Florida flips elite 2025 edge from Big Ten as hot streak continues
Florida is rolling into the Early Signing Period on an absolute heater. On Friday, the Gators landed their ninth verbal commitment in the last 3 weeks.
Shawnee (Kan.) Mill Valley edge rusher Jayden Woods announced he is flipping his commitment from Penn State to Florida. The blue-chipper had been pledged to the Nittany Lions since June, but Florida got him on campus for an official visit last weekend and was able to close the gap.
— Jayden Woods (@Atm_Jayden) November 29, 2024
Woods is a 4-star recruit in the industry-generated 247 Composite. He’s ranked as the fifth-best recruit from the state of Kansas and the 10th-best edge defender in the 2025 class. The 6-foot-3, 240-pound defender sits at No. 130 in the national player rankings.
He was Penn State’s third-highest-ranked recruit, per the Composite.
Woods does everything for his school. He has helped Mill Valley win multiple Kansas 5A state titles in football, qualified for the 6A state wrestling tournament as a sophomore, won the 6A state title in discus as a sophomore, and then won 6A state titles in both shot put and discus as a junior.
In 2023, he posted 71 tackles, 10 tackles for loss, 7 sacks, 8 pass breakups, and 2 forced fumbles. This fall, Woods posted 90 tackles, 5 TFLs, 5.5 sacks, 2 more forced fumbles, a pass breakup, and an interception.
The Florida class now holds 20 known commitments ahead of the Early Signing Period (Dec. 4-6). As the Gators surge on the field, Billy Napier is parlaying that momentum onto the recruiting trail. The Gators’ class is up to 15th in the national team rankings.
You can see Woods’ highlight tape below, via Hudl:
..heading into a top ten ranking prior to portal mania. CBN was hired in part for recruiting prowess. Looks like he’s really got it going.
Wow! How things have changed in a couple of weeks. Uf and Billy were sitting with a recruiting class ranked 48th. Billy was on,the verge of being relieved of his duties. Then the team puts it all together,goes out and looks like a real football team and knocks of a 25th ranked good football team and then backs it up with a victory of the 9th ranked Ole Miss team that they held to 17 points. Im glad to see it for Billy and Gator fans. There has been,another of doom and gloom around the gator program for the last decade minus the few years Mullen had them rolling minus the recruiting and how arrogant he was with low level recruiting. Billy is a humble and nice guy and I’m glad to see him putting it
all together and am excited to see how UF finishes the year on the field and with their rise in the recruiting rankings. They look like a team on the rise and a team that is going to be a contender next season.
The Gators certainly look like a team on the rise Dawgtime. Now, let’s see how well they handle good media coverage (rat poison) tomorrow in Tally. By all rights, they should blow those awful Criminoles right out of Doak Campbell Stadium.
Mullin never had this team “rolling” Mullen was a snake oil salesman and took his money and ran. Discipline was at an all time low from shoe throwing to acting like a bunch of hoodlums including Mullen dancing around after a mediocre win over a D-II team. The little success he had was with OPP (other people’s players).
And those were his good points.
I claim first because Delandman cheated and Dawgtime is a Georgia fan!!!!!!!!!
But hey – GO GATORS just the same.
Posting second is where it’s at now, Doc. Great news, you are the 2nd gator fan and I’m the 2nd pup fan…we win!
Oh yeah, and if palley is monitoring…nice flip Billy.
Too late bro, do better next time and stop the silliness about second is where its at, it’s not.
Remember America first and in that vein first post it’s where it’s always been
But first is too easy. I believe to be number 1 you have to work harder so being number two will keep us motivated…
Humper, if our ancestors thought that way in 1776, we’d still be speaking English instead of American!!
Dawgtime is a Mississippi State fan. My team is in the same place the Gator fan’s were until their recent success. I’m hoping we get more respectful soon I realize we have to give Lebby time to build it from the ground up like Billy did. Just have to wait and be patient.
Not to be argumentative, but MS St are not the Dawgs, they are the Dogs, thus our confusion with your screen name. Cheers
Should have known you are too reasonable to be an Athenian
MSU was left a mess and Lebby seems like he’ll be a good coach, he just needs time and some good players. Your QB is looking good, with more experience and some more weapons the offense will be good. And the defense kept OM to 26 points, pretty good!
My apologies are in order, Dawgtime ……
Delandman did not cheat, his post was related to the story at hand. Like his favorite prez says it was a perfect post
HE CHEATED I TELL YOU!! You’d know why but I got moderated after explaining it even though no dawgs were harmed and now I’m traumatized and need a safe place. The only mistake I made was in thinking Dawgtime was an Athenian and I’ve already apologized for that egregious error! :)
lol :D
The combination of winning and camaraderie can be powerful! Hopefully the Gators can close out strong.