Florida had a busy offseason in the transfer portal. With 30+ players departing Gainesville via the portal, new head coach Jon Sumrall had a ton of slots to fill for the 2026 roster. One of the groups that saw a massive wave of transfer leave was at wide receiver, and even though the Gators kept Vernell Brown III and Dallas Wilson, they were still in need of another productive guy for the group.
Seemingly overnight, Florida had one of the bigger names from the transfer portal fall into their lap.
Jon Sumrall highlights the process to land Eric Singleton
When the Gators landed Eric Singleton out of the transfer portal from Auburn, it morphed Florida’s wide receiver room into one of the more fearsome units in the SEC.