The panic over Florida sitting at No. 11 in the 2027 ESPN class rankings with zero five-stars is so overblown it's laughable. People see the number and immediately assume the sky is falling without looking at the actual structure of the class. The Gators have 12 commits right now and the average recruit rating is still 89.68, which is top 15 caliber depth. That is not a bad foundation at all for July.
What nobody wants to talk about is how the NIL revenue-sharing model that caps at $20.5 million per school is going to fundamentally change how classes are built. Florida has been operating under the old rules where you could just buy a top 5 class with bag money. That era is over. The programs that win now are the ones that can identify and develop 4-star guys who fit the system, not just chase stars.
Georgia and Ohio State are sitting at the top of these rankings and they deserve the hype. But Florida has quietly built a class that fills actual needs along the offensive line and in...