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Florida shores up offensive line in landing 2027 OT Moreno Fisher, former UVA commit

The Gators now have three offensive tackles for 2027.
ByMorgan Moriarty
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Florida Head Coach Jon Sumrall reacts during first half of an NCAA football game at Steve Spurrier Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL on Saturday, November 7, 2026. [Alan Youngblood/Gainesville Sun]
Florida Head Coach Jon Sumrall reacts during first half of an NCAA football game at Steve Spurrier Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL on Saturday, November 7, 2026. [Alan Youngblood/Gainesville Sun] | USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect

Florida head coach Jon Sumrall is looking to finish strong with his very first full recruiting class for 2027. He did just that, as the Gators landed a verbal commit from three-star 2027 OT Moreno Fisher. 

Fisher's commitment came just five days after Florida and Sumrall's staff hosted Fisher for a visit the weekend of the Oklahoma game on Nov. 7. The 6-foot-7, 270-pound prospect from Cornelius, N.C. had been committed to Virginia since the summer. 

Florida lands third offensive tackle prospect for 2027

Fisher is rated by the 247Sports Composite as the No. 95 overall offensive tackle for 2027, and checks in 40th overall from his home state of North Carolina: 

The offensive tackle joins fellow 2027 offensive tackles in five-star Maxwell Hiller from Coatesville, Pa. and four-star Elijah Hutcheson out of Roanoke, Va. The Gators first offered him in September of this year, and he was in attendance for Florida's 52-28 upset win over Ole Miss. He de-committed from UVA a couple of weeks after seeing the game. 

The offensive tackle told Rivals' Chad Simmons that his gameday experience in Gainesville put the Gators on top:

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"The experience and the whole environment of that game was something crazy,” Fisher previously said of the game via Rivals. “It was a daytime game, and it was still packed out. No open seats in the crowd. It was a great experience, honestly.”

Perhaps most impressive is that per his 247Sports bio, Fisher switched from defensive end to offensive tackle in 2025. He plays high school football out of Hough High School in North Carolina. He joins fellow North Carolina native and class of 2027 commit Robert Geathers III. 

Current Florida offensive line coach Phil Trautwein has been Fisher's primary recruiter. WIth Fisher's commitment, the Gators' 2027 class now ranks ninth in the country.

“Coach Sumrall has done a great job,” Fisher added via Rivals. “They have a great atmosphere at Florida. The crowd is great. It is a top SEC school and the coaches have them playing well.”

Florida has done well in recent weeks with the 2027 class, landing five-star Easton Royal, who flipped from Texas last month.

We'll see if the Gators continue to add players to their 2027 class in the coming weeks, with Early Signing Period, which will open on Dec. 2.  

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