Five days after announcing his commitment to Florida, five-star defensive end CeCe Jefferson finally sent his National Letter of Intent to the Gators on Monday morning.
Florida head coach Jim McElwain confirmed the news on Twitter and Jefferson was officially added to the program’s official list of signees on Florida’s website.
@CoachMcElwain Glad to be apart of it!
— 7 (@cecejeferson7) February 9, 2015
.@cecejeferson7 is officially a part of the #Gators15 class. Welcome to the family! http://ift.tt/1M6Dpdf
— GatorZone Football (@GatorZoneFB) February 9, 2015
Welcome to the #Gators family, @cecejeferson7! #ItsGreatUF http://ift.tt/1M6Dpdh
— Florida Gators (@GatorZoneNews) February 9, 2015 Despite not sending in his letter of intent for several days, Jefferson tweeted “I’m a Gator” on Friday. The holdup mainly seemed to stem from Florida’s change at defensive line coach when Terrell Williams left the program to join the staff of the Miami Dolphins. McElwain finalized the hire of former Texas defensive line coach Chris Rumph on Friday.
Additionally, CeCe’s father was vocal about his preference for his son to attend another university. Despite that, he made it clear that he would be glad to sign his son’s NLI to Florida if that’s what he ultimately decided to do.
On Monday, that’s what happened.
With the addition of Jefferson, the 20th-best player in the 2015 class, the Gators’ class comes in at No. 23 in Rivals’ final team rankings. In addition to Jefferson, Florida brought in six other commitments on signing day, including five-star lineman Martez Ivey.
For more Florida news, visit InsideTheGators.com.
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