With Stephen Alli coming in early, the Gators are still in the market for another Wide Receiver for the class of 2010.
Kenny Still come on to Gainesville
Kenny Stills could be the player to fill that spot. Kenny is a 6′ 1″ and 171 lbs WR out of California. ESPN has him ranked at #38 in the WR class of 2010, while Rivals has him ranked #22, and Scout reports him as the #6 best WR. Kenny would fit in well with the speedy Gators. He posted a 4.3 time in the 40 yard dash.Everyone raves about how well he runs routes and how great his balance is once he is running with the ball.
As a high school Junior he caught 62 passes for 1,500 yards and 17 TDs. Kenny is also being recruited by UCLA, Oklahoma, Penn State, Cal, Tennessee, Michigan, LSU, USC, Nebraska, Stanford, Arizona State, Washington, Colorado, Oregon, Boise State, Arizona, and San Diego State.
After the SEC Media Days, we found out one thing about the 2009 College Football Season: it is going to be All Tebow, All the Time. Blogger Dan Sanoff is going to spend all season just covering Tim Tebow on his blog TimTeblog.com. He won’t have any trouble finding content with the crazy media coverage Tim has got so far this year. Who will be the first media outlet to break the news when Tebow shaves his beard?
Future of Gators Football
Did you miss the Big South Media Day? If so, you missed the news that the Gators are opening up against a team picked 5th out of 7 for the Big South. So with a Division I Football Championship Subdivision team picked to finishnear the bottom of their conferenceas an opponent, how do you gauge any success from the game? If we don’t see the second team take the field right after halftime, then something has gone badlywrong. Maybe the Gator Nation will get to watch a lot of the future after Tim Tebow. John Brantley should get plenty of reps to show Gators fan there is nothing to worry about with him under center.
Jeremy Fowler focuses on how the Young Gators are trying to catch Urban Meyer’s eye the first week of practice. Jon Bostic is already making a push to get in the starting line up on the Gators defense, while Xavier Nixon has Coach Meyer saying “there’s a chance” he’ll get quality snaps in 2009.” Stephen Alli was a nice surprise to the 2009 class, but signs are pointing towards a red-shirt year for him while he tries to figure out the offense and speed of the game. Andre Debose is still nursing the hamstring injury, which has him behind where coaches want him right now.
Just in case the Gators need a change of pace, Chris Low reports: Haden looking to be Tebow’s backup. Joe played QB in High School and would and natural replacement for Percy Harvin in the “wildcat” packages.
Omar Hunter the “Tim Tebow of the 2008″ class has shown some signs that he is going to make an impact this season. For the first time in a long time the Gators can say there is some depth at Defensive Tackle with Lawrence Marsh and Terron Sanders returning, along with Jaye Howard, Omar Hunter, and Freshman Gary Brown to battle for the back up spots.
This is the second recruit this week that has flew under the radar, and surprised most of us (Stephen Alli was the other). Travon is a 5′ 10″ athlete that has the skill set to be in the back field and line up at Wide Receiver. The video I’ve seen on him reminds me of Brandon James. James was also a player that was under everyone’s radar, and has turned out to be a great pick up.
Stephen Alli came in to Gainesville with little fanfare, but was able to walk away with a scholarship offer. He has all the phyiscal tools to be a big time WR. Alli has been measured out at 6′ 5″, 6′ 6″, and 6′ 8″ (basketball height) has been clocked with sub 4.4 speed. Alli plays for Andover, N.H., Proctor Academy after transfering from Canada. He also plays basketball for them, but is going to focus on football this year. The only video I could find on him is from this 17 and under 100m race:
