When it comes to 2021 high school recruiting the Gators were never all that aggressive.
Well, with Kowacie Reeves they certainly were, making the 6’6” wing a priority for a year and a half as they knew the ball handling, slashing, shot making phenom was the guy they needed to add a boost of high end talent and length to their roster. Reeves was always a player Florida coveted and aggressively pursued, but past him there weren’t that many targets the Gators went after.
That was largely for two reasons, which were somewhat connected. Florida wasn’t going to take a player in 2021 in case they were certain they’d be a contributor for the Gators, a lesson they had learned from the past six years of recruiting where some of the players they took a bit of a flyer on didn’t work out and occupied scholarships that could have been used in much more productive ways.