Florida is already stacking up Senior Bowl recognition before the 2026 season even kicks off.
Five Gators landed on the 2027 Panini Senior Bowl Top 300 watch list, which was released Thursday: seniors Kamran James, Eric Singleton Jr. and Bryce Thornton, along with juniors Jadan Baugh and Myles Graham.
The Senior Bowl is the annual all-star showcase in Mobile, Ala., where draft hopefuls get a week to practice and play in front of NFL coaches, scouts and front office personnel. The 2027 game is set for January 30, 2027, with practices held during the week leading up to it.
James and Thornton are both back for their fourth season in Gainesville. James gave Florida a strong 2025 campaign, finishing with a team-best 3.5 sacks while adding 44 tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss, two pass breakups and three quarterback hurries.
Thornton was just as productive in a different way, starting 11 games and posting 56 tackles, two fumble recoveries, seven pass breakups, five quarterback hurries, an interception and a touchdown. He led the Gators in pass breakups and fumble recoveries and finished second on the team in tackles, while ranking third in solo tackles with 31.
Singleton arrives in his first season with Florida after transferring from Auburn. In 2025, he started all 12 games for the Tigers and led the team with 58 catches for 534 yards and three touchdowns. Those 58 receptions tied for eighth in the SEC, and he has now caught a pass in every game of his collegiate career, a streak that stands at 36 and is the sixth-longest active run in the FBS.
Baugh and Graham are each entering their third year with Florida in 2026, and both come in with plenty of production already on the résumé. Baugh started all 12 games last season and paced the Gators with 1,170 rushing yards and eight touchdowns on the ground.
He also chipped in 33 catches for 210 yards and two scores as a receiver, earning Second-Team All-SEC honors. Graham, meanwhile, started every game and led Florida with 76 tackles, including 36 solo stops, while also adding eight quarterback hurries, seven tackles for loss and two sacks.
He was one of four SEC players to finish with at least 75 tackles and 7.0-plus tackles for loss, and his four pass breakups were tied for second among FBS linebackers.
Florida’s presence on the Senior Bowl watch list comes after four Gators took part in the event earlier this offseason: defensive tackle Caleb Banks, center Jake Slaughter, offensive tackle Austin Barber and edge rusher Tyreak Sapp. Former Florida cornerback Devin Moore also accepted an invitation, though he did not attend because of an injury.
That group turned into a major draft haul, with four players eventually hearing their names called in the 2026 NFL Draft. Banks went in the first round at No. 18 overall to the Minnesota Vikings, Slaughter was taken in the second round at No. 63 by the Los Angeles Chargers, Barber went in the third round at No. 86 to the Cleveland Browns and Moore landed in the fourth round at No. 114 with the Dallas Cowboys. Sapp went undrafted but signed with the Cleveland Browns after the selection ceremony.
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