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Gators 2019 commit talks recruitment, coaching changes

Buchholz High School safety Trent Whittemore said he was shocked when former coach Jim McElwain — who recruited him to UF — was let go by the university. “If (coach Dan Mullen’s staff was) gonna honor my commitment, I was gonna stay with it,” he said.

Courtesy of Trent Whittemore

Trent Whittemore has only ever had his sights set on one goal. He came of age just a few miles down the street from Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. He patiently waited for that call from the University of Florida.

“It’s always kinda been a dream of mine,” Whittemore, a three-star safety from F.