The Sunshine State is arguably the top state for college football recruiting, as Rivals national analyst John Garcia Jr. noted in a recent article.
These days, Syracuse football is crushing things on the recruiting trail in Florida. Now, I'm not suggesting that the Orange is going to land more Florida-based recruits from cycle to cycle than in-state teams including the Florida Gators, Florida State and others.
But Garcia said in his piece that the seven Florida-based verbal pledges that Syracuse football has secured in its 2026 class is currently the most among out-of-state squads.