Florida’s receiver room is getting the kind of attention that usually comes with a group this loaded, and Micah Mays is suddenly right in the middle of it.
Pete Nakos of On3 recently put together a list of 20 “under-the-radar” transfers making noise in fall camp, and Mays was the receiver he chose to spotlight. Nakos didn’t overcomplicate it, writing, “But the receiver On3 continues to hear the most buzz about this summer and into preseason has been Wake Forest transfer Micah Mays.” For Florida fans, that’s more confirmation than revelation.
Mays had already been building toward this. When he arrived from Wake Forest, the move didn’t create much of a stir.
He came in as a four-star recruit from the class of 2023, but his production with the Demon Deacons was modest. In 2024, he finished with 16 catches for 218 yards.
In 2025, he posted 302 yards on 18 receptions.
Then spring gave him a stage.
With Dallas Wilson sidelined, Mays made the most of Florida’s spring game and flashed the kind of playmaking that can change the conversation fast: 122 yards and two touchdowns. That showing backed up what Sumrall had already seen in practice. In the spring, he said:
“Yeah, he's flashed. In particular, making plays down the field or getting the ball in hand-type plays when he's on the move as a route runner.
He's been explosive. He tracks it well.
He catches it clean.”
The bigger picture is what makes Mays interesting. He probably isn’t cracking Florida’s starting trio in 2026 unless injury opens the door for one of Vernell Brown III, Dallas Wilson, or Eric Singleton Jr.
But the group behind them looks like a real problem for opposing defenses. Right now, that second wave appears to include T.J.
Abrams, Bailey Stockton, and Mays, with first-year players Davian Groce and Justin Williams also in the mix.
That’s the part Florida fans already understood. Now the rest of the country is starting to see it too.
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