Boogie Fland commits to Florida: Five-star transfer joins Gators after withdrawing from 2025 NBA Draft

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Fresh off winning the Big Dance, the Florida Gators landed a big dancer. Five-star transfer guard Boogie Fland (Bronx, NY) committed to the reigning national champions on Tuesday just days after withdrawing from consideration in the 2025 NBA Draft.

Fland (6-foot-2, 175 pounds), who last season as a freshman was Arkansas’ second-leading scorer (13.5 points) and top distributor (5.1 assists), shot 38% from the field and 34% from beyond the arc. The former four-star prospect (No. 22 overall) was considered the No. 8 overall player and top combo guard in the transfer portal, according to 247Sports.

This is a massive acquisition by Florida, which adds Fland to a transfer backcourt that already featured recent additions in four-star point guard Xaivian Lee (No. 32) out of Princeton and four-star G AJ Brown (No. 68) out of Ohio. It is now one of the best backcourts in the nation entering the 2025-26 season.

Given the Gators lost their three leading scorers — Walter Clayton Jr., Will Richard and Alijah Martin — to graduation, head coach Todd Golden’s ability to replenish his lost guards with players of this caliber in one offseason is remarkable. As is the commitment from Florida donors putting up the NIL funds necessary to keep this team on top entering the 2025-26 campaign.

Fland is expected to earn approximately $2 million next season, according to CBS Sports’ Matt Norlander. He is represented by former Florida guard Mike Miller.

The Gators are already returning sophomores forward Thomas Haugh and center Rueben Chinyelu, the latter of whom, like Fland, withdrew from NBA Draft consideration. Junior center Micah Handlogten will also be returning after coming back late in the 2024-25 season from a serious leg injury to unselfishly help create enough depth for UF to go on a title run.

Sophomore F Alex Condon remains in the NBA Draft process with his status uncertain. He is currently projected as a late first- or (perhaps more likely) early second-round selection, and no one is particularly sure what he will actually decide to do.