UF freshman Martez Ivey arrived in Gainesville with as much hype, if not hysteria, surrounding an offensive tackle in quite some time.
Maybe ever in Gator Nation.
Every recruiting service ranked the Apopka product the top offensive tackle in the 2015 class. 247Sports' rankings placed Ivey the nation's No. 2 overall recruit, a ten-thousandth of a point behind Georgia-bound defensive tackle Trent Thompson.
In the face of immense expectations, Ivey is as advertised, if you ask veteran tailback Kelvin Taylor.
"Martez Ivey, the guy’s a freak, dude," Taylor raved Wednesday. "The guy’s going to be great.