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Recruiting rankings are complex, with disagreements often arising from projecting a player's potential in college versus the NFL.

Two USA TODAY Florida Network reporters selected top 2026 Florida recruits for both college and the NFL to highlight these differences.

Recruiting rankings are an inexact science and putting a list of top recruits together can lead to heated arguments.

Every once in a while a player like current Ohio State wide receiver Jeremiah Smith (Chaminade-Madonna graduate) comes along who is the no-doubt top player in their class. But once-in-a-generation players are, by definition, rare.

Most of the time, it's much more nuanced and less obvious.

Perhaps the biggest point of disagreement comes from long-term projections.

Are rankings supposed to

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