Putting Billy Napier’s early signing day performance in perspective

Billy Napier shakes a fan's hand after arriving at the stadium. UAA Communications photo by Isabella Marley.If you could tell Gator fans at the start of November that Florida would sign just nine players on the early National Signing Day, you’d probably have them worked up. You could raise the anxiety even more by mentioning that QB Nick Evers and WRs Isaiah Bond, Chandler Smith, and Jayden Gibson would not be among the nine. For the coup de grâce, at least among the real recruitniks, you could reveal that the two lowest-rated non-kickers were mid-range 3-star offensive linemen, one a flip from a Sun Belt school — and that’s after firing John Hevesy.

Yes, things can change a lot in six weeks.

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