Florida staffer trolls former Gator commit Kamar Wilcoxson after 4-star defensive back pledges to Tennessee
It’s fair to say Kamar Wilcoxson has had an interesting college recruitment.
The 6-foot-1, 190-pound Wilcoxson is rated as the nation’s No. 14 safety prospect and the No. 266 overall recruit in the 2021 recruiting cycle by 247Sports Composite Rankings and holds offers from nearly every elite college football program in the nation.
The Georgia native plans to finish out his prep career at IMG Academy in Florida before heading to Tennessee to play his college football, which he announced on Monday.
Wilcoxson’s decision is especially interesting considering he has been committed to Florida on two separate occasions, with his most recent decommitment coming back on March 26 and many believing Ohio State would be his choice following his decision to back off his pledge to join Dan Mullen’s program for the second time.
Despite his two public decommitments from Florida, the Gators continued to recruit Wilcoxson leading up to his decision to commit to Tennessee.
Following Wilcoxson’s public commitment to Tennessee on Monday, Florida staffer John Herron had an interesting reaction on Twitter.
Herron, officially listed as “Assistant Director of Player Personnel” on the Florida Gators staff directory, posted this comment on Twitter:
While Wilcoxson isn’t specifically mentioned here, this tweet from Herron came 15 minutes after the recruit’s commitment to Tennessee.
This isn’t exactly a great look here for Dan Mullen’s Florida program.
Maybe he is thinking he can help Tennessee win if they get another shot at Georgia State?
I love it when Georgia fans talk knowing they haven’t won a National Championship since the 80’s. Until Hershel Walker walks back through those doors
On that day-they can finally reclaim the most recent football title from Georgia Tech
I forgot about that but your right…Georgia Tech shared a national title with I think Colorado not sure, maybe somewhere around ’92
When did Tennessee last win anything?
Well they did win the NC in 98… That’s a little more recent than 80..
Maybe you can pay Georgia State enough to go best out of three?
I know right? Leghumper U needs to be renamed Underachiever U. Leghumpers do less with more than even Texas.
UGARMYRet. If and when you dogs ever escape total irrelevancy, then and only then do you come on here and talk trash. Now, sit down. You’re annoying me.
Hahahahaha!!! Wait….. Wait…. Hahahahaha!!! A Tennessee fan calling UGA irrelevant…. Hahahaha!!!! You guys are still playing JV football there buckaroo. Come back when you take off the training bra. Hahahaha!!!!! That was the funniest thing I’ve read in awhile!
Yes, irrelevant…
Jeremy still has ways to go to catch Butch in recruiting.
You took the time to reply and that’s the best you could do?
Well, I could have said he probably has his heart set on early playing time and doesn’t want to compete with a deep secondary room at Florida. Or I could have said that some guys just don’t have the academics to get into Florida and he may be one of those guys.
But what just really struck me was the observation that as big a clown as Butch Jones was in press conferences and as awful as he was in game management, he was a better recruiter than Pruitt so far.
Better?
Honestly is a tough sell. At least when Pruitt gets the guys they stick around.
Once the kids figured out Butch was lying they ran for the hills.
Honesty*
I think saying that Butch was a better recruiter is quite a stretch. Everyone points to the recruiting classes in 2014 & 2015 when Tennessee was 7th & 4th respectively, but they also forget that Butch signed 32 & 30 recruits to get there AND only half of that talent ever played football at Tennessee. You can also look at the point ranking of those classes and see that they grade out about the same as Pruitt’s 2019 class, which was ranked 13th. Butch’s ‘great’ recruiting was all smoke and mirrors, just like the rest of his coaching.
That’s a very fair comment. But 247’s team recruiting class algorithm overweights the top recruits and underweights the guys at the back of the list rating-wise. And regardless of class size in a given year, there’s still the ceiling of an 85 scholarship limit. So the ranking effect of a large recruiting class isn’t as great as one might think.
It is also very fair to point out that the rankings are weighted toward the top, but it is still a number that doesn’t accurately portray the talent that was brought to the team. As mentioned previously, many of the players signed never actually played for Tennessee, and of the ones that did, there was an unusually high rate of ‘busts’. Despite such large signing classes, Butch Jones left Tennessee with fewer than 85 scholarship players. It just irks me a bit when people point to Butch Jones’ recruiting prowess, when in fact, that may have been his greatest weakness as a coach.
To be clear, when I say recruiting, I also mean evaluation.
Truth hurt Snappy?
