{"id":324220,"date":"2026-06-30T03:24:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T03:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/324220\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T03:24:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T03:24:09","slug":"florida-football-2028-recruiting-tracker-sumrall-lands-first-commitment-wruf-98-1-fm-850-am","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/324220\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Football 2028 Recruiting Tracker: Sumrall Lands First Commitment \u2013 WRUF 98.1 FM | 850 AM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following in the footsteps of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wruf.com\/headlines\/2026\/06\/23\/florida-football-2027-recruiting-tracker-latest-commitments-rankings-and-updates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">class of 2027<\/a>, Florida football is in search for the next generation of Gators.<\/p>\n<p>June 15 marked the beginning of the contact period with the 2028 class, and Florida coach Jon Sumrall is already making moves.<\/p>\n<p>With more visits and commitment decisions to come, Florida has one commitment, a blue-chip, to start off the cycle strong.<\/p>\n<p>Below is a running list of the players who have committed to Florida\u2019s 2028 recruiting class. This story will be updated throughout the recruiting cycle.<\/p>\n<p>June 29: Armani Strong, 4-star WR, Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood, Florida) <br \/>6-foot-1, 180 pounds<\/p>\n<p>The Gators secured their first commit in the 2028 class: four-star wide receiver Armani Strong. Staying in his home state, Strong chose the Gators over Notre Dame, Miami and Florida State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo zone safe, no corner safe,\u201d Strong <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Hayesfawcett3\/status\/2071292370662896058?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\">told Hayes Fawcett with Rivals<\/a>. \u201cThe Swamp just got more explosive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He joins three 2027 commits at his position: Elias Pearl, Tramond Collins and Anthony Jennings. <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/season\/2028-football\/compositerecruitrankings\/?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool&amp;Position=WR\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">247Sports Composite Player Rankings<\/a> lists Strong as the 34th wide receiver in the 2028 class, with 28 offers.<\/p>\n<p>After receiving his offer on May 20, Strong attended Florida\u2019s annual Friday Night Lights camp on June 19 and the Grill in the Ville recruiting cookout the next day before committing Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Strong recorded 39 passes for 532 yards and six touchdowns in 2025 at Miami Norland Senior High School, <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/blue-chip-wr-armani-strong-192642622.html?guccounter=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">per Gators Wire<\/a>, before transferring to Chaminade-Madonna Prep for his junior year.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 The Final \u2022 Vote Now<\/p>\n<p>Greatest Gators Moments Bracket<\/p>\n<p>Champion revealed July 2 at 2 PM \u2022 WRUF 98.1<\/p>\n<p>What is the greatest moment in Florida athletics history?<\/p>\n<p>1996 Football National Championship vs. 2007 Men\u2019s Basketball Title (Repeat)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/loading.gif\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Loading ...\" title=\"Loading ...\" class=\"wp-polls-image\"\/>\u00a0Loading &#8230;<\/p>\n<p> Category: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wruf.com\/headlines\/category\/gator-football\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gators Football<\/a>    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Following in the footsteps of the class of 2027, Florida football is in search for the next generation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":190388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-324220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324220","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=324220"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324220\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}