Twitter Reacts to Ricky Pearsall Committing to Florida Gators
Ricky Pearsall is no longer at Arizona State.
That was unofficial for some time following his entrance into the transfer portal just short of the May 1 deadline, although Pearsall could have opted to return to the Sun Devils.
However, his desires, reportedly a mix of fuel between NIL deals and better football opportunities, were found elsewhere.
Pearsall reportedly narrowed his search to Florida, Auburn and Oregon before eventually committing to Florida on Saturday.
“Scared Money Don’t Make Money”
— Ricky Pearsall (@S1ickSzn) May 21, 2022
@GatorsFB pic.twitter.com/6kQ9w6SOxg
The Sun Devils have now lost six wide receivers to the transfer portal for next season, as Pearsall followed in the footsteps of LV Bunkley-Shelton, Geordon Porter, Lonyatta Alexander, Johnny Wilson and Cade Cadam.
Working best out of the slot and utilized as a gadget receiver, he caught 48 passes for 580 yards and four touchdowns in 2021. As a rusher, he rushed 10 times for 78 yards and two touchdowns. Pearsall also completed all three of his pass attempts for 111 yards and a touchdown.
Pearsall now has an opportunity to contribute right away at Florida, while the Sun Devils can officially put their time with their former No. 1 target away for good.
Both fan bases had different reactions, but a majority of media personnel had good things to say about Pearsall's move.
Twitter Reacts to Ricky Pearsall Committing to Florida Gators
Ricky Pearsall can play. Big portal pickup for @GatorsFB!#TheDraftStartsInMOBILE™️ https://t.co/JlV5S731ix
— Jim Nagy (@JimNagy_SB) May 21, 2022
#Gators land a commitment from Arizona State wide receiver transfer Ricky Pearsall. Very nice pickup for Billy Napier and his staff.
— InAllKindsOfWeather.com (@AllKindsWeather) May 21, 2022
Four year timeline:
— Chris Karpman (@ChrisKarpman) May 21, 2022
-ASU admin balks at $100k more to keep Napier
-Napier crushes at Louisiana, says "scared money don't make money” on TV
-Napier gets Florida HC job as ASU passing game struggles
-Daniels to LSU
-Pearsall to Florida & tweets “scared money don’t make money"
Do we even have enough players to roster a team??? ASU is just in shambles.... this investigation + NIL is just destroying this program... https://t.co/YfW18tJBfN
— ForkemNation 3-0 (@ForkemNation) May 21, 2022
BOOOOOM🚨ASU transfer WR Ricky Pearsall has just COMMITTED to The Florida Gators! This is HUGE for us, as we really lacked WR depth, especially in the slot! Glad to have you HOME Ricky! Welcome Ricky home in the comments Gators Nation! Go Gators💙🧡#committed #gogators #Gators pic.twitter.com/BY5uhWhpZ8
— Florida Recruiting (@FLRecruits) May 21, 2022
Zubaz FTW for the former ASU WR https://t.co/7LHLQWIrpd
— Brad Denny (@BDenny29) May 21, 2022
I've watched him for years at ASU, hard to gauge him with the complete dysfunction in that program #firehermplease
— Michael Scarn (@3SchruteBucks) May 21, 2022
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