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Florida football recruiting: Alabama safety Jeawon Taylor commits to Gators

Florida continues to add to its 2016 recruiting class, with the latest pickup coming on Wednesday in the form of Alabama safety Jeawon Taylor.

Gators defensive backs coach Kirk Callahan first signaled the commitment with this tweet:

That was followed by the customary Jim McElwain tweet about the same:

The 334 area code covers Montgomery, Auburn-Opelika, and Dothan in Alabama — and Taylor, from Park Crossing High in Montgomery, is the only serious Florida target who corresponds to the area code in question. Scout's Bob Redman was first to connect the dots (via a Taylor retweet), and 247Sports' Luke Stampini was first to confirm the commitment.