| FTBL Freshman Chris Steele, who was one of UF's biggest recruits, has decided to transfer. HIs reasoning is definitely salacious (bad look for UF.)

[TerryP]

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Florida freshman cornerback Chris Steele is transferring from the school.

The former five-star recruit has entered his name into the NCAA transfer portal. Steele met with UF coach Dan Mullen on Wednesday night and informed him, a source close to the situation told The Sun.

The decision stems from a request Steele made to the staff during his first month on campus, the source said. He asked to be moved to a different dorm because he was uncomfortable rooming with quarterback Jalon Jones, his classmate.

The staff did not plan to move Steele until the summer, which upset Steele and his parents, according to the source.

Then two female students accused Jones of sexual assault in the players’ dorm rooms on April 6. That prompted Steele to seek a transfer.

Jones has not been charged but has left the school.

Regarding Steele’s decision to transfer, the Florida football program had no official comment on Thursday.

Steele committed to the Gators at the All-American Bowl on Jan. 5 and enrolled early the following week. He received first-time reps in the spring and was expected to make an immediate impact this season.

The 6-foot-1, 195-pound Steele was the highest-rated recruit in UF’s 2019 class, earning a consensus top-50 ranking and a five-star rating from Rivals.com.

He was Florida’s first California signee since 2010, hailing from St. John Bosco High School in Bellflower, Calif.

 

[18Champs]

1standTenFlorida - Gators CB Chris Steele enters the NCAA transfer portal

Florida freshman cornerback Chris Steele has decided to enter his name to the transfer portal

florida.rivals.com

 

[Tidestalker]

Should be be on him?!

 

[94 Grad]

So they lost Jones and Steele... although the article talking about the incident seemed to make Steele look bad too... They may be better off without them from the sound of it...

Florida QB Jalon Jones accused of two sexual assaults 30 minutes apart

University of Florida quarterback Jalon Jones was accused of sexual battery by two female students last month, police reports show. The reports, obtained by the Tampa Bay Times, stem from two purpo…

nypost.com

 

[JoshB]

Jesus Christ, this story took a complete turn. At first I'm thinking "oh so he's an entitled brat that didnt get his way and now he's leaving" and then you keep reading lol Evidently he wanted to change rooms cause he either already knew how the guy was or had seen or heard about something. Yikes.

EDIT
Holy cow, read the other story. So, the timeline goes: after he found out who he was rooming with Steele and his parents asked for him to be switched to another room (which tells me they already had misgivings about the other kid). They told him it couldn't happen until the summer and then he freaking witnessed that other dipshit sexually assaulting or attempting to sexually assault girls and was even listed in the police reports as a witness, and then he leaves. Wow.

 

[bama alum]

I'm sure Coach Saban could make room for Steele.

Gets worse for Mullen:

Gators down another pledge as elite receiver Trevonte Rucker decommits: Florida has now lost majority of 2021 class in 24 hours

The Gators are down another commitment.

www.saturdaydownsouth.com

You can add a third name to the list of elite prospects that have decommitted from Dan Mullen’s program over the previous 24 hours.

The latest setback on the recruiting trail for the Florida program comes from four-star receiver Trevonte Rucker of Ocala. Rucker is rated as the nation’s No. 5 receiver and the state of Florida’s No. 6 prospect in the 2021 recruiting cycle by 247Sports, Rucker was the highest-rated prospect in the Gators’ recruiting class leading up to his decommitment announcement.

Following the news of Chris Steele’s decision to leave Dan Mullen’s program, Florida has now lost over half of its commitments in the 2021 recruiting class. The first domino to fall was elite defensive end Bryce Langston, who decommitted on Thursday which was followed by the decommitment of Dink Jackson on Friday. Following these three decommitments, the Gators are down to just two commitments in the 2021 recruiting cycle.

Rucker announced the news with the following message on Twitter:
“I am truly blessed to be in this process and I just want say I’m thankful for having an offer from the Gators but I will be decommitting from the University of Florida.

“No interviews.”

While none of the players have referenced the Steele situation when announcing their decommitments from Florida, clearly the incident has them second-thinking their decisions to play in Gainesville. However, considering there is so much time before these players have to sign their scholarships, there’s no doubt Mullen and company can weather this storm and rally back any of the lost commitments.

However, as it stands now, the negative perception some have of Florida at the moment, these decommitments are only going to add fuel to that fire.

 

[TerryP]

Following these three decommitments, the Gators are down to just two commitments in the 2021 recruiting cycle.

2021. Good lord, amighty. Chances are every school in the SEC will see that out of their 2020 class--still almost a half of a year away.