The Florida Gators’ tight end woes may be coming to an end – next season, that is – as the team on Friday landed a commitment from four-star 2014 prospect DeAndre Goolsby (Derby, KS), its second tight end pledge of the cycle.
At 6-foot-4 and 225 pounds, Goolsby was a must-get at a position of great need for Florida. He visited the school for the second time in a matter of months on Sept. 20 and wound up choosing UF over Arkansas, Kansas State, Ohio State and Oklahoma.
Goolsby is the second tight end to join the Gators’ 2014 class as the program already has two-star C’yontai Lewis (Tuscaloosa, AL) in the fold for next season.
While he is ranked No. 168 overall and considered the third-best player at his position by Rivals, Goolsby is listed as a three-star prospect by ESPN.
He is the 15th member of Florida’s incoming recruiting class, the first to make a pledge for the Gators in three months, and expects to be an early enrollee with a plan to join the program for spring practice in January.
Goolsby’s father, Brian, was a fullback at KSU from 1995-98.
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