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We were in the mix back then. He visited us on 1/7/11, the weekend before he took his official to Florida. But he had verbally committed in June 2010 when Urban was still the HC. We need WRs and he's a big one at 6-3/206. He's had his redshirt year so wherever he goes, he probably will only have 2-3 years to play. Maybe another year off will give him more time to make the transition to WR and adjust to Urban's offense. Still, do we want another Dionte Allen, who was highly rated 4-star out of HS who failed at FSU and transferred to OSU his senior year only to sit on the bench?

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Redshirt freshman wide receiver Ja'Juan Story is transferring, Florida announced Friday morning.

The 6-foot-3, 206-pounder was a four-star recruit and the No. 6 receiver in ESPN's rankings when he signed with the Gators in 2011 out of Brooksville, Fla./Nature Coast Technical. He never saw the field and told UF coach Will Muschamp on Thursday afternoon that he wanted to leave the program.

"I had a great experience here and met a bunch of great people," Story said. "It is a great football program with great players and coaches. It just wasn't the right fit for me."

Story played quarterback and receiver in high school and struggled with the transition of becoming a full-time receiver.

Good point. Incidentally, how confident are you in Zach Smith's ability to develop WRs?

To be honest, and I've said it before, not that much. He's the least experienced of all our coaches with only two years as a full-time assistant, one year at Marshall and one at Temple, neither of which is a BCS school. I am 100% banking on Urban's faith in him as I'd hate to think that if Urban's saying legacies don't get special consideration he'd turn around and throw his mentor, Earle Bruce, a bone by hiring his grandson. As my sig says, I'm trusting Urban.

That doesn't change the fact that WR is, per Urban's own diagnosis, our weakest position and it concerns me that a unit we really need to step up and play beyond their years is being led by a guy who needs to do the same.

I don't think he could cut it at safety. He was recruited as a pure WR. He left because he was buried on the depth chart. He'll probably going to USF, UCF, or one of those Florida schools.