4-star Florida commit announces he will play for Deion Sanders' Jackson State program
Deion Sanders’ Jackson State program already had the highest-rated FCS recruiting class in the nation heading into Tuesday but that doesn’t mean it couldn’t get better.
For the second time this recruiting cycle, Jackson State has landed a prospect that was once committed to Florida.
Offensive lineman Javonte Gardner was previously committed to Dan Mullen’s program but announced his signing with Jackson State during the Early Signing Period.
Now four-star receiver Trevonte Rucker has followed Gardner as the former Florida commit announced his decision to flip his pledge to Sanders’ program on Tuesday.
The 5-foot-11, 157-pound Rucker is rated as the No. 33 receiver prospect in the nation and the No. 29 overall prospect from the state of Flordia in the 2021 recruiting cycle according to 247Sports Composite Rankings.
Jackson State now has three four-star prospects committed in the 2021 recruiting cycle following this news.
In addition to these high school additions, Jackson State landed transfers from Auburn, Missouri, Mississippi State, South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida State, USC and UCF since Sanders’ hiring at Jackson State.
Deion has proven he can recruit. Now, we will see if he can coach.
yep, SEC players are leaving in droves for Jackson(st) it’s a real fever, hotter than a pepper sprout.
Having a personality to attract talent is one thing, the ability to assemble a coaching staff that can coach is another.
Maybe soon he will get the HC job at Florida?
ONCE IN HIS LIFE. LADY LUCK SMILED AT DAN MULLEN. Then he attempted to sniff her shoes!!! Therefore she allowed him to go it alone vs OU!!!!
PS. Lady Luck feels Dan Mullen has issues!!!
King Negan
How ironic would be to see Sanders coaching Florida? He sure can recruit…
That happens I’m a dawg fan or just cut my throat.
Let’s go with option A, you’d look good in red n black, besides you’ve probably been thru enough cutting as old as we be…
A wise man knows.
I hope Rucker goes down there and excels on both on the football field and in the classroom. I know how much he wanted to be a Gator. But the books let him down. He can still go be great down there. Dion will be a great mentor on and off the field. I just hope Sanders stays for more than one year. But I doubt he will.
LOSER leghumper posting on Gator articles again. You are the absolute biggest LOSER of all bulldog posters and that is a large pool to choose from. Sincerely wishing best of luck to T. Rucker and hope he makes Ocala proud. As far as leghumper… you can eat dog poop. You and your corrupt State of Georgia… cheating fraudulent LOSERS!!
Makes more sense to go coach Florida state!!!!! They need one badly! He might revamp the Seminole roster if nothing else!!!
King Negan
Legh……….Makes more sense for Sanders to go coach Florida state!!!! THAT WAY 2 FLORIDA PROGRAMS WOULD BE BACK AHEAD OF FLORIDA!!!! FSU & MIAMI!!!!
Miami already are ahead of Florida in record and recruiting. The U is on their way BACK! While Mullen is on his way OUT PROBABLY!!!!!
PS. With Grantham as COACH IN WAITING!!!! LOL
King Negan
Fallout from Mullen’s interest in the NFL?
There’s been qualifying questions around him for a while now.
Nope. Academics. Just like Gardner. Wish them must success with Dion. Mullen will be playing close attention to the transfer portal again this offseason.
I don’t get it…you’d think since GatorbaitorU football glory is in the hands of an 11 year old acting HBC that couldn’t qualify academically himself, having players who don’t qualify shouldn’t be a reason to keep them out, sounds racist against stupid people over the age of 12 to me…
Leghumper the LOSER posting on a Gator article… You and every GA poster are consumed with Gator Envy. We understand you have not one a Title since 1980 and it frustrates you. LOSERS!!
Nature Gator……..If they ever do away with the portal. Mullen will be in over his head for sure!!!! He relies only on players others already coached up!!!!
