Why this exists, how each journey gets researched, and how to send in a stop I'm missing.
The transfer portal changed who "your team" even is. Florida turns over a huge share of its roster every year now, and half the names on Saturday's two-deep were somewhere else entirely last season. Box scores don't tell you that story — they just show you a name and a stat line, with no idea where that player came from or how they got here.
The Gator Trail exists to fill in that gap: one page per player, tracing every stop from high school to wherever they are today, with the offers, the stats, and the reason they left each place. No box score, just the full story.
It's a solo, fan-built project — not affiliated with the University of Florida or any recruiting outlet. Everything here is researched from public team announcements, recruiting sites, and reporting, then cross-checked before it goes up.
A commitment, a portal entry, or a signing — that's the trigger to start a new page.
High school rating and offer list, then stats and exit context for each college stop along the way — transfers take the longest, since every stop needs its own research pass.
Stats and star ratings get checked against team sources and recruiting sites before anything ships.
Pages get updated as a player's season progresses — new stats, new context, same page.
If you spot a wrong stat, an outdated note, or a player who deserves a page before their turn in the batch, send it over.
Email a tipTransfers get researched first since each one needs every prior stop dug up — high school signees follow once the transfer batch is caught up.