville next month after the quiet period expires is four-star offensive tackle [autotag]Fletcher Westphal[/autotag] out of Leesburg (Virginia) Tuscarora, who plans on returning to the Swamp for an unofficial visit from March 11 to 12, according to Swamp247’s Blake Alderman. The 6-foot-7.5-inch, 305-pound trench warrior has been on campus once before, when he witnessed the Gators’ shellacking of the South Carolina Gamecocks on Nov. 12.

Offensive coordinator/offensive line coach [autotag]Rob Sale[/autotag], as well as head coach [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag], have led the efforts to bring the behemoth to Florida. His initial visit gave him some facetime with the two and he offered the following to Swamp247 afterward.

“Coach Sale, from all the things we have been talking about over the phone, he’s the same in person. He keeps it real. He tells you what he wants and you have to appreciate that. Some coaches will keep it soft. He is the one who is leading my recruitment and he’s always talking about how he wants to recruit me, my parents, and my coaches. I know he’s going to come and get me. He said he would be back up in the spring for spring ball.

“Coach Napier really wanted to get to know the family and get to know us better. He was asking things about ourselves, telling us what he’s been doing these past few years in his career. Just getting to know each other. I know they are preparing for more games to finish out the year and trying to finish out strong.”

Florida is not the only program in pursuit of the talented lineman, with competitors such as the Tennessee Volunteers, Oregon Ducks, Arkansas Razorbacks, Georgia Bulldogs, Clemson Tigers, Auburn Tigers and Michigan State Spartans also among those in the mix.

Westphal is ranked No. 156 overall and No. 7 at his position nationally according to the 247Sports composite while the On3 consensus has him at Nos. 158 and 7, respectively. On3’s Recruiting Prediction Machine has the Maryland Terrapins in the lead for the young man’s talents with a 13.3% chance of signing him while the Virginia Tech Hokies, Virginia Cavaliers and Penn State Nittany Lions trail behind at 11.6%, 7.5% and 6.3%, respectively.

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Florida coaches visit Louisiana 3-star OT commit

Florida coaches were out and about earlier in the week, and a trio of them checked in with offensive line commit Caden Jones Monday.

A trio of Florida coaches visited De La Salle three-star offensive tackle [autotag]Caden Jones[/autotag], the lone unsigned commit in the 2023recruiting class, on Monday, according to 247Sports.

Jones committed after the early signing period, so he has to wait until national signing day to officially join the class. That means he could flip if another program pressed hard enough, which explains why Florida sent three staff members out to him once the contact period opened up.

Offensive line coaches [autotag]Rob Sale[/autotag] and [autotag]Darnell Stapleton[/autotag] and running backs coach/area recruiter [autotag]Jabbar Juluke[/autotag] have taken point on this recruitment. Juluke’s ties to the state of Louisiana have come in hand plenty of times during the Billy Napier era at Florida, and Sale and Stapleton will be Jones’ position coaches once he gets on campus. Napier’s staff recruited Jones while ULL too, so Jones is quite familiar with the group.

They went out to visit Jones because he is unsure if he’ll be able to get back on campus before signing day with a loaded basketball schedule.

Jones will join fellow linemen [autotag]Roderick Kearney[/autotag], [autotag]Knijeah Harris [/autotag]and B[autotag]ryce Lovett[/autotag] in the class of 2023 and should help add some depth to a position room that just lost four starters.

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Florida football still in mix for this 5-star offensive tackle

Florida still has hopes of landing an elite offensive tackle in the 2023 cycle, but it’ll take a very strong push down the stretch to get the job done.

Back in June, five-star offensive tackle Samson Okunlola named the Florida Gators to his top nine. Since then, programs like Alabama, Miami and Michigan State have taken center stage in the elite Thayer Academy (Brockton, Massachusetts) recruit’s process, but that doesn’t mean the Gators are out of the race entirely.

The Gators are still actively pursuing Okunlola, according to a report from 247Sports. The team sent assistant offensive line coach [autotag]Darnell Stapleton[/autotag] and running backs coach [autotag]Jabbar Juluke[/autotag] to stop by his school during the bye week, and they pushed the idea of early playing time in the Swamp. Stapleton and offensive coordinator/offensive line coach [autotag]Rob Sale[/autotag] are his main contacts at UF and they’ve kept in touch with him over the past few months.