Nashville…that one cuts the Vol Fans “like a knife”. Ole Butch sure could get the athletes signed & then…well I don’t think he actually knew what to do with a talented athlete. And he discovered real fast that coaching at Tennessee(SEC) was not exactly like coaching at Cincinnati.
Pretty clever and probably safe to say that the Gators won’t get an official visit or continue to recruit him.
That’s sad. He would have looked great in a pair of jorts.
I bet the kid didn’t get it. How long has Regis been off the air? I’m old enough to find it funny though!
Title’s a bit click-baity. Not a malicious tweet so I wouldn’t consider trolling. More banter in my opinion.
Those are two great pickups for Tennessee…but it’s early, and if there’s no football this fall that will give opposing programs more time to come after players. It may be tough to hang on to them.
I like the tweet. Florida is probably better off without this wishy-washy kid who changes his mind more often than he changes his underwear. These kids are usually more trouble than they’re worth. He will probably de-commit and commit a few more times, then not make his grades and end up at a JUCO. Happens all the time.
Your coach is a good recruiter and position guy, but a bit early to smack talk, no?
How is what I said smack? It wasn’t meant that way. I just don’t like these type of kids that make a mockery of the recruiting process and don’t understand what “committed” means. Arkansas has been burned a few times by kids like this, just like every other SEC school.
1. Neither of us have the data points to determine how this kid will perform
2. When UT was in the gutter (or now for that matter), I didn’t concern myself with whom others had commits from
3. Unless they’re doing the crap where they disrespect the college they decommit from, I don’t criticize a young adult for making the choice they feel is best, even if said choice means multiple decommits. When coaches are as mercenary as they are and grown men show up in droves to bad mouth a young man over changing his mind, the problem is with coaches and some fans and not some imaginary fiduciary duty players have to fans and mercenary coaches.
So pig you’re saying every 18 year old kid who doesn’t know what he wants is more trouble than they are worth. Ok got it. That is one dumb comment but I hope a lot of the coaches we compete against for players think that way.
Come on fuzzy. There is a difference between not knowing what school you want to attend and not committing until you are sure, and committing then going back on your word numerous times. Committed doesn’t mean “I like that school this week, but next week, who knows?” That’s common sense, not dumb. But maybe I’m just old-school for believing that ones word should mean something.
Pig lots of kids commit too early then decommit. Not that many do it twice I guess but you are dealing with 17-18 year olds. Most have not matured to the point of understanding about your word is your bond…. I know a lot of much older people that still don’t understand it. Cut them some slack.
Yankeepig, i understood what you were saying. I didn’t think it was smack-talk, and i also agree that the Gators are probably better off without the wishy-washy player. If they don’t want to be in “Gatorville” then they should go somewhere else for an education, and you are right they usually don’t pan out in football.
What fiduciary duty is owed to you as a fan by any player and how are you fairly compensating said player in return? The NCAA tells me college football is an unpaid amateur sport. Do you have evidence otherwise that supports your claim of a fiduciary duty? Additionally, point to the legally binding verbiage regarding obligations arising from a verbal commitment under NCAA regs. Some commits stay, some don’t-grown men don’t whine about either.
Oskie, of course there is no duty owed from a recruit to any fan. That’s not what I stated, nor is it the point. The point is that if you’re not sure, don’t commit. Wait, take other visits, let all the information and emotions settle. It’s not complicated. Don’t jerk people around. Be a man of your word. Yes, coaches lie to kids all the time. That’s even worse. But committing and decommitting 3 times is ridiculous.
Ok-so why then should athletes hold themselves to a standard coaches don’t? Additionally, why should they not have an option to bail when possible if the situation benefits them? As stated, this implies some fiduciary duty on their part to avoid taking the best opportunity. Your statement indicates that you have full knowledge of the variables driving this decision and have arrived at the conclusion that the athletes choice was both incorrect and immoral. I’m stating they should be able to be fluid in a decision u til papers are signed because they have every right to make the best decision for themselves as it evolves. You’re also forgetting that the whole concept of committing is an arbitrary creation of coaches in an attempt to circumvent the decision of athletes prior to signing. I know this because commitments aren’t regulated by the NCAA and unenforceable to athletes. Not sure why you’re defending overly compensated coaches over unpaid athletes while claiming to monopolize the moral high ground with regard to this issue.
Dumb headline and dumber last sentence, the tweet wasn’t trolling and definitely “this isn’t exactly a great look here for Dan Mullen’s Florida program” applies here. Simple, funny, tweet
*does not apply here
How much does the gig pay?