It has been a good stretch for Florida football’s recruiting efforts, but with the upcoming official visit schedule just on the horizon, things are about to get real in Gainesville. The Gators already have a robust roster of top prep recruits who are slated to visit the Swamp starting at the end of this month. However, Billy Napier and Co. have not bated their efforts just yet as the program continues to push for the best and brightest of the 2025 cycle. Four-star tight end Andrew Olesh out of Center Valley (Pennsylvania) Southern Lehigh is among the remaining targets on Napier’s list, but ge ..read more

Thursday has been a promising day for the Florida Gators football program, which managed to score a huge win through the transfer portal with the commitment of former USC Trojans interior offensive lineman Jason Zandamela. The 6-foot-3-inch, 306-pound trench warrior originally out of Clearwater (Florida) Academy International in the 2024 cycle made his decision less than a week after making his visit to campus. Florida’s offensive line was lackluster last season and with the loss of center Kingsley Eguakun — among others — the roster was in dire need of some talent on the offensive line. He i ..read more

The Florida football program scored a victory on the recruiting front when three-star defensive lineman Jeramiah McCloud — a former commit to the Mississippi State Bulldogs — pledged to join the Orange and Blue on Thursday. The 6-foot-3-inch, 280-pound trench warrior out of Havana (Florida) Gadsden County in the 2025 cycle backed off his previous commitment last month, having pledged to the Starkville staff back in January. The Gators pounced on the in-state product and were able to prevail over schools like the USC Trojans, with whom he had scheduled an official visit in early June. The key t ..read more

The college basketball transfer portal is officially closed as of midnight Thursday morning. Those who entered the sport’s de facto free agency system before the deadline will be eligible to participate in the upcoming 2024-25 campaign, even if they have not yet found a new home. The rosters for each respective program are far from finalized, but with the departures now certain and many of the top players in the portal already finding new homes, it is worth taking a look to see how the top teams fared this time around. Some have scored big while others have had to patch numerous holes in thei ..read more

Florida football continues its push on the recruiting front as Billy Napier and his army of staffers continue to build a promising future for the Orange and Blue. The 2025 cycle so far has been solid for the Gators with many top prospects including them among their preferred collegiate destinations. Four-star edge defender Jayden Woods out of Shawnee (Kansas) Mill Valley is one of them, having announced his top five schools recently with Florida making the cut with four other finalists. The 6-foot-3-inch, 240-pound prospect last visited Gainesville on March 19, when he was able to connect wit ..read more

The spring practice season as well as the Orange and Blue game are well in the rearview mirror for the Florida football program but the results from the annual intrasquad scrimmage are still rippling through the sports world. CBS Sports write Will Backus recently took a look at all of the Southeastern Conference’s spring games now that the dust has settled and offered up his biggest overreaction to each of the 16 member schools’ matchups. Unsurprisingly, the Gators’ five-star freshman quarterback DJ Lagway earned the mention after his electric performance in the Swamp. Based on what he saw, Ba ..read more

Official visit season for Florida football starts on the final day of this month with the opener coming on Friday, May 31. Billy Napier and the Gators program have been hard at work wrangling up the best prospects they can find for this summer’s critical recruiting event. One of the many prep prospects slated for a Gaineville visit is coveted defensive back Major Preston out of Bradenton (Florida) IMG Academy in the 2025 cycle. The 6-foot-2-inch, 170-pound defender has an official visit set with the Orange and Blue for the weekend of June 7 making Florida the first school on his itinerary so f ..read more

The Florida Gators will be represented by one of its players at the 2024 NCAA Men’s Tennis Singles Tournament in Stillwater, Oklahoma, from May 20-25. Freshman Jeremy Jin, currently ITA’s No. 52-ranked singles player, was selected by the NCAA committee with an at-large bid. Jin owned the Gators’ court one singles position for all 14 Southeastern Conference matches this season while collecting five ranked wins in his debut dual season with the Orange and Blue. His defeat of then-No. 46 Filip Planinsek of the Alabama Crimson Tide marked the high water point of the campaign for the young standout ..read more

Florida baseball hosted the Florida Atlantic Owls on Tuesday night inside of Condron Family Ballpark, which ended up being an offensive explosion for both teams. Fortunately for the Gators, they escaped with a 10-8 victory despite a ninth-inning rally from the visitors. Cade Fisher got the starting nod and once again struggled in the role, surrendering a pair of earned runs in the first and lasting only 1 1/3 innings total before giving way to the bullpen. Four relievers helped keep the team in the game with Jameson Fisher earning the win after throwing the final 1 2/3 frames. Cade Kurland (1 ..read more

Now that the NFL Draft is over (it’s over ESPN, let it go), we can turn our attention back to college football and the excitement of a new season that is (does math in his head) still four months away. Ay-yi-yi, four months? Yes, we have a ways to go and a lot of scorching summer days as well. But eventually, Florida will face Miami in Gainesville on August 31 and the place will be packed and everyone will be nervous and excited at the same time. Opening day in college football beats opening day in Major League Baseball. That may be blasphemous to the seam-heads, but it’s different here in th ..read more