{"id":129602,"date":"2025-06-14T15:49:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T15:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/129602\/"},"modified":"2025-06-14T15:49:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-14T15:49:10","slug":"florida-football-gets-commitment-from-blue-chip-running-back-in-2026-recruiting-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/129602\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida football gets commitment from blue-chip running back in 2026 recruiting class"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Florida football scored another victory on the recruiting front on Friday with the commitment of four-star running back Carsyn Baker.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-0.5-inch, 195-pound rusher out of Fairburn (Georgia) Langston Hughes in the 2026 cycle chose the Gators from a group of suitors that ran 54 schools deep, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/fsuwire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Florida State Seminoles;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Florida State Seminoles<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/clemsonwire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Clemson Tigers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Clemson Tigers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/buckeyeswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Ohio State Buckeyes;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Ohio State Buckeyes<\/a> and South Carolina Gamecocks; he made an official visit to see the &#8216;Noles on May 26 in Tallahassee.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Baker&#8217;s official visit with Florida obviously went well, with running backs coach Jabbar Juluke playing the point man in the rising senior&#8217;s recruitment. Billy Napier was also heavily involved as his relationship with the young recruit improved during their time together; his campus visit also gave him some exposure to current running backs Jadan Baugh and Treyaun Webb.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was very impressed by them,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/florida\/article\/florida-football-gators-recruiting-commitment-carsyn-baker-running-back-2026-250400158\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Baker told 247Sports;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Baker told 247Sports<\/a> after the visit. &#8220;They definitely jumped up my charts a lot. I had a great time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The program also made an important impression on the people who mean the most to Baker.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They made a positive impression on my family,&#8221; he offered. &#8220;They have a great brotherhood with a great coaching staff, and a great culture.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Baker was the only running back on the team&#8217;s summer official visit schedule. He still has an OV listed for South Carolina for June 20, but his trips to Ohio State and <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/clemson-tigers\/3407\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Clemson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Clemson<\/a> were canceled after his stop in Gainesville.<\/p>\n<p>Carsyn Baker Recruiting Summary<\/p>\n<p>Baker is ranked No.\u00a0187 overall and No.\u00a015 at his position nationally according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/Player\/carsyn-baker-46147864\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:247Sports composite;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">247Sports composite<\/a> while the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.on3.com\/db\/carsyn-baker-239264\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:On3 industry ranking;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">On3 industry ranking<\/a> has him at Nos.\u00a0227 and 18, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GatorsWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@GatorsWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@GatorsWire<\/a>\u00a0on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/gatorswire.bsky.social\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Bluesky;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Bluesky<\/a>, and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GatorsWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/florida-gators\/3472\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Florida Gators;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Florida Gators<\/a> news, notes and opinions.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Gators Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/gatorswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/gators\/football\/2025\/06\/14\/florida-football-recruiting-carsyn-baker-commitment\/84200856007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Florida Football Recruiting: 4-star RB Carsyn Baker commits to Gators;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Florida Football Recruiting: 4-star RB Carsyn Baker commits to Gators<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida football scored another victory on the recruiting front on Friday with the commitment of four-star running back&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":129603,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[385,31016,843,380,9751,4713,7,25308,69,2830,4278],"class_list":{"0":"post-129602","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-billy-napier","9":"tag-carsyn-baker","10":"tag-clemson-tigers","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-florida-football","13":"tag-florida-state-seminoles","14":"tag-football","15":"tag-official-visit","16":"tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","17":"tag-running-backs","18":"tag-south-carolina-gamecocks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114682512398432256","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}