It’s clear as crystal. JT Daniels got way better under UGA coaching. Back where he always was really, before USC nearly ruined him!!!! He will get better and better if such a thing is possible!!!
Emory Jones still stares down primary receivers. I wonder if Mullen can teach the simple art, of looking the defense off? Even Trask was doing it vs OU!!!! Must be something Mullen teaches but it’s wrong!!!!
Mullen honestly only knows a few things. QB DRAW and Run/pass option. It’s been around for a while. He teaches his team to RUN ILLEGAL PICK PLAYS! Then he gets angry like a child if a team runs a legal pick against his team!!!
PS. I don’t remember Mullen doing better than 2 losses in his whole career! That would have been 3 if he hadn’t had a fixed bowl game, namely UVA!!!! I could be wrong. This was his most successful season ever as far as championships.
MULLEN’S FIRST EVER CHAMPIONSHIP OF ANY KIND. SO WHAT IF HE BACKED INTO IT!!! ITS STILL SOMETHING TO CELEBRATE!!! I wonder will he ever equal Muschamp or Coach Mac at Florida???
Coach Mac back his way into 2 straight SEC EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS! Then the 3rd wasn’t really his fault. I mean 13 players were suspended for CREDIT CARD FRAUD!!! THEN UGA WAS JUST TOO STRONG ANYWAY AND BEAT THEM 42-7!!!!
But next season those players were back. And UGA again stomped a mud hole in their a$$!!!! Those players came back one more time.
ONLY THIS TIME UGA HAD WAY MORE THAN THAT OUT WITH INJURIES!!! ON TOP OF BEING FORCED TO PLAY THE 5TH STRING QB!!!! EVEN THE BEST WR WAS OUT. ALONG WITH 2 or 3 STARTING LINEMEN. DOWN 2 RUNNING BACKS AND A TE!!!! THAT WAS ONLY ON OFFENSE. THAT IS WHERE UGA WAS DOING THE BEST!!!
The real numbers were missing on defense. Both our #1 starting nose tackles out of our 3-4 defense!!!! Forced to start and play a true freshmen the whole game. CARTER IS A MONSTER!!! But still our defense wasn’t what it should be. That was only the start!!!
All said. Over 70% of the starting UGA defense missed that cocktail party!!! Even some good depth players were out via injuries!!!!
To say Florida beat our B TEAM is a bit of an understatement!!!! Yet this is Mullen’s only divisional championship of any kind EVER ON HIS OWN!!!!!
Now the world can see. THE REAL UGA would have again DESTROYED MULLEN’S TOOTHLESS GATORS!!!! Still many of coach Macs players got to celebrate all the same, ONCE IN THEIR GATOR CAREER! Sure it’s a free year and they could come back. But most realize. Catching UGA in that position once was lucky enough. They had rather try their luck at the casino or the NFL DRAFT. A long shot? Yes! BUT WAY BETTER ODDS THAN BEATING UGA NEXT SEASON!!!! OR EVEN KEEPING IT CLOSE!!!!!
PS. So once in his life LADY LUCK SMILED AT DAN MULLEN. THEN HE ATTEMPTED TO SNIFF HER SHOES AND SHE ALLOWED HIM TO GO IT ALONE VS OU!!!!! LOL To be continued…
King Negan
That’s a shame.
Your sincerity is duly noted….
I hope Deion has great success. He was a great Falcon and a great Brave.
Some coaches are good at recruiting and some are good at coaching/developing/teaching. It’s the rare bird thats good at both (Saban) comes to mind. Probably a few more at the top of the food chain. I doubt Neon Deion will be good at both. Right now he’s a hot name in a new pond.
He has barely coached high school and has no college experience, though Jackson State is not that much of a college.
Mullen may have interest in The NFL , but nobody in the NFL has interest in him.
Good luck with that. Truly.
Good luck to them. They are entrusting their future as possible NFL players to a guy that has barely started coaching.