{"id":352645,"date":"2025-12-16T19:32:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/352645\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T19:32:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:32:07","slug":"florida-wr-aidan-mizell-plans-to-enter-ncaa-transfer-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/352645\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida WR Aidan Mizell plans to enter NCAA Transfer Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida redshirt sophomore wide receiver Aidan Mizell<\/a> is headed into the NCAA Transfer Portal next month after three seasons in Gainesville, according to On3\u2019s Hayes Fawcett. <\/p>\n

An Orlando native, Mizell arrived as part of the Gators\u2019 2023 recruiting class, ranking as the nation\u2019s No. 19 wideout. He saw action in two games as a freshman, recording two catches for 25 yards. He stepped into a larger role as a sophomore, catching 17 passes for 202 yards and two touchdowns, but overall the Gators\u2019 offense struggled through the air after an injury to starter Graham Mertz<\/a> and some growing pains with then-true freshman DJ Lagway<\/a> at the helm. <\/p>\n

Mizell returned in 2025 to a very crowded receiver room, and struggled to carve out a consistent role for a passing offense that was again one of the worst in the SEC. <\/p>\n

Across eight games, he caught 19 passes for 177 yards and a touchdown while missing four contests due to injury.<\/p>\n

He now plans to enter the transfer portal when it officially opens on January 2 with two seasons of eligibility remaining.<\/p>\n

Hits keep coming for UF\u2019s roster<\/p>\n

Despite Billy Napier\u2019s firing earlier this season, Florida had yet to see many defections from last year\u2019s roster since new head coach Jon Sumrall was brought in. <\/p>\n

But that\u2019s beginning to change, as Mizell is the seventh Gators player to enter the portal in the past eight days. Some of the is the normal attrition that happens after a coaching change, but a few players from last year\u2019s roster are on their way out.<\/p>\n

In addition to Mizell, starting quarterback and former top-5 overall recruit DJ Lagway<\/a> will be looking for a new home after two years in Gainesville. As will highly productive defensive back\u00a0Jordan Castell<\/a>, who notched 168 total tackles, 12 pass breakups, three interceptions and a sack over three seasons. <\/p>\n

Two of UF\u2019s top signees in the 2024 class \u2014 tight end Amir Jackson<\/a> and running back KD Daniels<\/a> \u2014 are also hitting the portal next month. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida redshirt sophomore wide receiver Aidan Mizell is headed into the NCAA Transfer Portal next month after three…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[147272,399,398,396,397,99],"class_list":["post-352645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-aidan-mizell-23-boone","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}