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Jim McElwain adds recruiting power with Seider and Bell hires

Hours before the clock struck midnight to close the chapter on 2014, rap icon Luther Campbell -- aka "Uncle Luke" -- prophesied a Florida Gators run through his home area of south Florida.

The 2 Live Crew lead vocalist didn't mince words on Twitter when he pleaded for his favorite college program -- Miami -- to snatch then-Florida Atlantic defensive backs coach Corey Bell before the Gators did.

If Randy shannon gets Corey Bell hired as a DB coach at UF we will definitely lose every southfl recruit UM needs to hire BELL NOW

— LUTHER R CAMPBELL (@unclelukereal1) December 31, 2014

Fast-forward to February 2017, and Randy Shannon, recently named Florida's new defensive coordinator, helped Jim McElwain do exactly that.