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[Philadelphia's Sharrif Floyd, whom Rivals.com considers the nation's No. 1 defensive tackle and No. 9 overall prospect] said he understood the risk involved with picking Florida with Meyer's status undecided, but he said he considered Gainesville a place he could spend "the next 40 years, not just the next four."

"No matter where I went, I would have been taking a risk," said Floyd, who also considered Ohio State. "But at the end of the day, Florida's going to be Florida. Not to say Coach Meyer is leaving or anything, but you don't take a 13-1 team to an 0-13 team. That doesn't happen."