People keep pointing at the 2027 recruiting ranking and panicking, but the real story for Florida is what the new defensive staff is installing this spring. The Gators finished last season ranked 67th in defensive SP+ and gave up 5.8 yards per play, which is unacceptable in the SEC.
The scheme shift to more single-high safety looks with aggressive gap-filling from the linebackers is the right move. Florida's front seven generated havoc on only 14% of snaps last year, bottom third in the conf...