Florida Football: 3 reasons to buy stock in the Gators in 2022

With a new head coach and more talent than people realize, Florida football could surprise people in 2022, and here are three reasons to buy stock in the Gators.

The 2022 college football season is fast approaching and one of the most interesting teams to follow is going to be Florida football.

Florida went 6-7 last season after a stellar season with Kyle Trask at quarterback in 2020. The defense has been bad though and the quarterback play got worse last season, as did the coaching and the recruiting.

Billy Napier has taken over after building Louisiana into a conference champion and while Florida football fans were weary about his recruiting prowess at one point in this 2023 cycle, the Gators now have a top-10 class after four four-star commitments this month.

Yet, that has nothing to do with the 2022 season. However, there are reasons to be optimistic about that, and here are three reasons to buy stock in Florida football.

Florida football is super talented

Programs like Florida generally don’t stay down long because they are football factories. By that I mean, certain programs have access to talent and the Gators are one of them.

And even though Dan Mullen didn’t recruit as well as some Florida fans would like, the Gators are still ranked 10th overall according to the blue-chip ratio rankings put out by 247 sports.

Bud Elliott, a college football expert for 247 sports, has long contended you need at least 50 percent of your roster to be four-star recruits or better or blue chips.

Whether you include transfers or not, the Gators have the 10th-best blue-chip ratio in all of college football, meaning not only should this team win a lot more than six games, it could be a playoff contender.

That’s probably a stretch but the point is, that the talent is there for this team to succeed. If Napier is who Florida thinks he is, the Gators should finish the season in the top 25.