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Florida football recruiting: Texas quarterback Kyle Trask commits to Gators

Is the Texas two-star enough at QB on his own?

By Andy Hutchins
Student Sports

Florida finally has its quarterback for the 2016 recruiting cycle — or at least one of them. Texas quarterback Kyle Trask committed to the Gators on Sunday, as first reported by Blake Alderman of Rivals.

The committment was later confirmed by Trask himself.

Trask camped at Florida for Friday Night Lights, and was offered because of it. He hails from Manvel High in Texas, near Houston, and Texas is widely regarded to be either the best or second-best state in the country behind California for quarterback play.

To The Tape

Breaking down Trask's highlights

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"If Florida can nab another QB in this class, I'm totally fine with Trask being a roll of the dice."

To The Tape

Breaking down Trask's highlights

But: He's also rated as a two-star prospect by the 247Sports Composite rankings, and his only previous offers were from Houston Baptist, McNeese State, and Lamar — all FCS schools. Trask isn't even the starter at Manvel; instead, he backs up TCU commit D'Eriq King, who has been wildly productive as a quarterback but projects as an athlete in college because of his 5'9" frame, getting "about 30 percent of the snaps".

Trask does have the prototypical frame for the quarterback position, as he's listed as 6'5" and around 210 pounds by all four major recruiting services, but, well ... this commitment is a big bet on a relatively unknown prospect, and could backfire if Florida does not take another quarterback in the 2016 class.

We'll have much more on Trask, and the rest of Florida's jam-packed, five-commit recruiting weekend, on Monday.