4-star QB Jones, previous FSU devote, picks Florida

• Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterNov 17, 2024,

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  Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He signed up with ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World.Four-star quarterback

Tramell Jones Jr. has committed to Florida, he informed ESPN on Sunday, joining the Gators’2025 class four days after pulling his pledge from Florida State.Jones, a four-year starter at Florida’s Mandarin

High School, is ESPN’s No. 9 dual-threat passer in the Class of 2025. After multiple trips to Florida throughout his recruitment, Jones returned to school Saturday, taking an official check out with the Gators throughout the program’s 27-16 win over LSU. A day later on, Jones stands as the only quarterback pledge in a 2025 Florida class that consists of five promises from the ESPN 300. “I practically saw everything I needed to see when I checked out last spring– I simply like everything around the campus,”Jones informed ESPN.”And then hanging out with the guys yesterday, seeing the friendship with each other, that really simply sealed it for me.” Jones was the longest-tenured member of Mike Norvell’s 2025 class at Florida State before his decommitment from the Seminoles on Thursday morning.Jones’exit came days after Norvell revealed the shootings of 3 assistant coaches on Nov. 10, consisting of offending planner and offensive line coach Alex Atkins. Jones was the very first Florida State devote to pull his pledge in the wake of the staff shakeup however marked the Seminoles 6th decommitment given that the start of the routine season, signing up with 5 ESPN 300 employees who have actually left Norvell’s recruiting class throughout the program’s 1-9 start.Editor’s Picks 2 Related Jones ‘commitment follows an essential late-season success for Billy Napier on Saturday and marks the Gators’first recruiting win given that athletic director Scott Strickland revealed on Nov. 7

that Florida would stick with the third-year coach beyond the 2024 season.Uncertainty over Napier’s future had weighed down Florida’s recruiting efforts in the 2025 class as the Gators started November with the No. 39 class in ESPN’s latest group rankings for the cycle. However Jones ‘pledge comes as an increase for Florida one day after the Gators hosted a handful of high-profile flip targets, including five-star offensive take on Solomon Thomas(Florida State pledge)and four-star wide receiver Jaime Ffrench (Texas pledge). When Jones signs with Florida, he’ll show up on school flanked by fellow in-state offensive skills in four-star pass receivers Vernell Brown III(No. 44 in the ESPN 300)and Naeshaun Montgomery(No. 115), as well as four-star running back Waltez Clark(No. 223). Florida is likewise set to sign a set of in-state defenders from

the 2025 ESPN 300 in between four-star protective end Jalen Wiggins(No. 68 )and four-star cornerback Ben Hanks Jr.(No. 121). With Jones’commitment, Florida has another shock to its momentum on the recruiting path as the Gators seek to chart a strong surface in the 2025 cycle next month. More imminently, Florida will host No. 11 Ole Miss on Saturday.