Florida football picked up a commitment from four-star running back Kahnen Daniels out of Mississippi. Billy Napier and the Gators were in a dogfight to secure Daniels against Mississippi State.
His announcement elicited reactions from around the internet and we perused around to find some of the best reactions.
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Last month when Daniels was firmly on Florida’s radar, we wrote about Daniels and said that one of his biggest strengths was his vision.
@GuruDrew352 watched the film and came to the same conclusion.
Watching kahnen Daniels film this morning, runs the wildcat and plays the QB position, 1 thing that stands out is that he is not beating worse players to the outside with superior speed every play, kid averages 10 ypc running up the middle and through gaps. His vision is amazing
— Guru Drew 352 🐊 (Lead of meat) (@GatorDrew352) April 11, 2023
He wasn’t the only one to think that. @JonnyRocketsOTC also watched the film and was impressed by the vision that Daniels possesses.
New @GatorsFB commit Kahnen Daniels Jr season highlights. https://t.co/XwYGEPGgR2
— Jonny Rockets 🐊 (@JonnyRocketsOTC) April 10, 2023
Two things stand out to me early about Kahnen:
1. He has great vision. Not just breaking it outside but finding the gaps to run through.
2. Outstanding balance. He will not be arm-tackled.
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Of course for Daniels to commit to Florida meant he couldn’t commit to Mississippi State. Bulldog fans seemed to think that Daniels was staying home.
@PirateShipMSU certainly thought so. He took to multiple posts regarding Mississippi State signing Caleb Dozier to let his displeasure known.
Kahnen Daniels to Florida, I thought you said he was going to State ? guess Not
— Rick Wilson (@Pirateshipmsu) April 10, 2023
kahnen Daniels signed with Florida. We are getting smoked in State. Maybe Arnett shouldn’t have gutted the offensive staff. Wow
— Rick Wilson (@Pirateshipmsu) April 10, 2023
Twitter wasn’t the only place to find discussion about Daniels commitment. Reddit is always a gold mine for content, and it didn’t disappoint.
Georgia fan Dogwoodmaple found a way to give “G5 Billy” a new nickname.
"This gives Florida two 4* RB commits for this cycle.Moonsuspenders William with a great start to the 2024 class."
"Comment by u/dogwoodmaple from discussion 2024 4* RB Kahnen Daniels commits to Florida in CFB"
And probably the take we would agree with is from u/edroch, who started that picking up Daniels is needed given the uncertainty surrounding higher rated prospects like five-star Jerrick Gibson
"Nice little pickup seeing that Jerrick Gibson is playing the bag game w/Texas and we’d just be wasting our time there"
"Comment by u/edroch from discussion 2024 4* RB Kahnen Daniels commits to Florida in CFB"
If you would like to read out full synopsis of Daniels and what he will bring to Florida football, you can read that here. Overall, he has a ton of potential and we wouldn’t be surprised to see his rating continue to rise.