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Billy Napier completes latest flip, lands 4-star RB previously pledged to FSU
By Paul Harvey
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Billy Napier is living proof of what a vote of confidence and a few quality wins can do for a head coach’s future.
Since receiving a vote of confidence from the Florida administration, Napier and the Gators have pulled off a couple of quality wins vs. LSU and Ole Miss, including a massive upset of the Rebels in Week 13. The results have also heated off the field with the Gators firmly in flip mode while landing some key pieces for the future.
Byron Louis is the latest prospect to land with Florida after the recent results from Gainesville. A 4-star running back out of Fort Lauderdale’s American Heritage High School, Louis had been committed to Florida State since September.
Now, he’s committed to Napier’s Gators for the 2025 recruiting class:
BREAKING: Four-Star RB Byron Louis has Flipped his Commitment from Florida State to Florida, he tells me for @on3recruits
The 6’0 205 RB from Pembroke Pines, FL had been Committed to the Seminoles since September
“Let’s go to work Gator Nation ”https://t.co/Vh5v8gtigq pic.twitter.com/9OG6cczkNT
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) November 26, 2024
Louis is a 4-star recruit per the 247 Sports Composite and is ranked as the 17th RB in the country per the system. He’s listed at 5-foot-11 and 200 pounds and is the 33rd overall player from the state of Florida for the cycle.
The latest flip adds to an impressive hot streak to open the week of Thanksgiving for Napier. He flipped 2 other prospects on Monday, landing a pair of 3-star recruits off of commitments to Cincinnati and Arizona State.
The latest additions bring Florida up to the No. 17th recruiting class in the country per the 247 Sports Team Composite. We’ll see how Florida finishes out this push before the Early Signing Period, but Napier is making things look brighter and brighter as we go along.
Paul Harvey lives in Atlanta and covers SEC football.
