Despite winning the SEC East in each of his first two seasons as Florida football coach, Jim McElwain, has struggled to duplicate that success on the recruiting trail.
Florida has signed 69 recruits since McElwain took over. Of those 69, they’ve signed 2 five-stars, 22 four-stars, and 44 three-stars. That simply doesn’t match the standards of Florida football. Those guys will be the juniors, sophomores, and freshmen on Florida’s roster this season.
To put that in perspective, in four recruiting classes under Will Muschamp from 2011-2014, the Gators averaged the 6.5 ranked recruiting class in the country.