Florida Football: 2023 incoming transfers that will have the most impact

Billy Napier has been busy trying to bolster the roster for Florida football for 2023. With the second most players in the country departing Florida via the transfer portal, Napier has hit the portal to grab nine new players himself.

Not all of these new players will have a great impact on the Florida Gators, so we here at Hail Florida Hail are going to project which players will be household names among Gator Nation next year and which ones will ride the bench.

Note this isn’t ranking necessarily which players are the best, simply which ones will have the most positive impact for Florida football in 2023.

Florida Football: New kids on the block

Coming out of high school, Ronald “Mannie” Nunnery was a low-rated three-star prospect that signed with Houston in the AAC. To his credit, Nunnery worked his way up the Cougars depth chart to earn significant playing time in 2022.

He was credited with 28 solo tackles in 2022 and has size that wouldn’t be out of place in the SEC (6’2, 225 pounds).

But Nunnery will be joining a linebacker room that will probably feature Shemar James and Derek Wingo and added two other linebackers from the transfer portal that have high pedigree than Nunnery.

Don’t get it twisted, Cameron Carroll is probably a better player than some of the upcoming names on this list. Carroll has over 100 carries for Tulane in 2020 and in 2021. Injuries derailed his 2022 season as Tulane went on a run to win the AAC title and the Cotton Bowl.

So why is Carroll so low on our list?

Because unless there is an injury, it’s hard to see him getting snaps ahead of Montrell Johnson and Trevor Etienne. But considering incoming freshman Treyaun Webb will be the only other running back on scholarship for Florida football in 2023, adding Carroll to the mix does give the Gators a solid insurance policy should it be needed.

Long term, Deuce Spurlock has the potential to make an impact with Florida football. He was a low rated three-star recruit out of Alabama in the class of 2022 that traveled north to Michigan and left after only appearing in one game.

Part of what makes Spurlock intriguing is that coming out of high school he was listed at 6-2, 200 pounds and now is listed at 230 pounds. Now armed with the size needed to compete in the SEC, he wouldn’t look out of place on the field.

But Spurlock is still inexperienced, and it is hard to envision him emerging from Spring Camp as one of the listed starters for the 2023 season.