{"id":297920,"date":"2026-06-06T00:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/297920\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T00:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T00:40:11","slug":"florida-football-now-boasts-most-blue-chip-commitments-in-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/297920\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida football now boasts most blue-chip commitments in nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) &#8211; Two more players committed Friday to Jon Sumrall\u2019s increasingly explosive 2027 recruiting class, and the Gators now hold the most blue-chip commitments in the nation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">That\u2019s thanks in part to four-star defensive lineman Cahron Wheeler, who announced his decision in an Instagram post. The 6-foot-5 Maryland native chose Florida over Tennessee, Clemson and Auburn. According to 247Sports, Wheeler is the nation\u2019s No. 13 defensive lineman and the No. 4 recruit in Maryland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A few hours later, athlete Jamarion Johnson also announced he will attend the University of Florida. The Georgia native can play in the secondary or at wide receiver, but he\u2019s more likely to line up at defensive back. He picked Florida over rival Florida State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcjb.com\/newsletter\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to subscribe to our newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WCJB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) &#8211; Two more players committed Friday to Jon Sumrall\u2019s increasingly explosive 2027 recruiting class, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297921,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[125400,28,30,29,6083,125401,10712],"class_list":["post-297920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-cahron-wheeler","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-gator-football","tag-jamarion-johnson","tag-jon-sumrall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297920","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297920"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297920\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297921"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297920"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297920"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297920"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}