Jaden Rashada misses drop/add deadline to enroll early at Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida quarterback signee Jaden Rashada has not enrolled at the University of Florida for the spring semester, Gators Online has learned. The deadline to add or drop classes was Friday at 11:59 p.m.
Rashada is still in the student directory but has no class schedule or email address. Once Florida’s admissions office closed at 5 p.m. Friday and his status had not changed, the writing was on the wall that his situation would not be resolved (or at least reflected in UF’s system) by midnight.
Missing the deadline for drop/add doesn’t necessarily mean that Rashada won’t or can’t enroll at Florida. If this situation gets straightened out over the weekend, the school’s admissions office could give a waiver to Rashada and allow him to enroll in classes and begin next week.
Rashada was expected to enroll at Florida with 16 other midyear signees on Sunday. He had spent the previous week in Orlando at the Under Armour All-America Game, where he told Gators Online’s Corey Bender that he planned to go directly to Gainesville from Orlando.
While the Rashada family did make it to Gainesville, there was a lot going on behind the scenes regarding Jaden’s NIL deal. As the week dragged on, Rashada and his family ended up leaving Florida and going back home to California. As of 6:00 pm Friday, January 13, Rashada had not enrolled in classes at the University.
Rashada recruitment timeline
Gators Online’s Zach Abolverdi compiled a complete timeline of Rashada’s recruitment to this point.
March 31: Rashada checks out the Miami Hurricanes for the first time on an unofficial visit.
April 22: Rashada takes his first official visit to Ole Miss, marking his fourth trip to Oxford.
May 15: Rashada names his top 7 schools, including Florida, and sets his commitment date for June 18.
May 25: Rashada makes a two-day trip to Gainesville for his first-ever unofficial visit to Florida.
June 3: Rashada travels to Texas A&M for his second official visit and only trip to College Station.
June 5: Rashada takes his third official visit to LSU and second trip to Baton Rouge in six weeks.
June 7: Rashada makes a return trip to Gainesville for his official visit with the Gators.
June 16: Rashada pushes back his commitment to June 26 for “more time to think and reflect.”
June 21: Rashada returns to Miami for his fifth and final official visit ahead of his decision date.
June 26: Rashada commits to Miami over Florida, LSU, Ole Miss and Texas A&M.
Nov. 9: Longtime UF donor and founder of the NIL collective Gator Guard, Hugh Hathcock, announces big news coming the next day.
Nov. 10: Rashada flips his commitment from Miami to Florida, tweeting out the news just after midnight.
Dec. 21: The wait for Rashada’s letter of intent causes Billy Napier’s news conference to be delayed over an hour, but he eventually signs early with the Gators.
Dec. 29: After Napier said Rashada would “come right over” to UF after the Under Armour All-America Game, the QB signee confirmed his plans to arrive Jan. 5.
Jan. 8-9: Rashada does not report to campus with the other mid-year enrollees for move-in day and the start of classes Monday.
Jan. 11: Rashada reportedly requests to be released from his National Letter of Intent that he signed on early Signing Day. His father denies the report.
Jan. 13: Rashada has yet to enroll early at the University of Florida after missing the drop/add deadline on Friday at 11:59 p.m.
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