as noted in the link in the thread below he capped off his excellent HS career with a 5 TD and 329yd performance in the state championship win. When you crush a team like Tampa Plant in a championship game 45-7 it is a big deal. STA and Plant play big boy hs footbal. Jake was Coach Macs target, he committed early and started working hard to get others to come with him to UF and join the Gator nation. I'm not sure he will come in and steal the show in his true freshman year ( actually I'd like one of our redshirt freshmen to win the job) but I am already delighted with this commits discipline and leadership on and off the field. I'm growing rapidly tired of the lack of strong support for recruits like Jake Allen who want to be Gators and play and demonstrate a  huge skill set. iMHO this is a public forum that recruits see and use (maybe in a tiny way) in their evaluation of where they want to play college football.  Constant negative posts about our coaches recruitping and looking for ways to justify poor recruiting labels on Coach Mac who has really only had one full recruiting year under his era is not helpful to the Gator Nation cause IMHO. Why not consider being a better ambassador for University of Florida related recruiting? I love the exchange of ideas on this forum and not asking for everyone to be a sunshine pumper as I am but jeez....life is too short to live on the negative side of the Gators if you supposedly love them. Reality issues Gator Nation some tough negative things (like our recent end of year losses) but sitting around with sullen dark comments constantly doesn't help many much In ways I can find. Don't use all your negative post chips up!

Go Jake Allen! It is great to be a Florida Gator!