Florida’s 2020 class picked up its fifth commitment in the span of six days when Portsmouth (Va.) I.C. Norcom weak-side defensive end Antwaun Powell pledged to the Gators. https://twitter.com/TwaunPowell/status/1143965171586686977
The 6-foot-3, 235-pound Powell is ranked the No. 6 weak-side defensive end in the 247Sports composite ranking. The four-star prospect committed to Florida over Michigan and Oklahoma, among others.
Powell’s addition brings UF’s 2020 recruiting class to 18 prospects and moves the Gators’ class ranking up No. 6 in 247Sports’ rankings.
With Friday Night Lights, and the commencement of fall camp, a month away, Florida’s 2020 recruiting class could only just be getting started.
Welcome Mr. Powell!!
Extremely pleased with Antwuan Powell’s decision to join the Gator football team! By the time he leaves UF to play in the NFL, he will be the top-rated DE in the SEC, if not the nation – GO GATORS!!!
Good news keeps on coming! Go Gators!
That’s a good get, but somebody tell me, if he is ranked number six, why isn’t he a 5 star?
That ranking was a misprint, Phil. He’s actually a 6*.
All kidding aside, I get your point. It’s almost like a conspiracy when UF is involved.
LOL! I think we are all seeing stars with the addition of Blackshear to hoops. Whoop-dee-do, whoop-dee-do! A classic TV cheer from the 70s.
He’ll be a 5* his senior year in hs.
Absolutely Todd
(The Whisperers(Sony and Cher)) “And the beat goes on…….”
There are only about 30 5-star rated players total each year. So maybe the top 2 or 3 from each position group get the honor?
Damn, if there are only 30 5-star ratings handed out per year, and UGA as 20 of them, all must really be lost. I would ask, however, how come they haven’t won a national championship yet with all that talent? 😝 (just so people don’t think I’m not a true Gator, or worse yet, just a fan)
Yup…Gator 6 is Anti-Gator alright!! 🙂
Reminds me of ole Head Ball Coach commenting on how Ray Goff gets the best players, but somehow we manage to win the games….paraphrasing of course. C
Gator-6, look at how many Florida boys are in the 5* group and you will see why our 4* commits are playing like 5* players. At the end of this year there will be some changes depending on how successful they are or are not. GO GATORS!!!
To quote The Head Ball Coach (THBC) “Why is it that during recruiting season they sign all the great players, but when it comes time to play the game, we have all the great players? I don’t understand that. What happens to them?” — THBC on Georgia.
LOL…at the top of his many quotes is this one.
He’s the number six ranked player at his position. Not the overall number six ranked player.
SHP – he is the 6th ranked WDE not the 6th ranked player overall. I have learned to reread posts to ensure I understood them as some of them will leave you scratching your head…LOL. Regardless he is a welcome addition to our squad. CDM is bringing GATOR NATION back to prominence. GO GATORS!!!
Whether he’s a 4 or 5*, the guy is talented and blessed with some God given size. David Smith wont be happy because he isn’t from Florida, but if Mullen can get enough talent, he will get us back where we all want to get. Go Gators!!
Spoken like a “fan”, a true Gator, or both, Sparky.
David isn’t here yet, so let me take a stab:
“Powell is a four-star loser who committed to UF only because Taggart and his budding powerhouse out west didn’t want him. CDM is an incompetent, recruiting-impaired moron, and the Gators will never amount to a hill of beans with him at the helm.”
A fair representation, no?
Good impersonation or is that another handle?
C’mon 65! Have not dripped enough sarcasm upon David Smith / Black Juju / Mike Winter, etc. etc. etc. ad nauseum, to get just a little credit?
🙂
65 is just kidding, Albert. Not that it means anything, but you are at the top of my list of creds. Come to think of it, so is old LT if he ever comes back and posts again — his challenging someone who repeatedly called him a troll to a fist fight without ever actually challenging him to an actual fist fight remains one of the classic posts ever. Wish I had enough wit to do that when I was going thru that, but alas.
I still think you and Jaws must be the same person, or at the very least must have been separated at birth!
Albert, just Joking. Thought what you said was spot on impersonation. Guys glass is always less than half full. can season start so we have something real to talk about.
Yes sir, Sparky…Portsmouth is also in a very fertile, talent rich are for football.
Thanks for the shout out Sparky. I just got done slinging sod and stocking shelves.
And now seeing that Blackshear is transferring to our basketball team. Something special going on down in Gainesville again!!
Now we had fb and bb nc in same year. Fb, bb, baseball in the same year.
I want the best of the best that want to be better to want to come here and play maybe Florida first but any of the other states will work if they want to work hard play and stay out of trouble while getting a world class education.
Dang.
Too bad Mullen “can’t recruit”. ~rolling eyes~ 😉
You have well-informed posts over the years. When we have been at our best with Urbs for example…we of course recruited the state, but also filled gaps nationally…Harvin, Spikes, Hill, Shaw, Haden, Dunlap, Cunningham, Hernandez, Newton ( we know he xferred) are all examples.