Remember this guy Chris Bleich, currently a RS-SO playing for Syracuse?
Christopher Bleich (63) Offensive Line - Career Overview: Enrolled at Syracuse in January 2020 after spending his first two seasons at the University of Flor...
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Career Overview: Enrolled at Syracuse in January 2020 after spending his first two seasons at the University of Florida … Named to the Spring 2020 SU Athletic Director’s Honor Roll … Played in 13 games for the Gators, including eight starts at right guard, as a redshirt freshman in 2019.
2020: Sat out the season due to NCAA transfer rules.
Freshman Year (2019 at Florida): Played in nine games, starting eight at right guard … Helped the Gators to an 11-2 record and the No. 6 ranking in the final Associated Press Top 25 poll … Blocked for a Florida offense that averaged 33.2 points and 430.5 total yards per game, including 300.7 passing yards per contest … The Gators topped 400 yards of offense in five of Bleich’s appearances and passed for 300+ yards four times … Made his first career start in the season opener versus Miami (8/24) … Against UT Martin (9/7), aided an offense that gained a season-high 543 total yards, including 231 yards rushing.
In this Getting to Know we take a closer look at Florida signee Chris Bleich on and off the field.
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Chris Bleich
will forever be known as
Dan Mullen’s first commit as head coach at the University of Florida, but the 6-foot-5, 308-pound offensive lineman had a pretty interesting recruiting process.
Bleich, who is from Plymouth (Pa.) and had been committed to Penn State for over a year, decided to reopen his recruiting process in April 2017. Although he committed to UCLA a couple of months later, the firing of Coach Jim Mora and the subsequent hiring of Chip Kelly caused Bleich to reevaluate his options. On November 29th, Bleich decommitted from UCLA and committed, sight unseen, to the University of Florida.
Today it's time to learn a little bit more about Bleich on a playing and personal level in this edition of
Getting to Know.
Take us through the process that led to your commitment. What was that experience like for you?
"A lot was just due to the coaching staff and how much faith and trust I had in them. And once they told me I had an offer to Florida, I felt comfortable to say that I will be going to Florida with the coaches there. Like I said, I just had that trust and relationship with them and I feel like it was the best fit for me."