Florida transfer Justus Boone signs with Hogs

December 21, 2024

Justus Boone
Defensive Line | 6-4 | 266 | Sumter, S.C. | Sumter HS / Florida

At Florida
2024 (REDSHIRT JUNIOR): Played in the first 11 games of the season, totaling 10 tackles (two solo), 0.5 sacks, 2.0 tackles for loss, one QB hurry and one pass breakup … Logged a career-high 1.5 tackles for loss while finishing with two tackles (one solo) and a quarterback hurry vs. Samford (Sept. 7) … Registered a tackle vs. Texas A&M (Sept. 14) … Finished with a quarterback hurry and a pass breakup at Mississippi State (Sept. 21) … Tallied three tackles, including a half-sack, vs. UCF (Oct. 5) … Recorded two tackles (one solo) vs. No. 2 Georgia (Nov. 2) … Logged one tackle across 14 snaps on the defensive line vs. No. 21 LSU (Nov. 16).

2023 (REDSHIRT SOPHOMORE): Missed the entire year due to a season-ending injury.

2022 (REDSHIRT FRESHMAN): Appeared in all thirteen games with two starts … Finished the season with 24 tackles, one tackle for loss, one sack and a quarterback hurry … Recorded two tackles (one solo) vs. No. 14 Oregon State in the Las Vegas Bowl (Dec. 17) … Recorded three tackles (one solo) and a quarterback hurry at Vanderbilt (Nov. 19) … Recorded one tackle vs. South Carolina (Nov. 12) … Recorded two tackles at Texas A&M (Nov. 5) … Recorded a tackle vs. No. 1 Georgia (Oct. 29) … Recorded four tackles (three solo) vs. LSU (Oct. 15) … Recorded one tackle vs. Missouri (Oct. 8) … Recorded four tackles (one solo) vs. Eastern Washington (Oct. 2) … Recorded one solo tackle at No. 11 Tennessee (Sept. 24) … Recorded three tackles (two solo) vs. USF (Sept. 17) … Recorded two solo tackles, including a tackle for loss, vs. No. 20 Kentucky (Sept. 10).

2021 (FRESHMAN): Redshirt season … Played in two games… Made collegiate debut against Vanderbilt (Oct. 9), recording two tackles and half a sack … Had a tackle for loss in the Gasparilla Bowl vs. UCF (Dec. 23).

HIGH SCHOOL: Rated a four-star prospect and considered the second-best overall prospect in South Carolina according to 247 Sports Composite Rankings … Totaled 96 tackles, 26.5 tackles-for-loss and 12 sacks in 18 high school games … Helped lead Sumter to the South Carolina High School League Class 5A Lower State championship game after an 8-0 start to the 2020 season … Chose Florida over offers from Arkansas, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Oklahoma, North Carolina and Penn State, among others.