Stanford transfer cleared to join Gators
Wednesday, January 7, 2015 | Men's Basketball, Chris Harry
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- As the Florida basketball team left town Tuesday for its league opener at South Carolina, back home the roster was growing by one big body.
The transfer of Schuyler Rimmer, a 6-foot-10, 255-pound sophomore forward by way of Stanford, became official this week when the former Orlando Boone High standout was academically cleared and enrolled at UF for second semester.
Rimmer, who played sparingly in his season and a half with the Cardinal, enters the Florida fold as a walk-on and can begin participating in practice Thursday. He'll be eligible to play for the Gators at the conclusion of the 2015 fall semester.
UF recruited Rimmer while he was at Boone, where he averaged 15 points, 13.5 rebounds and four blocks a game on his way to amassing more than 1,500 points and 1,100 rebounds for his career. He was rated among the top 20 power forwards in the 2013 recruiting class. He verbally commited to play at Florida as a walk-on during his senior year, but reconsidered during the recruiting process and signed with the Cardinal, instead.
At Stanford, though, Rimmer appeared in just 14 games the last two seasons, totaling eight points and 11 rebounds in 75 minutes. He played just six minutes in two games this season when he made the decision to look elsewhere to play.
So Rimmer came home.
His immediate role for the Gators will be as a post player to line up alongside another transfer, 6-10, 250-pound Jon Egbunu by way of USF, who will be eligible for the '15-16 season, to bang against Chris Walker, Alex Murphy and the rest of UF's front court players during practice the next several months.
