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Florida linebacker withdraws from transfer portal

Wade-Peeryby:Wade Peery01/20/22
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In a surprising turn of events, Florida linebacker Ty’Ron Hopper has now withdrawn his name from the transfer portal, On3’s Matt Zenitz reported on Thursday evening. The news comes just over an hour after Hopper officially entered his name into the portal on Thursday. According to On3’s Nick de la Torre , he spent just 68 minutes in portal.

The news is absolutely massive for Florida and the gifted linebacker is expected to be one of their top returning defenders for the 2022 season.

A former top 100 overall recruit in the 2019 recruiting class, Hopper racked up 65 tackles, ten tackles for loss, 3.5 sacks, and one forced fumble this year for the Gators.

During Florida’s final three games of the season, he had 25 tackles, four tackles for loss, a sack, and a forced fumble.

In the 2020 season, he played in 11 of the 12 games and tallied 15 tackles in a reserve role. He notched four tackles a game three times that season, including in the Cotton Bowl against the Oklahoma Sooners.

Coming out of high school, Hopper chose Florida over Alabama, Auburn, Mississippi State, and Tennessee, among others.

His brother, Tyrone Hopper, recently transferred from North Carolina to Missouri. According to PFF, his most productive season came in 2020, when he finished with 27 pressures and 23 hurries.

A native of Alpharetta, Georgia, Ty’Ron Hopper played his high school football for Roswell.

Florida ushering in the Billy Napier era in the 2022-2023 season

New head coach Billy Napier was one of the hottest hires of the 2021-2022 coaching carousel in college football, and there’s a good reason for that. Napier brings a high level of results and consistency as a head coach from his time with the Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin’ Cajuns. Many people in the national media have praised the hire and it’s going to be exciting to see what he can do at Florida with his army of staffers.