Jaden Rashada granted release from Florida, per report

Florida Gators offensive coordinator Rob Sale hugs Florida Gators recruit Jaden Rashada after the game against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Steve Spurrier Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL on Saturday, November 12, 2022. [Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun] Ncaa Football Florida Gators Vs South Carolina Gamecocks

Jaden Rashada is back on the market. The highly-touted quarterback has reportedly been released from his National Letter of Intent with Florida, according to a report from On3.

Rashada, out of Pittsburg (California), is the No. 7 quarterback and No. 59 overall recruit in the class of 2022 on the 247Sports Composite. Rashada signed with Florida during December’s Early Signing Period but did not enroll for spring classes at UF as he had planned.

It has been widely reported by multiple outlets, including The Athletic, that an NIL deal for Rashada with a Florida collective worth $13 million fell apart. With the issue unresolved and UF’s spring semester underway, Rashada filed paperwork for release from his National Letter of Intent with Florida.

Rashada’s departure is a significant blow to Florida’s quarterback depth. As of right now, Billy Napier’s squad has 3 quarterbacks on scholarship: Graham Mertz, Jack Miller and Max Brown.

Mertz transferred to UF from Wisconsin after the 2022 season. Miller, a transfer who saw limited playing time at Ohio State, made his Florida debut in a 30-3 loss to Oregon State in the Las Vegas Bowl. Brown, a 2022 signee, has yet to play football for UF and has joined the Gator baseball team for 2023.

With his release, Rashada can sign anywhere and play in the 2023 season. It will not count as a transfer. National Signing Day is set for Feb. 1.

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  • All I can do is laugh at this. $13mil for a HS recruit is just pure desperation. Just a pathetic situation all around.

    • I just have one question. Who is the source of that figure? If it’s anyone associated with the Rashada camp, don’t buy it.

        • Well if anyone would know a dumpster fire it would be the vols… Pruitt , jones , Dooley , kiffen ring a bell ?

        • UT knows all to well about dumpster fire. You have lived the part until what this year. The prog=am ur calling dumpster fire has took you all to the wood shed 17 of the last 19 games.You all got em this year in your place,but it was a struggle. Boy how we've forgotten how UT has been in that category for the last decade or longer.

        • I haven't forgotten. I'm just simply telling the truth about the entirety of the Florida program at this point in time.

        • volfan, the truth as you see it is far from reality. See what you want to see. I for one I'm glad they let him go, not like we were counting on him to start right away. We were not, he ain't ready

        • Dawg time you said it .. I think our Tennessee friends are getting a little to cocky for one 10 win season in 15 years .. heck the last gator coach fired ( Mullen ) had 2 of those 10 win seasons in his 4 years .

        • Look, I'm not even trying to troll here. I'm just saying Florida has a long way to go before they can be back again.

        • No, that isn't just what you're saying if you choose to use the imprecise and inflammatory language of a troll, absent any knowledge of either NIL or what is being undertaken at Florida. Are you really that insecure in Tennessee's ascendancy so as to project it onto a Florida page simply because you can? Assuming that to be the case, it strikes me that most Gator fans have considerably more confidence in Tennessee than you.

        • A dumpster fire is going 2-9 vs the team you are calling a ‘dumpster fire’ . Just stop. You are embarrassing yourself.

  • I don't see desperation or a dumpster fire. I see the wild west nature of unrestricted NIL causing chaos. It's a tough era to navigate.

  • Someone finally realized how ridiculous the entire saga was. The end result was a win for both parties.

  • Later, kid. This situation will happen across all the CFB landscape going forward. Likely already has, just not reported. The Collectives say one thing, change terms after a kid signs...the University can't be involved by rule, but we all know there are conversations anyway and the NLI is voided. Throw shade at UF, everyone. Take your best shot. Then remember, your school likely to be next in this s...show. Wish this kid good luck...honestly. He's making decisions in his best interests based on rules in hand. Guardrails needed though for the good of the sport.

  • The problem with today's kids is that they are terrible with math. Somebody shouldn't have included the zeros on the right side of the decimal. He got all confused.

    • So did the UF boosters. “When I said six zeroes I was including those to the right of the decimal.”

  • I don't blame UF for cutting ties, this kid and his family seem a bit prima dona is. But to future recruits this is not a good look for UF. Sucks because it is really their only course of action.

  • I have to say, during the time when I just watched our No. 1 WR leave Athens and the NIL opportunities there (which would have been numerous) and the opportunity to leave Georgia an absolute LEGEND only to turn mercenary for the biggest wad of cash he could get from Texas oil money, the only thing that's kept from me absolutely losing my s--t over that bulls--t was knowing FU 'turds fans have so so so so so so so much worse.

  • Sooner rather than later this kid is going to be saying "Would you like fries with that?"

    UF dodged a bullet with this one. Find a kid that's talented but hungry for success and develop him.

      • Uf did not Promise to pay him as no school can pay an athlete.. now the collective or boosters who did promise what ever amount really
        Screwed this up

      • My reference was that this is not the type of character anyone needs. These types tend to come and go with little impact. Programs aren't built to SUSTAIN on freshman "hired guns" who have never set foot on a college field.

        I don't begrudge these kids getting theirs, but this entire process stinks to high heaven. No different that the basketball guys who end up one & done and once they don't immediately succeed in the NBA ore go undrafted are out of ball, out of a living and have no education.

        • True, it’s important to have players that are talented but also have some loyalty and drive.

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