Florida commit Patric Young recently participated in the NBA players association top 100 camp and was pointed out as one of the best big men who were there. His strength is the biggest threat to his opponents but what may be his downside is his lack of offense.

Patric is 6-8, 2010 Florida commit out of Jacksonville Paxon school. Youngs energy in games is outstanding, this kid can go all out without resting. That’s what else is very impressing about this kid, he is always active. Yeah like was said above, his offense struggles but somehow he finds a way to score. He doesn’t give up on getting to the whole but the majority of his points are from put backs and in transition points because he can get up and down the floor really well for his size and that’s also impressive and what most coaches want to see. That’s important in a big man, able to get up and down the floor and score the easy buckets. Young scored 14 easy buckets in the two sessions he played in the NBA event.

Rivals.com recruiting analyst Jerry Meyer spoke a few words about Young’s performances.

“He rebounds at such a high level, is a tough defender inside, his offensive game is rough and raw and he’ll probably never be a polished and refined low-post scorer but he’s going to produce points just off his effort and the way he rebounds,” Meyer said.

“He gets a lot of offensive putbacks, runs the floor well and I really like the way he competes. He’s just the type of big man Florida needs.” (Quotes from Adam Gorney from GB.net)

Florida could really use Young. The Gators have lacked a big man ever since Joakim Noah, Al Horford, Chris Richards left and they were perfect examples of true big men who can run up and down the court and since Young has the capability of doing so, he can really give the Gators a boost.

Rivals has Young rated as the eighth best center and No. 72 overall in the class. And after all of the news that has spread about how well he did at the NBA players camp, I am sure he has a clean shot of moving up in those rankings and would really impress people. He just needs to build a stronger low post game.

Before Young was recruited by Florida, other schools who were highly interested were Georgia, Florida State, Miami, Wake Forest, Georgia Tech, and Clemson. While playing his junior year at Paxton, he was averaging about 15 points and 17 boards per contest. I think Florida is an excellent school for Young because Billy Donovan will work with him and he will see so much improvement in his game. He then will finally have a deadly low post game. Look what happened with Noah and Horford and those big men. I think Billy can do the same for Young.

(Quotes collected from Adam Gorney from Gator Bait)