Florida Gators' Off-Season Program (Season 1)
- Larkdight Studios
- Jun 30
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Larkdight Studios Florida Gators' Program Rebuild (Season 1) June 30, 2025 5:00PM CST
The Florida Gators enter the Off-Season Program as the 2024 National Champions. They will be losing key pieces of their Championship core, including RB Montrell Johnson Jr, WR Chimere Dike, and T Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson to the NFL Draft, but they do return some great pieces that are only going to get better with more experience in guys like QB DJ Lagway, ED Eugene Wilson III, ED Tyreke Sapp, and LB Shemar James. It is going to be interesting to see how well HC Nathan Meyer handles this off-season, sorting through all those who will want to come to Florida. Talent will never be an issue in Florida but finding those who championship DNA is the test. Let's get into HC Meyer's 2025 Off-Season Program!
DEPARTURES (-34)
NFL DRAFT (-6)
RB Montrell Johnson Jr
WR Chimere Dike
TE Keon Zipperer
T Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson
CB Jason Marshall Jr
S Trikweze Bridges
GRADUATION (-12)
QB Graham Mertz
RB Cam Carroll
WR Eilijah Badger
DT Desmond Watson
DT Cam Jackson
ED Joey Slackman
LB Ja’Markis Weston
LB RJ Moten
LB Derek Wingo
S DJ Douglas
S Asa Turner
P Jeremy Crawshaw
TRANSFER PORTAL (-16)
RB Treyaun Webb (Playing Time)
WR Taylor Spierto (Playing Time)
WR Andy Jean (Playing Time)
TE Amir Jackson (Playing Time)
TE Rocco Underwood (Playing Time)
TE Hayden Hansen (Playing Time)
T Caden Jones (Playing Time)
T Mark Pitts (Playing Time)
G Bryce Lovett (Playing Time)
LB Layne Swafford (Playing Time)
LB Jack Pyburn (Playing Time)
CB Dijon Johnson (Playing Time)
CB Teddy Foster (Playing Time)
S Ahman Covington (Playing Time)
S Josiah Davis (Playing Time)
S Bryce Thornton (Playing Time)
ADDITIONS (+34)
IN-SEASON COMMITMENTS (+13)
RB Reggie Tribble, 5*
WR Javier Marciano, 5*
WR TJ Parms, 5*
WR Devin Dearth, 4*
T Tremayne Suttle, 5*
T Jabari Rubin, 4*
DT Antonio Robinson, 5*
ED Dalvin Vincent, 5*
CB Corren Breida, 4*
CB Luis Cantrell, 4*
S Artie Deiter, 5*
S Kona Ta’Ufo’Ou, 4*
S Jared Mickens, 4*
LATE COMMITMENTS (+9)
WR Cory Jaimes, 3*
WR Ramon Mama, 3*
TE Klay Hendricks, 4*
T Byron Krull, 3*
C JD Clinton, 4*
C Prince Okpokowuruk, 3*
CB Ricky von Oelhoffen, 3*
CB Joey Viera, 3*
P De’Veon Agude, 3*
TRANSFER PORTAL (+12)
RB Amari Daniels (Texas A&M)
TE Chamon Metayer (Arizona State)
G Ar’Maj Reed-Adams (Texas A&M)
G Jake Maikkula (Stanford)
DT Jordan Phillips (Maryland)
ED Shemar Stewart (Texas A&M)
ED Reuben Bain Jr (Miami)
ED Jamaal Johnson (UCF)
CB Matthew McDoom (Coastal Carolina)
CB Jordan Young (Cincinnati)
CB Xavier Scott (Illinois)
S Zaquan Patterson (Miami)
COMPLETE LIST OF SEASON 2 (2025) COMMITMENTS (1ST OVR CLASS)
RB Reggie Tribble, 5*
RB Amari Daniels, 4*
WR Javier Marciano, 5*
WR TJ Parms, 5*
WR Devin Dearth, 4*
WR Cory Jaimes, 3*
WR Ramon Mama, 3*
TE Chamon Metayer, 4*
TE Klay Hendricks, 4*
T Tremayne Suttle, 5*
T Jabari Rubin, 4*
T Byron Krull, 3*
G Ar’Maj Reed-Adams, 4*
G Jake Maikkula, 4*
C JD Clinton, 4*
C Prince Okpokowuruk, 3*
DT Antonio Robinson, 5*
DT Jordan Phillips, 4*
ED Dalvin Vincent, 5*
ED Shemar Stewart, 4*
ED Reuben Bain Jr, 4*
ED Jamaal Johnson, 3*
CB Matthew McDoom, 4*
CB Jordan Young, 4*
CB Xavier Scott, 4*
CB Corren Breida, 4*
CB Luis Cantrell, 4*
CB Ricky von Oelhoffen, 3*
CB Joey Viera, 3*
S Artie Deiter, 5*
S Kona Ta’Ufo’Ou, 4*
S Jared Mickens, 4*
S Zaquan Patterson, 3*
P De’Veon Agude, 3*
ADDITIONAL NEWS
HC Nathan Meyer has turned down offers from Georgia Tech, Louisville, Auburn, South Carolina, Miami, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Auburn, Florida State, and Michigan to remain the Head Coach at Florida
Florida loses defensive coordinator, but hires DC Curt Stephenson out of Atlanta, GA to pick up where the Florida defense left off this last season behind their stud junior edge rushers
Florida hits the transfer portal hard and lands superstars like ED Shemar Stewart, ED Reuben Bain Jr, CB Matthew McDoom, DT Jordan Phillips, G Ar’Maj Reed-Adams, and RB Amari Daniels in an effort for going all in next season in repeating as National Champions
Some conference realignment takes place to better even the playing field, while also strengthening the SEC Conference the most
o UConn and UCF join the ACC Conference
o Texas, Oklahoma, and Missouri ditch the SEC to go back to the Big 12
o Clemson, Miami, Florida State, Jacksonville State, and UMass join the new look SEC
The SEC splits into two divisions – SEC East and SEC West – to better organize all the top tier programs in the nation's top conference:
o SEC-West; Alabama, Georgia, Ole Miss, Texas A&M, Auburn, Kentucky, Mississippi State, and UMass
o SEC-East: Florida, Florida State, LSU, Tennessee, Miami, South Carolina, Vanderbilt, and Jacksonville State
PROGRAM REBUILD GOAL UPDATE (5/8, 67.5%)
Have at least 3 winning seasons (1/3) (S1 15-1)
Recruit a Top 10 Class (1/1) (S1)
Have 5 players drafted (6/5) (S1 RB Johnson Jr, WR Dike, TE Zipperer, T Crenshaw-Dickson, CB Marshall Jr, S Bridges)
Win the Heisman Award (0/1)
Win the Coach of the Year Award (0/1)
Win a National Championship (1/1) (S1 def North Carolina 29-23)
Land at least 3 5* Recruits (7/3) (S1RB Tribble, WR Marciano, WR Parms, T Suttle, DT Robinson, ED Vincent, S Deiter)
Reach #1 in the AP Polls (1/1) (S1)
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