“I never met him until this year, I was involved in the coaching search. They asked me to kind of vet, and one phone call, I hung up the phone and I called a guy on the board of trustees and I said, 'you found your guy, man.'”

Urban Meyer · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-20

Meyer described his role in vetting Jon Sumrall during Florida's coaching search and phoning a board of trustees member.