When Florida takes on Michigan in the Citrus Bowl on Friday, it'll do so with a little personal rivalry also riding on the outcome.

Sophomore cornerback Jalen Tabor will be squaring off against a guy he competed against all through high school, vying for the top honors at their positions in the 2014 recruiting class. Michigan defensive back Jabrill Peppers might be the better-known name nationally, but Tabor knows that doesn't necessarily mean he'll succeed against Florida.

Especially when he switches over to the offensive side of the ball.

"They just want to get him the ball, but we've got 11 Jabrill Peppers on defense," Tabor said. "Michigan, they've only got one of him, we've got 11 of him."

Peppers has 18 rushes for 72 yards and two touchdowns on the season, while also racking up eight catches for 79 yards. He's an athlete the Wolverines like to use all over the place.

No matter to Tabor and the Gators.

"Regardless of where he’s at, we’ve seen him before," Tabor said. "We faced Dalvin Cook, (Derrick) Henry. We've got good guys just like him in our league, if not better. He’s a really good players, though. Really good player who goes both ways, we haven’t seen that yet. As far as what he does on offense, we’ve seen that before."

Tabor admitted he came up on the wrong end of the rivalry in high school.

"We played before in high school two years. Our junior and senior year we both played against each other in high school. We were down at the Under Armour game together; we’re from the same region. We were both two corners, No. 1 and No. 2 in the class."

But while Tabor may have come out on the wrong end the first couple times around, he's ready to make sure it doesn't happen again.

Particularly when the two former five-stars are lined up against each other on Friday.

"He came out on top in high school, but it doesn't matter when you come out on top in high school, it matters where you come out on top after college."

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