The state of Florida is open indeed.

For the elite college football programs, that is.

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We have published a series of articles over the last month exploring Clemson’s success on a geographic basis, featuring Dabo Swinney’s highest-ranked signees in specific states to date.

Our installment highlighting Swinney’s most decorated acquisitions from Florida will run later today.

The point for how the mighty Big Three – Florida, Florida State and Miami – have fallen was driven home again earlier this week when Alabama scored commitments from Bradenton (Fla.) IMG Academy four-star lineman JC Latham and Orlando (Fla.) Edgewater four-star receiver Christian Leary.

Neither of whom, we’d add, have even visited Alabama yet.