Florida lost Issiah Walker to the transfer portal earlier this month, and he went closer to home by choosing Miami. It’s the second time in as many years that the Gators have lost an early enrollee after spring who wanted to go closer to home.
Those who followed the Chris Steele story a year ago will know there was a lot to that story, and Gainesville is much farther from California than South Florida. Walker spent more than a year committed to South Carolina, which is even more distant from Miami. I’m not sure yet we can say it’s a real pattern instead of bad luck, but it’ll be something to watch.