How many recruits will Florida sign for the 2020 class?

Florida Gators defensive line commit Gervon Dexter- GatorCountry photo courtesy of Gervon DexterNCAA rules cap signees at 25 per year. In this recruiting cycle, Florida can sign as many as 27. How is that possible?

Glad you asked.

The three caps

Forgive me, but we have to get into NCAA jargon to sort this out. There are two NCAA caps: one on counters, and one on initial counters.

“Counters”, as in head count, are players on scholarship. An FBS team can have no more than 85 of them enrolled at a time.

“Initial counters” (ICs) are players receiving a scholarship for the first time from a school. This includes high school signees, JUCOs, transfers, and even walk-ons being granted scholarships. A…