# 445: "Top or Bottom" ft. TJ McCoy

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Podcast: [Stadium and Gale: A Florida Gators Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/stadium-and-gale-a-florida-gators-podcast-936497)
Published: 2026-05-19T09:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://audioboom.com/posts/8905176
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Florida's 2027 recruiting class keeps climbing, Jon Sumrall keeps dropping quotes that Gator Nation can't get enough of, and Sumrall's first spring in The Swamp is officially in the books. We hit all of it — and then we sit down with two former Gators, tight end Kalif Jackson and center TJ McCoy, to talk about their Florida days, the lessons that stuck, and life after the orange and blue. This week in Gator Nation: 2027 class hits another gear — 3-star DL Cain Van Norden (6-7, 265 out of Bishop McNamara in District Heights, MD) commits over Maryland, Ole Miss, Syracuse, and Michigan State. He's the third DL pledge in the class behind De'Voun Kendrick and Stive-Bentley Keumajou Yondui. Class ranking watch — Florida sitting Top 5–7 nationally (No. 5 on 247Sports, No. 7 on Rivals) with 14 commits, 11 of them four- or five-star. Spring football in the books — Sumrall wraps his first Florida spring with the annual spring game. All-Access: Florida Spring Football debuts Monday, May 18 at 7 p.m. ET on SEC Network — featuring Sumrall, RB Jadan Baugh, JACK Jayden Woods, and WR Vernell Brown III. FSU kickoff set — Florida's regular-season finale at Florida State on Friday, Nov. 27 will kick at 3:30 p.m. on ABC. Post-spring roster moves — JUCO CB Javier Jones (Independence CC) and former Jacksonville hooper Jaylen Jordan (now a TE) added to the 2026 roster. Sumrall on the mindset — the now-famous "good" philosophy plus his colorful take on bowl eligibility expectations. Our Guest: TJ McCoy — Former Florida starting center (2015–18, Groveland, FL), son of former Gator DT and longtime NFL veteran Tony McCoy. We get into: Growing up a Gator in a Gator household and what it meant to put on the orange and blue Starting at center as a redshirt sophomore and how that OL room was built T…

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