Second of the day: South Florida LB Derek Wingo flips from Penn State to Florida
The Florida Gators landed their second commitment of the day — third in two days — Friday evening in 4-star LB Derek Wingo.
Wingo (Ft. Lauderdale, Fl) flipped from Penn State to the Gators. The 6-foot-2, 210-pound LB is ranked as the nation’s No. 11 overall OLB and the state of Florida’s No. 24 overall prospect for the class of 2020, according to 247Sports Composite Rankings.
Going into South Florida and landing a big-time LB out of St. Thomas Aquinas is huge for Dan Mullen and the Gators. UF is up to 16 commitments for the class of 2020, and currently, Wingo is the third highest rated commitment in the recruiting class behind 4-star DT Gervon Dexter and 4-star WR Leonard Manuel.
Wingo shared his commitment via social media:
You can watch Wingo’s highlights below:
Where’s sideshow Corch?? Can’t believe he isn’t first on a UF article.
Who’s that?
Stepping on rakes
Sideshow corch is on his second helping at the all you can eat crow bar. Dawggie war is there too.
It really is true! Even a blind squirrel finds a nut every once in a while…
Yeah, but 3 nuts?
That blind squirrel has Dawg fans shaking in their boots.
Look at the lil’ jealous puppy trying to make a joke
Sometimes a blind squirrel loses their best receiver
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Best “returning”…certainly not the best.. D. Robertson has learned and grown into an SEC receiver this past year and a half and will be a big threat with great hands plus speed. UGA has a “media” perception of weakness at receiver…not a player and development weakness. Along with the freshmen coming in (ala Alabama past 2 seasons) we have some hungry play-makers.
Serious question….why couldn’t he see the field last year? I thought that he’d come in and get playing time, but he rarely played.
My understanding from coaches was that conditioning along with the physical nature of the SEC and what is demanded of receivers i.e blocking down field @ UGA was a learning curve for D. Robertson. He came in with the look what I did as a prima donna Freshman out west and it was a wake up call. His speed was shown on the TD jet sweep against Austin Peay but other than that he needed to learn how to “work”. By the way nice flip with Wingo from PSU…he is a player with huge upside.
Thanks for the info. I happened to be at the college football hall of fame on the day he committed to Cal and spoke with him briefly. He seemed like a good dude. His parents couldn’t have been any nicer.
Wingo has big potential. Good flip from PSU.