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The Gators have swiped one of the top running back prospects in the nation from North Carolina, as four-star Adarius Lemons flipped from UNC to Florida Sunday evening.
Yes I flipped please don't hate me but at end of day the grind don't stop I appreciate all the schools recruiting me but I'm 727 made mann!!
— Adarius Zabri Lemons (@adariuslemons) July 24, 2016
The 6-foot, 195-pound Clearwater, Fla., native is rated as the No. 8 running back prospect in the nation and the No. 25 prospect in Florida by 247Sports Composite Ratings, Lemons also holds offers from Auburn, LSU, Tennessee, Arizona State and Ohio State among others.
Florida head coach Jim McElwain was obviously pleased to hear the news:
#ChompChomp!!!!!! #Swamp17
— Jim McElwain (@CoachMcElwain) July 24, 2016
Check out Lemons’ highlights from his junior season to get an idea of the player the Gators should be getting from the Clearwater native:
Florida now has 12 total commitments lined up for the 2017 recruiting class. The addition of Lemons helped the Gators jump from the No. 23 overall recruiting class to the No. 17 class, according to 247Sports team recruiting rankings.
A graduate of the University of Tennessee, Michael Wayne Bratton oversees the news coverage for Saturday Down South. Michael previously worked for FOX Sports and NFL.com
