Billy Napier added one other participant to the 2025 Florida soccer roster on Sunday in keeping with On3’s Hayes Fawcett, marking the fifth dedication via the switch portal for the Gators this offseason.
Former Alabama-Birmingham Blazers security Adrian Maddox, a 6-foot-3-inch, 200-pound junior initially out of Conyers, Georgia, formally entered the portal on Dec. 10 — a day after it opened — and made a visit to Gainesville earlier than the beginning of the recruiting lifeless interval. After visiting different faculties, together with the Georgia Bulldogs, he selected the Orange and Blue for his subsequent vacation spot with one 12 months of eligibility remaining.
Maddox spent the 2024 season in Birmingham after transferring there from the Alabama State Hornets. He recorded 44 tackles (30 solo, two for a loss) together with eight defended passes, two pressured fumbles and a pick-six final fall; Professional Soccer Focus assigned him an 83.9% protection grade stretching over almost 400 snaps.
The defensive again initially dedicated to the Hornets in the course of the 2022 recruiting cycle and performed 21 video games over two seasons in Montgomery. Maddox completed with 90 complete tackles — 9.5 tackles for loss — together with three sacks, and two interceptions plus All-Convention mentions each seasons; he was named a Jerry Rice Award finalist in 2022.
Maddox joins former Michigan Wolverines punter Tommy Doman, former UCLA Bruins large receiver J.Michael Sturdivant, former Charlotte 49ers quarterback Deshawn Purdie and former UMass Minutemen edge defender Kofi Asare as Florida’s switch portal newcomers.
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