“Off the field, they are great dudes and I have been talking to them a lot over time,” Okunlola said of Sale and Stapleton. “They are just great dudes in general. They say I am a major priority for them and a top recruit for them. They said they love my skills. Playing early has always been a great goal of mine. I feel like I could have a chance to play as a freshman there.”

Okunlola has used three official visits so far, one to each of the programs named earlier. The Hurricanes are viewed as the leader right now in this race, but a late trip to Gainesville could change that. While nothing is scheduled right now, Okunlola has talked about taking a visit in November or December.

He’s one of the few remaining uncommitted five-star recruits in the class of 2023, so expect Florida to push hard for him down the stretch. 247Sports has Okunlola at No. 18 overall in its composite rankings and at No. 3 among offensive tackles.

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Florida football still in mix for this 5-star offensive tackle

Florida still has hopes of landing an elite offensive tackle in the 2023 cycle, but it’ll take a very strong push down the stretch to get the job done.

Back in June, five-star offensive tackle Samson Okunlola named the Florida Gators to his top nine. Since then, programs like Alabama, Miami and Michigan State have taken center stage in the elite Thayer Academy (Brockton, Massachusetts) recruit’s process, but that doesn’t mean the Gators are out of the race entirely.

The Gators are still actively pursuing Okunlola, according to a report from 247Sports. The team sent assistant offensive line coach [autotag]Darnell Stapleton[/autotag] and running backs coach [autotag]Jabbar Juluke[/autotag] to stop by his school during the bye week, and they pushed the idea of early playing time in the Swamp. Stapleton and offensive coordinator/offensive line coach [autotag]Rob Sale[/autotag] are his main contacts at UF and they’ve kept in touch with him over the past few months.

“Off the field, they are great dudes and I have been talking to them a lot over time,” Okunlola said of Sale and Stapleton. “They are just great dudes in general. They say I am a major priority for them and a top recruit for them. They said they love my skills. Playing early has always been a great goal of mine. I feel like I could have a chance to play as a freshman there.”

Okunlola has used three official visits so far, one to each of the programs named earlier. The Hurricanes are viewed as the leader right now in this race, but a late trip to Gainesville could change that. While nothing is scheduled right now, Okunlola has talked about taking a visit in November or December.

He’s one of the few remaining uncommitted five-star recruits in the class of 2023, so expect Florida to push hard for him down the stretch. 247Sports has Okunlola at No. 18 overall in its composite rankings and at No. 3 among offensive tackles.

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Gators hosting 2024 in-state OL for another game day visit

Florida is getting this in-state offensive lineman back on campus for the South Carolina game on Nov. 12.

Florida has its eye on Ponte Vedra offensive lineman [autotag]Jake Guarnera[/autotag], a top-30 interior offensive lineman in the class of 2024, and he should return to Gainesville over the weekend of Nov. 11 for UF’s matchup with South Carolina, according to Gators Online.

Guarnera has been on campus a few times this year, but he most recently visited the Swamp for the team’s season opener against Utah. He enjoyed the game-day atmosphere and liked what he saw from Florida’s offensive line. Offensive coordinator and offensive line coach [autotag]Rob Sale[/autotag] is one of Guarnera’s primary contacts at the university, so there’s a good relationship developing there already, too.

If Guarnera can make it happen, he’d like to decide by July. That still leaves eight months for Florida to duke it out with the other Power Five programs interested in him, but two game-day visits are a nice start to build on. Florida State, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Penn State and Wake Forest are a few of the schools interested in him, but Florida’s biggest competition may be North Carolina State at the moment.

Guarnera is a three-star recruit, according to 247Sports, On3 and Rivals, but ESPN pegs him as a four-star talent. ESPN lists him as the No. 249 overall recruit in the class and at No. 10 among interior offensive linemen. The On3 consensus, which equally weights all four major services, slots him at No. 355 nationally and No. 26 in his position group.

