Just like that, a transfer portal coup was reversed on Monday evening for the Florida football program.
Former Alabama-Birmingham Blazers safety Adrian Maddox, a 6-foot-3-inch, 200-pound junior originally out of Conyers, Georgia, committed to the Gators on Sunday evening, only to change his mind. Instead, he decided to go back to his home state and join the Georgia Bulldogs according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel.
Maddox officially entered the portal on Dec. 10 — a day after it opened — making trips to Gainesville and Athens among other campuses before the start of the recruiting dead period. There has been no indication as to what caused the flip, only that the decision was announced by his agent Ian Johnson on Monday night.
He has one year of collegiate eligibility remaining to spend with the Bulldogs.
Maddox spent the 2024 season in Birmingham after transferring there from the Alabama State Hornets. He recorded 44 tackles (30 solo, two for a loss) along with eight defended passes, two forced fumbles and a pick-six last fall; Pro Football Focus assigned him an 83.9% coverage grade stretching over nearly 400 snaps.
The defensive back originally committed to the Hornets during the 2022 recruiting cycle and played 21 games over two seasons in Montgomery. Maddox finished with 90 total tackles — 9.5 tackles for loss — along with three sacks, and two interceptions plus All-Conference mentions both seasons; he was named a Jerry Rice Award finalist in 2022.
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