Gators Edge Rusher Lloyd Summerall Transferring to USF

Picture: Lloyd Summerall III; Credit score: Alex Shepherd

Former Florida Gators edge rusher Lloyd Summerall III is heading south to Tampa to proceed his collegiate profession at USF, he introduced on Sunday.

The choice to switch from Florida is a 12 months within the making for the previous member of the 2019 class.

After initially getting into the switch portal final offseason alongside Khris Bogle — who transferred to Michigan State and was thought-about a major loss for this system amid a training change — Summerall elected to return to the Gators for 12 months one beneath Billy Napier to take care of depth within the edge rusher place.

To start the 12 months, the Lakeland, Fla., native served because the third possibility in a high-volume edge rusher position managed primarily by Brenton Cox Jr.

Nonetheless, departure after Florida’s loss to Georgia within the final week of October, Summerall assumed a extra frequent backup position behind new starter Antwaun Powell-Ryland Jr. The snaps he obtained within the remaining half of the season had been probably the most enjoying time on protection all through his collegiate profession.

In that point, Summerall compiled six tackles and one fumble restoration.

He tallied 15 tackles, three tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and one fumble recovering in 28 profession video games with UF.

The rising redshirt junior will look to carry that accrued expertise — albeit nonetheless restricted — to USF’s move rush in 2023 in a heightened position as Alex Golesh builds the inspiration for the Bulls program rebuild. Concurrently, he’ll look to carve out a task that stretches past a particular teamer with occasional appearances defensively.

His 6-foot-5, 231-pound body suggests he has the stature and size alone to compete on the group of 5 stage as a disruptive piece off the sting for the Bulls.

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