GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- With Florida heading into another key recruiting weekend with the potential for some commitments, GatorBait.net breaks down the scholarship situation heading into the weekend.

After some further attrition this week thanks to defensive tackle Richerd Desir-Jones opting to transfer from the program, Florida now sits almost where it needs to to sign a full class in 2018.

The Gators entered the cycle with 24 initial counters to give but had to clear enough space to remain under the 85-man NCAA limit. They're almost there.

Here's how the numbers break down in terms of remaining class potential.

With 63 scholarship players (including two former walk-ons who are often on year-by-year agreements) set to return from last year's squad, that means Florida has 22 spots available to remain under the NCAA's 85-man limit currently. That means at max, the Gators would have to clear two more spots before next fall to reach their hard cap of 24 initial counters in this class.

First, let's take away the numbers in this class that are already set in stone. Florida enrolled nine players early (seven as new signees, two in the form of transfers Van Jefferson and Trevon Grimes) and has five more inked to National Letters of Intent who will enroll later.

With those 14 already assured of taking spots up in the class, that leaves either nine or 10 scholarships to give. The caveat here is that safety Randy Russell was also an early signee who enrolled before a medical issue was discovered that ended his career.

NCAA rules leave it a bit cloudy on whether Russell would count against the NCAA's initial counter rules (our reading of the rules indicates it would, but Florida could conceivably win an appeal to get that initial counter spot back).

If Russell does count, that brings the total of already accounted for spots in the class to 15. However, Russell will not count against the 85-man limit for the fall.

So in the event Russell does count as an initial counter, Florida can add nine total commitments to the class come National Signing Day but would need one more scholarship to free up from existing players before then. They already have two of those nine commitments.

If Russell doesn't count as an initial counter, then Florida could add up to 10 more commitments (14 already locked as initial counters plus 10 more commitments would get UF to the theoretical maximum class size of 24 initial counters). In that case, Florida would need two more scholarships to free up from existing players.

You can view the complete scholarship situation by class and position below.

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