Offensive tackle Kadeem Telfort is officially a member of the Florida Gators, the school announced on Monday.
Excited to officially welcome @Nosackzone___ to the @GatorsFB family!! #GoGators #Swamp17 pic.twitter.com/DxmgTzHFPL
— Jim McElwain (@CoachMcElwain) January 9, 2017
Telfort is the third member of Florida’s 2017 recruiting class that the program has officially announced as an early enrollee, following January 4 announcements of the enrollments of defensive tackle Kyree Campbell and athlete Kadarius Toney.
Telfort had previously tweeted a picture of his Florida student ID card, with an issue date of January 5, last week.
Officially A Gator #Swamp17 pic.twitter.com/vdO8KT9fTj
— Telly Telfort (@Nosackzone___) January 5, 2017
Telfort, a four-star recruit from storied Booker T. Washington High School in Miami, has been a Gators commit for a long, long time — since July 2015, in fact, when he flipped to Florida’s 2017 recruiting class by reneging on a pledge to the Miami Hurricanes. (Telfort did so with a tweet that misspelled Florida as “Flordia.”)
Back then, Telfort was a three-star prospect, and at Miami’s Norland High School, the alma mater of both Vosean Joseph — then a class of 2016 commit, now a freshman with a ton of promise at the linebacker position — and Randy Shannon — then Florida’s co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, now Florida’s fully-fledged defensive coordinator. But our assessment of Telfort...
Telfort's standout attribute is his size: At 6'6" and 310 pounds as a rising junior, he has the frame and bulk to be a live body at offensive tackle in an FBS program without even having to transform himself.
...still stands.