When the transfer portal opened for business on January 2, the Gators had 30+ players enter the portal. But after the initial rush of players to announce their intentions to leave, it looked like everyone else who had yet to hit the portal would be coming back for 2026.
As the Gators have gone out and grabbed a new slew of players from the portal, some position groups have gotten crowded in a hurry, and one starter from 2025 might be seeing the writing on the wall as he has opted to jump into the portal just before it closes.