Florida football gets commitment from coveted 2027 TE Tommy Douglas

Florida football added its seventh commitment for the 2027 recruiting cycle on Thursday with a verbal pledge from three-star tight end Tommy Douglas. The 6-foot-4, 235-pound prospect out of Princeton (New Jersey) Hun School chose Florida from a list of 25 total offers, including six other SEC schools — most notably the Vanderbilt Commodores and Alabama Crimson Tide , who had 10. 9% and 9.

3% chances to land him, respectively, according to Rivals . The Penn State Nittany Lions (18. 1%) had led the way while Florida only had a 4.

2% chance before the commitment was announced. Douglas made a multi-day trip to Gainesville at the end of March during spring practice season and had otherwise kept his recruitment low-key until the announcement. The Garden State product played more on the defensive side of the ball earlier in his prep career, but a breakout during his junior year, in which he hauled in 33 receptions for 640 yards and seven touchdowns, cemented him as an offensive talent.

The young prospect is the son of Joe Douglas, who is currently the senior personnel director for the Philadelphia Eagles . Florida's current General Manager, Dave Caldwell, held that same job for the Eagles from 2022 to 2025 before coming to Gainesville; Tommy's father had served in a senior scouting role during that stretch. The younger Douglas joins fellow three-star tight end Jackson Ballinger in Florida's 2027 class, among others — the rest of whom are all blue-chip recruits.