🏈 Football Recruiting Ticker Running visitors list for FNL and Grill in the Ville

Mark Wheeler · Tuesday at 6:13 PM

Throughout the week I'll be updating this running list of visitors for this weekend.

FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS

Quarterback

Running Back

Wide Receiver
UR Amare Patterson (won't participate)

Tight End

Offensive Line
**** DeMarrion Johnson
**** Carter Jones
**** Cameron Wagner (won't participate)

Defensive Line

Defensive Back
*** Julian Elzey

Athlete

GRILL IN THE VILLE

Quarterback

Running Back
**** Tranard Roberts

Wide Receiver
**** Anthony Jennings
UR Amare Patterson
*** Jaiden Kelly-Murray

Tight End
**** Judah Lancaster
UR Jackson Ballinger

Offensive Line
***** Cooper Hackett
**** Reed Ramsier
***** Mark Matthews
**** Carter Jones
**** DeMarrion Johnson
**** Cameron Wagner

Defensive Line
**** Frederick Ards
**** Desmond Malpress
**** Anthony Cavallaro
**** Santana Harvey
**** Deven Robertson
(2028) Asher Ghioto

Linebacker
*** Kaden Woodie

Defensive Back
**** Zayden Gamble
**** Mekhi Williams
*** Julian Elzey
**** Adryan Cole

Athlete
**** Kaneilius Purdy
UR Ethan Hauser
**** Tramond Collins
**** Colt Lumpris
(2028) Xavier Bowman

Gator Thriller · Wednesday at 9:50 AM

FNL is dead.

Napier's Army · Wednesday at 11:06 AM

Gator Thriller said:
FNL is dead.

Remember the year Joe Haden and Cam Newton were there. Those were the good old days of football recruiting.

Mark Wheeler · Wednesday at 1:05 PM

Gator Thriller said:
FNL is dead.

They have never promoted FNL. Ever.

However, so far this week, I have asked a good 100 or so 2027 kids about attending FNL and/or the Grill in the Ville and every response has been about Saturday's cookout.

Also, I have only seen one prospect tweet about it.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1934391699477807123

Mark Wheeler · Thursday at 10:53 AM

Finally - one kid has verified that he will be at FNL.

Verobeachgator · Thursday at 12:28 PM

Gator Thriller said:
FNL is dead.

Billy boy put a bullet in it. It's not worthy of the FNL name anymore. They need to go ahead and call it a camp like the rest of them and get rid of the name.

Mark Wheeler · Thursday at 2:05 PM

Verobeachgator said:
Billy boy put a bullet in it. It's not worthy of the FNL name anymore. They need to go ahead and call it a camp like the rest of them and get rid of the name.

FNL was DOA long before Napier and Company got to Gainesville.

It started out under Meyer with there being two premier camps, UF on the East coast and USC on the West coast. Then, program after program started copying the format, which diluted FNL.

Then, with the change in the recruiting calendar, it made it even harder to get top in-cycle targets to attend.

It has mostly become a camp for the kids in the next cycle.

This year, it doesn't feel like even a lot of top-tier kids are interested.

We'll see on Friday.

Mark Wheeler · Thursday at 2:05 PM

The Grill in the Ville is apparently full.

A top four-star DM'ed me that he thought he was attending, but when he tried to register, it told him that there were no more available slots.

Mark Wheeler · Thursday at 6:25 PM

Four-star offensive lineman DeMarrion Johnson will be at FNL and the cookout.

Mark Wheeler · Thursday at 6:29 PM

Mark Wheeler said:
The Grill in the Ville is apparently full.

A top four-star DM'ed me that he thought he was attending, but when he tried to register, it told him that there were no more available slots.

Here's the player...

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1935824724397019442

Mark Wheeler · 2025-06-20T10:03:33-0400

Four-star offensive lineman Cameron Wagner, the No. 90 ranked prospect in the nation, will be at both FNL and the cookout, but he won't participate in the camp because of a sprained ankle.