The hot seat rankings for SEC football coaches are generating buzz, and this year, Florida football head coach Billy Napier finds himself under intense scrutiny, ranked second in The Athletic's rankings.

Well, February’s National Signing Day is closing in, and while the hype isn’t what it used to be, it’s still a final battleground for Billy Napier and the Gators. The post Top Florida Commit Makes Big Dan Lanning & Oregon Announcement to Scare Billy Napier appeared first on EssentiallySports.

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Billy Napier has filled a staff opening, announcing the hiring of Deron Wilson as the Gators' new defensive backs coach.

As the line keeps blurring between major college football and the NFL, and de facto free agency (the NCAA transfer portal) persists at the collegiate level, spring games — if not spring practices — have joined walk-ons and wing-T formations on the sport’s endangered list.

Florida Gators experienced a drastic-in-season turnaround. We'll find out early if they can carry the momentum through 2025.

Co-Offensive Coordinator / Tight Ends Coach Russ Callaway, coaches during Fall practice at Sanders Practice Fields in Gainesville, FL on Tuesday, August 13, 2024. [Doug Engle/Gainesville Sun] / Doug Engle/Gainesville Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK

Frost’s comments essentially echoed the sentiment of Gators counterpart Billy Napier. On the NCAA’s late signing day (Feb. 5), Napier reiterated that he’ll keep calling plays in Gainesville, where Florida has ranked ninth in passing offense each of the past three seasons and never has ranked higher than seventh in total offense during that span.

That's exactly what Michigan did, landing its future quarterback in Bryce Underwood. Not only did Big Blue get Underwood, but the Wolverines put together a top-10 class around him, including a pair of top-50 offensive tackles in Andrew Babalola and Ty Haywood.

An elite talent in the 2026 recruit class has decommitted from the University of Florida, and may be steering away from Billy Napier's program, and inching closer to one of the Gators' biggest rivals.

Florida football is hiring Arkansas hired secondary coach Deron Wilson as its new defensive backs coach on Monday.