Windermere's C.J. Bronaugh flips commitment to Florida Gators

Wolverines football's star defensive back announces he's decommitted to Nebraska and will be playing his college ball in Gainesville.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 12:00 a.m. June 19, 2025

Windermere football's C.J. Bronaugh stood on the sidelines during a spring football practice.

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Windermere High football star defensive back C.J. Bronaugh has announced he will play his college ball closer to home as a Florida Gator, flipping his college commitment from the Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Bronaugh — a 6-foot-1, 170-pound four-star cornerback prospect — originally announced his intentions to play for Nebraska in December. After recruiting visits to various programs this month, including the Cornhuskers, the rising senior announced he would be decommitting.

The Wolverines' shutdown defensive back, and three-time individual state championship-winning sprinter, received more than 30 offers but ultimately chose to continue his academic and athletic careers at Florida for coach Billy Napier.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.