Re: [gatortalk] recruiting??

Five-star Jefferson unsigned

Mike Farrell
National Recruiting Director

Five-star defensive end CeCe Jefferson has yet to sign his letter of intent for Florida and his father, Leo Jefferson, explained why on Thursday.

Leo said CeCe himself is not ready to sign it.

"He told me that yesterday after his announcement," Leo said, adding he would have been glad to sign and fax the letter to Florida if that's what his son wanted.

The holdup, Leo said, is because Gators defensive line coach Terrell Williams is reportedly leaving after just one month to accept the same position on the Miami Dolphins staff. Williams will reportedly be replaced by Texas defensive line coach Chris Rumph.

"The Florida staff never told us he was leaving," Leo said. "We don't know (Rumph) at all."

Leo said that the in-home visit with Gators coach Jim McElwain was rushed, they stayed for an hour and rushed out the door to see a 2016 prospect and only talked about the new dorms and the new facilities on the visit. The visit paled in comparison to the other in home visits, according to Leo.

Though Florida is CeCe's "dream school," neither he nor Leo felt good about the Gators staff or the changes at defensive line coach, according to Leo. Leo's wife doesn't want him to go to Florida and both parents felt CeCe should go away from home to grow up and get away from all the Gators fans in Baker County and his friends that might distract him.

Regardless, "if CeCe wants to go to Florida, we are on board," Leo said.

Leo also mentioned concern about Gators athletic director Jeremy Foley being involved in the firing of assistant coaches and how involved he is in the program. Leo doesn't believe that McElwain will have the power at Florida that Nick Saban, Hugh Freeze, Gus Malzahn, Les Miles and others have at their schools.

Leo wouldn't divulge what school he and his wife prefer for CeCe.

"The coaches at Florida wanted the letter signed by 8:30 this morning so they could go on vacation," Leo said. "(McElwain) was only head coach of all the ones recruiting him that hasn't called as of 1 p.m. Coaches from schools CeCe wasn't listing as finalists have all called, but Florida has not called him."

The NCAA prohibits coaches from publicly commenting on unsigned prospects.

Clearly, the Jeffersons aren't impressed with the lack of communication over the defensive line coach change or the recent actions of the staff.

"The staff should have considered being honest with us about the (coach) change," Leo said. "They haven't pursued CeCe nearly as hard as others and I'm not sure why."

Leo added, "they aren't going on vacation anytime soon because we're not sending that letter".

Adam Krohn contributed to this report.

On 2/5/2015 3:12 PM, Jay Cicone wrote:

Shhhh…..it's secret. If you have a better idea PM me on the listserve.

 

From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shane Ford
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 3:11 PM
To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [gatortalk] recruiting??

 

Is that the best name you guys could come up with for your new secret club?

Sent From Shane's iPhone

Go Gators!   &   Skål Vikes!

 

On Feb 5, 2015, at 1:34 PM, Jay Cicone <Jay.Cicone@RaymondJames.com> wrote:

Even better! Send me and Oliver a case of this stellar brew.

 

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From: gatortalk@googlegroups.com [mailto:gatortalk@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of C.Simpson
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2015 11:36 AM
To: gatortalk@googlegroups.com
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I've got a case of PBR (you'll have to pick up in Port St. Lucie) that Jefferson ends up at auburn. Too much stuff going on here about a "package deal" with him and Cowart.

Charlie

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