New Florida HC Jon Sumrall wants Gators to take cues from Ole Miss

New Florida Gators head coach Jon Sumrall knows he has his work cut out for him in Gainesville.

The expectations are sky high. The expectations are championship-level sky high. If he doesn't get Florida on the path to the College Football Playoff soon, he may not have long in this great new opportunity for him.

The Gators poached Sumrall from Tulane, where he took the Green Wave to back-to-back American Athletic Conference championship game appearances and notched an overall record of 20-8 in two years. Oh, he also led Tulane to this season's CFP, which was a huge deal.

Sumrall is a good coach and a nice pickup for the Gators, but he's still going to need help. He proved he can do it with few resources in the AAC, but now he's someplace where everywhere he turns is a resource, and he wants to use them up.

Recently speaking on the "Outkick Hot Mic" podcast, Sumrall revealed that he wants Florida to take the approach to the NIL and transfer portal era that the Ole Miss Rebels have.

Ole Miss is two wins away from hoisting the championship trophy, and that's largely been because the Rebels have gone all-in on the transfer portal market, and they're also paying players big bucks via NIL deals. 

Sumrall watched athletic director Keith Carter and Walker Jones, the director of Ole Miss' NIL collective, put together a championship roster.

He wants to be able to do the same thing at Florida.

“They’re a well-coached, talented team. You can tell they’ve attacked the portal. We’ve talked about alignment, structure, organization within the portal and financially. I think Ole Miss has had great success, not to take anything from Lane, but Keith Carter, Walker Jones – and not to take anything from Pete [Golding], either. But Ole Miss, they’re doing this NIL, rev-share stuff as well as anybody in America," Sumrall said (h/t On3). "They’re paying dudes and they are writing bigger checks."