The drama does not appear to finish with Jaden Rashada, the five-star quarterback that sits atop Florida’s 2023 recruiting class. On Wednesday, Jan. 11, conflicting stories surfaced relating to Rashada’s enrollment on the college.
After all, this is not Rashada’s first time on prime of the nationwide recruiting information bulletins. He famously, or maybe infamously, selected Miami over Florida in June when he initially dedicated after which shocked the nation by flipping to the Orange and Blue a month out of the early signing interval.
That flip solidified Florida’s standing as a prime recruiting program within the 2023 cycle, and bought Rashada to ink his nationwide letter of intent on Dec. 21 was an enormous win for this system. It was alleged to sign the efficient finish of the cycle and relieve the crew of any main recruiting drama over the following few months.
With that in thoughts, and Rashada’s standing as the way forward for the Florida Gators in limbo, let’s have a look again on the wild rollercoaster of a timeline of this recruitment.
June 7, 2022: Rashada makes an official go to to Florida
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The notorious Lamborghini photograph shoot befell the day Rashada visited Florida, however the five-star sign caller took favor to Florida throughout that journey and NIL was definitely an element. His journey to the Swamp capped off a six-day, three-school official go to tour and put Florida on prime of the pile forward of his June 24 dedication.
June 16, 2022: Rashada pushes again dedication date
After Florida followers bought comfy with Rashada as the way forward for this system, rumblings or a Miami go to began up some drama. He’d find yourself pushing again his resolution two days, which conveniently allowed Miami to get him on campus for a closing official go to.
June 21, 2022: Rashada makes an official go to to Miami
Simply forward of his June 26 dedication date, Rashada added Miami to his checklist of official visits, and the final phrase is usually probably the most impactful for highschool seniors. On the time, the Gators had been seen because the heavy favorites to land the Pittsburg quarterback, and Miami was a distant third favourite behind UF and Texas A&M. This official go to vaulted the Hurricanes to the highest of the On3 recruiting prediction machine.
June 26, 2022: Rashada commits to Miami over Florida
They are saying the place there’s smoke there’s fireplace, and the previous adage rang true for Rashada in what many consider could be probably the most thrilling a part of his recruitment: the dedication. Miami had completed the unthinkable and delivered a intestine punch to its in-state rival by stealing the way forward for the college’s quarterback spot.
It was deflating (to place issues calmly), and Gator Nation took some time to recuperate.
Nov. 11, 2022: Florida flips Rashada
Florida by no means actually bowed out of the recruiting race after Miami earned an preliminary dedication from Rashada. Identify, picture and likeness are an enormous a part of Rashada’s future on the faculty degree and if there have been one participant Florida would have gone toe-to-toe with Miami it was him. Though nothing has been explicitly acknowledged, it’s nicely accepted that Florida and Miami fought this one out with a checkbook behind the scenes.
The Gators made issues work and flipped the quarterback they needed from Miami, making the dedication that a lot sweeter.
dec. 21, 2022: Rashada indicators early with Gators
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Though it took some time, Rashada formally signed his letter of intent to shut out a powerful early signing interval for the Gators. Napier’s press convention was delayed an hour to get the quarterback’s letter in and add him to the checklist of signees, relieving Gator Nation of any last-minute drama (like Miami with Cormani McClain)… or so we thought.
Jan. 10, 2023: Rashada does not enroll in lessons or transfer in on time
Regarding information relating to Rashada broke the Tuesday after Florida’s early enrollees had been anticipated to hitch this system. Jacob Rudner of 247Sports reported that the five-star signee had but to enroll on the college nor had he moved in as the remainder of the crew’s early enrollees did earlier within the week.
The excellent news was Rashada was listed within the pupil listing, however that does not imply he was enrolled on the college. The expectation on the time of this report was that Rashada would “arrive to campus this week;” nonetheless, different sources couldn’t affirm that with Rudner.
Jan. 11, 2023: On3 stories Rashada asking for launch from NLI
On3’s Pete Nakos reported that Rashada spoke with Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin Wednesday and requested his launch from his nationwide letter of intent, beautiful the faculty soccer world for a second (possibly third) time.
Nakos reported {that a} “slew of NIL missteps in current weeks” was accountable for the dramatic transfer. That is regarding for Florida’s popularity within the recruiting market, however the excellent news is that it may not be true.
Jan. 11, 2023: Rashada’s father refutes launch report
Hours after that preliminary report broke, Rashada’s father caught up with Brandon Huffman of 247Sports to refute any type of launch being requested by his son. The Athletic’s G. Allan Taylor seconded that report.
Gators On-line backtracked its father or mother web site’s report that Rashada spoke to Stricklin Wednesday. The correction says the final time the 2 spokes instantly was throughout Rashada’s go to for the South Carolina sport after committing.
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