{"id":407653,"date":"2024-06-29T22:01:01","date_gmt":"2024-06-29T22:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=407653"},"modified":"2024-06-29T22:04:16","modified_gmt":"2024-06-29T22:04:16","slug":"florida-gators-land-coveted-4-star-tight-end-taeshaun-gelsey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=407653","title":{"rendered":"Florida Gators land coveted 4-star tight end Tae&#039;shaun Gelsey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It was a big Saturday for the <a href=\"https:\/\/gatorswire.usatoday.com\/\">Florida Gators<\/a>, who landed a commitment from Tae&#8217;Shaun Gelsey.<\/p>\n<p>A class of 2025 recruit from Riverside (Jacksonville, Florida), Gelsey picked Florida over a final six that also included <a href=\"https:\/\/auburnwire.usatoday.com\/\">Auburn<\/a>, UCF, <a href=\"https:\/\/ukwildcatswire.usatoday.com\/\">Kentucky<\/a>, Tulane and Wake Forest. Gelsey posted his <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GelseyTae\/status\/1797705116537303327\">top six<\/a> on June 3.<\/p>\n<p>A dual-sport athlete who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maxpreps.com\/fl\/jacksonville\/riverside-generals\/athletes\/tae%e2%80%99shaun-gelsey\/football\/stats\/?careerid=ov3nkr6d9i8ff\">also plays basketball<\/a>, Gelsey is a match-up nightmare at the high school level. At 6-foot-10 and 210 pounds, Gelsey has a good catch radius and moves very well down the field.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/n.rivals.com\/content\/athletes\/tae-shaun-gelsey-307527?view=pv\">Rivals ranks him<\/a> as the No. 59 player in Florida and the No. 22 tight end prospect.<\/p>\n<p>He took an official visit to Florida in the last week of May before taking a trip to Auburn. Last weekend, he was at Tulane.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">3-star Tight-End Tae\u2019shaun Gelsey commits to Florida via IG live <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eiqZvimIW2\">pic.twitter.com\/eiqZvimIW2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 David Soderquist (@HightopDave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HightopDave\/status\/1807088218229149876?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He joins wide receiver Joshua Moore as one of two four-star commits in <a href=\"https:\/\/florida.rivals.com\/commitments\/football\/2025\">this Florida class<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Gelsey is the eighth commit for Florida in the 2025 class. Nationally, the class is ranked No. 65 <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/florida\/Season\/2025-Football\/Commits\/\">by 247Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related shortcode shortcode--related\">\n<h2 class=\"related__header\">Related<\/h2>\n<p><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2024\/malik-washington-commits-to-maryland-family\" data-track=\"usatodayhss-in-article-related-curated\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">For 4-star QB Malik Washington, committing to local Maryland was a family matter<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><a class=\"block block--related\" href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2024\/former-nfl-top-draft-pick-jamarcus-russell-sued-over-allegedly-taking-money-intended-for-alma-mater\" data-track=\"usatodayhss-in-article-related-curated\"><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"block__title\">Former No. 1 pick JaMarcus Russell sued over allegedly taking $74,000 check intended for alma mater<\/h2>\n<p><\/a><\/aside>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Tae&#8217;shaun Gelsey commits to the Florida Gators.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407653"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=407653"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":407655,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/407653\/revisions\/407655"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=407653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=407653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=407653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}