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Florida makes top 8 for this highly-sought 2024 offensive lineman

There’s still plenty of work to do, but Florida has recruited 2024 offensive lineman Blake Franks well enough to land his top eight schools.

Greeneville, South Carolina, offensive tackle [autotag]Blake Franks[/autotag] has narrowed down his options to eight schools, according to a post he made on Twitter Monday.

Florida will compete with Alabama, Clemson, Florida State, Miami, North Carolina, Ole Miss and South Carolina for Franks’ services. Although Franks’ relationship with UF is still relatively new, he recently visited Gainesville to see the Gators take on the LSU Tigers. That trip helped him connect with position coach [autotag]Rob Sale[/autotag] and gave Franks a taste of what a game day in the Swamp is really like, according to 247Sports.

“When I was down there they treated me like I was one of their top guys, Also, I really like getting to know coach Rob Sale. He’s been the main guy talking to me. He’s been a very good help throughout this recruiting process. So that’s why they made the list.”

Franks was at Clemson this weekend to see the Tigers take down Syracuse and is planning a trip to Florida State for the Georgia Tech game next weekend. He’s planning a December or January announcement but says it could be sooner.

The Gators offered the three-star recruit at the beginning of August, following a surge in his recruitment over the spring and summer. Franks is versatile enough to play at a few different spots on the line, making him a valuable asset for any Power Five program. The 247Sports composite ranks him No. 400 overall in the class of 2024 and No. 32 among offensive tackles.

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Florida football offers this highly coveted JUCO OL recruit

Billy Napier and crew offered one of the top offensive linemen in the JUCO ranks on Saturday.

College football’s regular season is over a third of the way through but that does not mean that [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag] and his army of staffers have diverted their attention from the recruiting trail. On the contrary, unlike his predecessor [autotag]Dan Mullen[/autotag], Florida’s new staff continues to grind away as the schedule continues to unfurl.

On Saturday night, despite their game with the Eastern Washington Eagles being delayed by Hurricane Ian, Napier and Co. extended a scholarship offer to Coffeville C.C. (Kansas) offensive lineman [autotag]Keyshawn Blackstock[/autotag], who is highly sought by many top programs.

“I have been talking to Florida for about a month now,” he told Swamp247. “The only thing they have been waiting on me is getting my measurements from my coach. We got those to them a few days ago. They called me a bit ago after my game, maybe 30 minutes ago, and they offered me on the phone. They said my film wasn’t a problem at all, but they just wanted my measurements. That was the biggest thing they were waiting on.”

However, Blackstock has only had limited face time with the new staff.

“I haven’t really been down there, but I’ve watched their offense. I like how their offense plays,” Blackstock told Gators Online. “They also have a hell of a defensive line. You just have to have a dog mentality along the offensive line and all the guys have to be on the same page. You can have a hell of a team like that.”

The 6-foot-5-inch, 315-pound lineman had also been pursued by the Tennessee Volunteers, Oregon Ducks, Auburn Tigers, Michigan State Spartans and Penn State Nittany Lions, among others. However, it appears that Florida’s offensive coordinator and offensive line coach [autotag]Rob Sale[/autotag], who is the main point of contact during his recruitment, is pushing all of the right buttons with the JUCO standout.

“I have been talking to him for about a while now,” he told 247Sports of Sale. “Coach [Billy] Napier actually offered me on Twitter today [Satutday] too. He is a straightforward guy honestly. He is going to keep things honest. He told me if I come there I just have to come in and work and that nothing would be given to me. He told me they have a senior tackle and a junior tackle. I told him I can play anywhere on the field up front and can do whatever to help make the team successful. It doesn’t matter if it’s guard, center, or tackle I will play whatever.”

The Georgia native still has all of his official visits remaining and intends to use them before making his final decision, including a trip to Gainesville. But in the meantime, he remains focused on his current team’s campaign.

“I haven’t really focused on offers right now,” he told Swamp247. “More about the season I have now and my teammates now. I tell every coach that I am 100% open and that I am open to anyone who wants to recruit me. I just don’t know where I want to visit. I haven’t really thought about it, but I want to make a top 10 and then a top 5 whenever that occurs, but I want to finish my season strong.”

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