FRISCO, Texas — On Sunday, Florida four-star defensive tackle commit Gervon Dexter arrived at The Opening Finals. The Lake Wales (Fla.) standout sat down with 247Sports to answer questions fans of the Gators has for the 6-foot-7, 286-pound prospect. Below is the Q&A with Dexter.

Nurglings: Why the switch from basketball to football? It obviously looks like it’s going work out well for him, but I’m wondering what made him decide to try the sport his junior year of high school with no prior experience.

Dexter: “Well, being 6’6”, 6’7” you can’t really make it to the NBA at center. And I always played [youth] football, so my dad said let’s go back to the field. We went back to the field and started getting verbal offers.”



quance: What is the biggest part of your game that you are looking to improve upon?

Dexter: “Just using my hands more. I’ve been working on my stance, coming off the ball a lot quicker to beat the offensive linemen, so just my hands, using my hands.”



GatorFan20: When does he get his 5th star?

Dexter: “I’m hoping after this camp.”

Muckman10: Signing in December/early enrollment candidate?

Dexter: “Right now, I’m for sure signing in December and right now I’m taking summer classes to try to early enroll.”

GatorJack33: Does he have a list of guys competing that he was told by coaches to recruit or that he wants to join UF’s class?

Dexter: “It’s a couple. I wasn’t told by any coaches, but it’s a couple I want to get at. I believe Koy [Moore] is here, right? Koy, you know Chantz Williams, and I believe it’s a couple more."

Bakergator18: When’s the next [Florida] commit?

Dexter: “I’m hoping by the 3rd.”







RinkerGator0913: Which factor sold you the most on UF?

Dexter: “It just felt like home. It just felt like home.”

Jgriff08: How much communication does he honestly have with [Demarkcus] Bowman?

Dexter: “I mean, he’s right there in Lakeland, so we talk at small events. At first, he wanted me to come over to transfer to Lakeland, so we were talking a little about that, but other than that I talked to him two days ago asking if he was coming to the Rivals Challenge, if he was coming today…I just tell him Rainey. Tell him about Chris Rainey, look what Chris Rainey did.”





Nurglings: What does he like about Coach Turner, what are the differences between Turner and Sunseri?

Dexter: “It’s a big difference actually. I built a better relationship with Coach Turner. With Coach Sunseri, he’d text me, but it wasn’t like every [day]. I talk to Coach Turner almost every day. That’s my guy."

TheSwamp15: Does he think Georgia Sucks?

Dexter: “Nah.”

quance: Where does Florida want you on the defensive line? Strong-side defensive end or 3-technique?

Dexter: “Both.”