{"id":266327,"date":"2026-05-11T07:40:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T07:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/266327\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T07:40:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T07:40:14","slug":"florida-fans-are-taking-notice-as-rivals-recruiting-keeps-slipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/266327\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida fans are taking notice as rival\u2019s recruiting keeps slipping"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the very real struggles Florida has had over the past decade with Georgia has been acquiring talent in the first place. In the 247 team rankings, the Gators haven\u2019t finished ahead of the Bulldogs since the class of 2013. The end result has been Georgia starting to take a stranglehold of a series that Florida previously dominated.<\/p>\n

But Georgia showed a crack in its armor last year in recruiting, and with Florida surging, Gator fans are taking notice of some of the struggles happening in Athens at landing talent.<\/p>\n

Georgia has another decommit and Florida fans take notice<\/p>\n

Five-star cornerback Donte Wright has decommitted<\/a> from Georgia and flipped to Miami. He is the 5th player that Georgia has had flip away from its class of 2027. As of now, Georgia has just six commits and is sitting in 31st in the 247 rankings.<\/p>\n

Now this is Georgia, and they won\u2019t stay 31st forever, but it does seem notable that Jon Sumrall, who has yet to coach a game in Gainesville, has all the momentum<\/a> he has in recruiting while the Bulldogs don\u2019t seem to have the ironclad grip they once had. Even last year, Georgia only finished 8th in recruiting, and that was mainly boosted by taking 31 players, over a third of whom were three-stars. Georgia had a shocking blow when five-star QB Jared Curtis flipped to Vanderbilt.<\/p>\n

Vanderbilt is stealing recruits<\/a> from Georgia for those keeping score at home.<\/p>\n

Georgia will still be a playoff contender in 2026, but their foundation as a machine feels like it is slipping. For the past two years, the Gators had Georgia on the ropes. Georgia won, and to the victor go the spoils, but if Billy Napier can nearly knock off Georgia, imagine what Sumrall can do once he gets his own machine rolling?<\/p>\n

Throw in that Georgia can\u2019t stop getting players arrested and has been bounced from the expanded playoffs two years in a row without winning a game, and the fact that Georgia has now had five players flip away doesn\u2019t feel like an accident in a vacuum.<\/p>\n

It has the feeling of the start of a trend.<\/p>\n

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