Jon Sumrall’s first full Florida class is already starting to look terrifying

One of the very legitimate questions that came with Jon Sumrall when he was hired at Florida was whether or not he would be able to recruit at an elite level. It’s not to say his recruiting at Troy or Tulane was bad, but this is the first time in his coaching career where Sumrall has been at a place where the expectation is to deliver a top-five recruiting class or else.

As the calendar gets ready to hit May, Sumrall’s first full official recruiting class is quickly squashing any fears one may have had about his recruiting chops.

Florida is building to a potential top-five class

Florida picked up two more commits on Monday. The Gators first landed 300-pound defensive lineman De’Voun Kendrick and followed that up with top 150 overall offensive lineman Peyton Miller. The two commits put Florida’s class of 2027 up to ten, and there are more slated to come down the pipeline. Florida is now 7th in the Rivals rankings and 10th in the 247 rankings.

But there is another metric that highlights just how strong this class is trending towards. Of teams with at least ten commits for the class of 2027, Florida’s average rating per commit is 4th in the country and 2nd in the SEC. The Gators only trail Texas A&M, Oregon, and Southern Cal in this metric.

What it means is that Sumrall isn’t just loading up on low-tier three-star guys for the sake of boosting the rankings, which was a staple of the Billy Napier Era during the back half of his tenure. Of course, Napier also once had a monster class brewing for his class of 2024, only for it to fall apart seemingly overnight, so Surmall will still have work to do to get pen to paper with the class.

But for whatever deficiencies Sumrall might have been left with thanks to the Billy Napier Era, if he can continue to recruit at the level he has shown to this point, he should be able to restock the roster in no time.

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