{"id":338041,"date":"2026-07-13T01:03:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T01:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/338041\/"},"modified":"2026-07-13T01:03:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T01:03:12","slug":"florida-gators-have-one-of-footballs-10-best-rb-rooms-per-cbs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/338041\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Gators have one of football’s 10-best RB rooms, per CBS"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Florida Gators not only return standout\u00a0Jadan Baugh<\/a> in 2026, but seem to have depth \u2014 and talent \u2014 behind him. Former NFL offensive tackle Blake Brockermeyer, who writes for CBS Sports, is bullish on UF\u2019s backfield. When naming \u201ccollege football\u2019s top 10 RB rooms<\/a>\u201d he placed Jon Sumrall\u2019s team at No. 6 and wrote the following: <\/p>\n

\u201cJadan Baugh\u00a0leads the Gators\u2019 rushing attack after averaging 5.3 yards per carry. He excels in inside-zone runs with good patience, vision and the ability to break arm tackles. Baugh had almost 800 yards after contact and should be featured even more in Jon Sumrall\u2019s scheme.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Florida\u00a0also has quality depth behind Baugh with\u00a0Evan Pryor<\/a>\u00a0and London Montgomery<\/a>, who were productive starters at\u00a0Cincinnati\u00a0and\u00a0East Carolina, combining for 1,300 rushing yards last season.\u00a0Duke Clark<\/a>\u00a0is also expected to have a role after gaining limited experience last season.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who topped the list? To Brockermeyer, Miami is No. 1.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Hurricanes return a deep stable of backs with different skill sets, led by\u00a0Mark Fletcher Jr.<\/a>, who enters the season as my No. 2 running back. Fletcher is elite in all areas and a leader who can take over games, as he did in the College Football Playoff last season. Fletcher rushed for almost 1,200 yards and 12 touchdowns. He is a nice blend of power and speed, understands blocking concepts and is rarely tackled for a loss.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cCharMar Brown<\/a>\u00a0is a nice blend of power with good vision and scored seven touchdowns while rushing for nearly 500 yards.\u00a0Jordan Lyle<\/a>\u00a0started the season as RB1 and has good speed, but got in the doghouse early and disappeared. Gerard Pringle<\/a> is more of a smaller speedster who excels on outside runs and has excellent speed. He rushed for 375 yards on limited touches. Those three all have the ability to start at many college programs and each brings a unique skill set to complement Fletcher.\u201d<\/p>\n

The complete top 10 looks like this:<\/p>\n

Miami<\/p>\n

Texas Tech<\/p>\n

Oregon<\/p>\n

Louisville<\/p>\n

Southern California<\/p>\n

Florida<\/p>\n

Missouri<\/p>\n

Texas<\/p>\n

Ohio State\u00a0<\/p>\n

Georgia<\/p>\n

A look at the Florida Gators\u2019 running backs \u2026<\/p>\n

*Jadan Baugh<\/a>, JR: In 2025, Baugh became the first Gator to eclipse 1,000 yards rushing in 10 years, with\u00a0Kelvin Taylor<\/a>\u00a0being the last UF running back to reach that milestone in 2015 (1,035 yards). Baugh, who started all 12 games, now has 1,843 rushing yards in two seasons. He\u2019s on pace to become one of the all-time rushing leaders in school history.<\/p>\n

*Duke Clark<\/a>, RS-FR: Clark played in four games last year and it would have been more had he not been injured vs. Texas. He finished the season with 15 carries for 58 yards and two catches for 14 yards. Has a chance to be RB2 for the Florida Gators and is coming off a strong spring.<\/p>\n

*Evan Pryor<\/a>, SR (Cincinnati): Pryor began his career at Ohio State, then spent the past two seasons at Cincinnati. He has 1,087 career rushing yards with a long of 65 yards. Of that total, 940 came with the Bearcats. Additionally, Pryor has 28 catches for 298 yards in college.<\/p>\n

*London Montgomery<\/a>, RS-JR (East Carolina): Montgomery started his college career at Penn State, but transferred to East Carolina and found success with the Pirates. He rushed for 742 yards and seven touchdowns last season on 4.8 yards a carry.<\/p>\n

*Byron Louis<\/a>, RS-FR: Louis played in just one game and had two carries on the season. He was not an early enrollee so he got a little bit of a late start compared to Clark. Yet, he has reshaped his body in his one year in Gainesville and appears to have a bright future.<\/p>\n

*Anthony Rubio<\/a>, RS-JR.: Rushed for 27 yards on five carries last season. Former walk-on.<\/p>\n

*Kelvin Jimenez<\/a>, RS-SO: Walk-on who did not see any game action in 2025.<\/p>\n

*Brian Case<\/a>, RS-FR: Joined the Gators as a walk-on last fall. Did not see game action.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Florida Gators not only return standout\u00a0Jadan Baugh in 2026, but seem to have depth \u2014 and talent…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[102542,139106,139107,28,2530,30,29,55371,139108,139109],"class_list":["post-338041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-anthony-rubio-23-belen-jesuit-prep","tag-byron-louis-25-american-heritage","tag-evan-pryor-21-william-amos-hough","tag-florida","tag-florida-gators","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-jadan-baugh-24-columbia","tag-london-montgomery-23-scranton-prep","tag-waltez-clark-25-plant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338041","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=338041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}