# 452: "Championship Ball Sweat" ft. Thomas Holley

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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: 2026-06-23T08:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

Florida's 2027 recruiting class just hit #3 in the country — and it's not slowing down. We've got a massive commitment to break down, a linebacker from a serious NFL bloodline joining the fold, a Friday Night Lights recap, and former Gator Thomas Holley sitting down to talk about his journey through one of the toughest injury stories in recent program history. This Episode Covers: 🏈 Aaron McWilliams Commits — A top-rated specialist kicker from East Coweta, GA commits to Florida as the Gators' 24th member of the 2027 class. (His "5-star" designation is from Kohl's Specialist Camps.) 📈 Gators 2027 Class Hits #3 Nationally — 24 commits, 16 blue-chip recruits, trailing only Texas A&M and Oklahoma per the 247Sports Composite. Jon Sumrall's class is for real. 🏈 Tre Geathers Commits — 3-star linebacker Robert Geathers III — son of former Georgia/Bengals DE Robert Geathers — chooses Florida over Tennessee, Georgia, and South Carolina. Serious football pedigree. 🏕️ Friday Night Lights Recap — Sumrall hosted a loaded group of elite 2027 prospects in Gainesville. What we saw and who stood out. 🥎 Softball Adds Kairi Rodriguez — Graduate transfer catcher from Duke signed June 16th. 🎙️ Thomas Holley | Former Florida Gators DL | Brooklyn, NY | 2014 Signing Class Thomas Holley arrived at Florida as one of the most recruited defensive tackles in the country — an Under Armour All-American from Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, the No. 77 overall prospect in the 2014 class. What followed was one of the most gut-wrenching injury stories in recent Gators history: two hip surgeries, a redshirt year, limited action in seven games, a 60-pound weight loss and position change to try to stay on the field — and ultimately a medical exemption in 2016. He stayed at Florida, finished his degree,…

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