re: 5 star QB Matt Corral commits to the Gators

Care to elaborate?

Can't unfortunately, out of left field though. Will be made public tonight.

Lol

Copeland is basically a commit right now, he's just got to make a video for his commitment. It's a matter of time on hin

The Florida staff knows, just letting the kid do his thing.

OL?

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Franks was highly touted enough that many thought he could do the same

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Franks had to organize and run his own high school practices. He had no outside QB coaching until the Elite 11. Kid has elite physical traits, a big fricking heart, and the desire to lead a team, but he was beyond raw. I don't know who you talked to that thought he would be an immediate contributor, but they obviously knew very little about his hs background.

I figured he would red shirt and then we'd have to stick it out for a year while he grew into the offense.

I don't know about the organize and run his own practice stuff, but I do know that he was labeled as a kid that, if he is able to pick up the offense and develops the intangibles, has the physical skill set to be one of the best quarterbacks in the country. You can't teach his size and you can't teach his arm. The staff is trying to teach him how to bring all of that together to become a good quarterback. I would say judging from his spring game performance from year 1 to year 2, he has taken steps in the right direction.

It is unknown to what extent he has developed into an SEC quarterback. I think the general consensus is that he has improved. No one has anointed him starter or back up for the Michigan game or the rest of the season. shite, they haven't even started fall practice of his redshirt freshman year. Anybody saying that he is the next great one or the next in a long line of QB busts is full of shite.

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Literally nobody thought this. Like seriously, no one thought Franks would play a down last year.

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Well, you were coming off Treon Harris and had Del Rio coming in, so I feel like a few people probably did. I know y'all were excited when you got him and I had seen some discussion about whether or not he might take on the starting role at some point (assuming Del Rio was bad). I mean, seriously, we have people on our side contemplating Fromm surpassing Eason on the depth chart, so there was/is somebody.

That said, I don't guess I ever realized he was that raw. He was 247's 5th ranked pro-style QB, so not sure how he got there based on "he's really tall and can throw far". There's plenty of kids out there who can fit into that description and who aren't ranked nearly that high.

Awesome player, now official. Congrats gators