Less than a year ago, Oregon Duck fans were popping champagne after Dan Lanning and Junior Adams signed what was quite possibly the best combination of wide receivers in program history, inking both 5-star Dakorien Moore and 4-star Dallas Wilson as members of the 2025 recruiting class.
Moore ranked as the No. 1 WR and No. 4 player in the nation, while Wilson came in as the No. 8 WR and No. 35 player in the country. The two put pen to paper on National Signing Day and were coming to Eugene.
For a couple of weeks.
On December 19, Wilson officially requested a release from his Letter of Intent with Oregon to sign with the Florida Gators, which is near his hometown. The request was granted, and Wilson ended up as a member of Florida’s 2025 signing class, rather than Oregon’s.
Now, with fall camp just a couple of weeks away, Florida coach Billy Napier opened up about the events that landed Wilson in Gainesville at SEC Media Days, explaining that it was the player who reached out to the team, rather than the other way around.
“Dallas actually contacted us,” Napier said. “He asked out of his LOI and contacted us… There’s no question he’s going to make our team better.”
According to a report from The Athletic, Wilson asked out of his LOI to be closer to a sick family member back home in Florida.
“It’s not about money,” Wilson’s agent Vernell Brown said. “It’s about the kid wanting to be closer to an ailing family member. I think anybody can understand that.”
Since flipping from Oregon, Wilson has been a revelation for the Gators, cementing himself as one of the most dynamic freshman receivers in the nation and generating a ton of buzz in The Swamp during Florida’s spring game. In the Blue and Orange game, Wilson stole the show with 10 catches for 195 yards and two touchdowns. He was later tabbed as Florida’s top…
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Publish date : 2025-07-16 22:27:00
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