WATCH: Dan Mullen joins helicopter club, visits multiple Florida schools in style
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SEC coaches don’t have much time left to recruit before the dead period begins Sunday. This week is the last opportunity coaches around the nation have to visit prospects at their school or home and the weekend provides the last opportunity to host recruits before National Signing Day arrives next week.
With time running out, coaches have to get creative to squeeze in as much face time as possible while they can. Taking that into consideration, Dan Mullen is choppering around Florida this week to make the most of the precious few days he has left to recruit for 2018.
The Florida coach has been spotted landing his helicopter at IMG Academy, no doubt stopping in to see arguably the most talented team in the nation while he still can.
#Gators HC Dan Mullen just landed at IMG Academy after riding in on a Helicopter. Big boy recruiting in Gainesville. IMG is loaded
— Blake Alderman (@Blake_Alderman) January 31, 2018
Mullen also made a stop at Largo High School in central Florida. According to the Largo Football Twitter account, Mullen specifically stopped in to see Jaquaze Sorrells, Raymond Collins and Jayion McCluster — the cousin of former Ole Miss running back Dexter McCluster.
Great Day To Be A 🐗!!! Coach Mullen Head Football Coach of The University of Florida 🐊 Leaving 🐗 Stadium after checking in on @Jaquaze90 @_RaymondCollins and @JayHitEmUp____ ##TheMovement #TrustTheProcess🐗🏈 pic.twitter.com/jAph6Akn6P
— Largo Football (@LargoFootball) January 31, 2018
Whatever it takes to make the most of the remaining days/hours left is a good idea in the cutthroat recruiting landscape of the SEC. Who knows, the final decision of a prospect could come down to the final facetime they have with Mullen. Had the Gator coach not been traveling in style this week, that meeting may not have happened.
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
