Gators top targets for National Signing Day

Good work on getting a look on the targets.

I feel better about Bush and Watkins than I did -- Copeland to me is a mystery. Other guys are really convinced that he comes to Florida, i am not. I think we're already pretty much set at WR (looking like Cleveland, Toney, Grimes, Van Jefferson).

Tight End: We're already good there, wouldn't mind taking another but wouldn't be concerned if we didn't.

Offensive Tackle/Line is where I'm extremely worried. I have a feeling we're not going to land any of them and end up taking some no-names just to add depth. (I hope I'm wrong).

Cornerback I'm worried again. I think we could already be set, and I know we want another one or two but -- Dean can play the Nickel, and I doubt we go into a true Dime Package for a while. We might just have to wait. Surtain certainly isn't coming and https://twitter.com/OlaijahGriffin?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor is a mystery but could surprise us in the end.

He apparently picked Auburn over us for an OV and I don't feel confident we land him.

For DE and LB, I think we get Quay but after that it's just a toss up, man. This staff did well before NSD but I'm not sure what else we can discuss outside of what they're Tweeting/feeling.

I know I have a lot of faith in Grantham/Sunseri for recruiting.

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Quay Walker not coming on OV.

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I think a lot of it is because we're moving some players back into the LB position. I've heard a lot of rumors that a lot of the D-Line is going to be poached to make up for the lost space. Should be interesting going forward.

I've also given up on Copeland for the sixth time this recruiting season, there are plenty of receivers without the 'tude that he has with more skill.

I think we had better prepare ourselves for an avalanche of three stars.

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Coach Mullen has a history of coaching up 3 stars and fielding good teams! If we have a winning season and win a bowl game I think we will land more blue chip talent in 2019. I was very happy with the momentum we had after the early signing period but I think Mullen has to prove he can win here to attract more recruits.

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Definitely, and it's not all 3* talent. Most of the guys actually on the field are an array of decent players going into next year (especially on defense, they just had lackluster coaching and in the end, almost none at all).

I think we'll be fine next year, but we'll obviously need a lot more bodies and talent to get back into the thick of things.

I'm not always down on 3*s, and I definitely think they can be coached up. People don't realize that Taven Bryan was a 3* offensive line recruit in 2014 -- but I think a big point is just overall leadership and motivation.

Whatever happened to McElwain, you can just see how little he wanted to be on the sidelines. Literally had no fire, so what I'm hoping is Mullen can get some slept on, underrated 3*s to complement what we already have.

Even if we don't land another WR recruit -- Toney, Van Jefferson, Grimes and Cleveland is a stellar crew, TE is shored up, RB is amazingly stacked and the OL needs a body or two.

On defense I guess I'm worried about the line a little? I mean, we still have the bodies (need a backup or two more) so we'll probably end up having to start true freshmen in 2019, but at this point I think Mullen is probably going to be a little hamstrung coming in late and Florida being in a serious 10 year decline.