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Florida football recruiting: Gators land commit from big, fleet JUCO RB Mark Thompson

Florida's almost certainly going to revamp its running game under Jim McElwain, whose offenses have been tethered to marquee running backs for the better part of a decade.

Mark Thompson, a running back at Dodge City (Kansas) Community College who committed to Florida on Wednesday, as

Thompson runs a bit upright for my taste, but has superb drive and burst, and surprising agility. On tape, he looks faster than he is powerful — at his size, though, he certainly has the frame to drive back tacklers, so it's almost more intriguing to see evidence that he can make them miss.