Record-Setting Prep Career for the Cocoa Tigers Lands Jayvan Boggs in Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame

Boggs had 234 catches for 4,362 yards and 50 touchdowns for 3-time state champs

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EDITOR’S NOTE: The Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame selection committee announced that the 2025 induction ceremony will occur on Saturday, May 24, at Eastern Florida State College in Melbourne. This will be the first in-person induction since the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. To make a reservation for the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony, e-mail Contact@SpaceCoastDaily.com or call 321-323-4460. CLICK HERE to see the 2025 Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Class.

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Caught 99 passes for 2,133 Yards and 24 Touchdowns During the Tigers’ 2024 Championship Season

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – On the strength of his record-setting prep career for the Cocoa Tigers – 234 catches for 4,362 yards and 50 touchdowns, Jayvan Boggs joins an elite group of Cocoa football players who have been inducted into the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame.

“Displays suddenness as a route runner and will set defensive backs up with dynamic cuts and slick head fakes as he attacks leverage. Quick to locate the football and has proven to be rather sure-handed,” said Andrew Ivins, the Director of Scouting for 247Sports.

This sage evaluation came before Boggs would have a record-setting season for the Cocoa Tigers.

Stepping foot on the gridiron for the Tigers, Boggs improved exponentially year after year. As a sophomore, he began making a name for himself, catching 41 passes for 722 yards and six touchdowns.

His efforts helped the Tigers win the 2S State Championship. After an outstanding campaign, Boggs’s legacy was just getting started.

Heading into his junior year, Boggs was cemented as the featured wide receiver for the Tigers, and he put up the numbers to prove it.

Reeling in an incredible 93 catches for 1,493 yards and 24 touchdowns, Boggs helped lead the Tigers to their second consecutive state championship. Along with being crowned a champion again, Boggs was named the 2023 Florida Dairy Farmers Mr. Football, the first to do so in school history.

All the hard work and extra hours paid off as Boggs quickly became a highly sought-after receiver in the 2025 class.

As he had been committed to Ohio State during the middle of his junior season, his phone flooded with calls from all the top programs around the country once the year ended.

After multiple visits to top universities, Boggs decided on the University of Missouri. However, the feeling of staying home meant that before the start of Boggs’ senior season, he would decommit from Missouri and commit to the University of Central Florida.

Boggs etched his name into the record books in his senior season, catching 99 passes for 2,133 yards and 24 touchdowns – just 28 yards shy of the Florida single-season receiving yards record.

However, he did set the record for most receiving yards in a game as he put up video game-like numbers in the state semifinals against Cardinal Mooney, hauling in an incredible 17 passes for 378 yards and three scores, shattering the previous record of 358 yards.

Boggs left a legacy at Cocoa, helping lead them to three straight state FHSAA championships—a first in the history of Brevard prep football.

After the 2024 season, Boggs won every award available, including being named a MaxPreps First Team All-American.

As the time came to decide on his future, Boggs chose to sign with Florida State University and is now looking to make an immediate impact for the Seminoles.

Combining his record-setting stats with the Tigers’ Threepeat, Jayvan Boggs earned his right to an early induction into the Space Coast Hall of Fame.

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THE 2025 SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME Banquet and Induction Ceremony will occur at Eastern Florida State College in Melbourne on Saturday, May 24. FOR INFORMATION about the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame, or to make a reservation, e-mail Contact@SpaceCoastDaily.com or call 321-615-8111.

CLICK HERE TO SEE MEMBERS OF THE SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME

The 2025 Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame induction dinner and ceremony is sponsored by Health First and presented by Tom and Suzie Wasdin

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA—The Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame selection committee announced that the 2025 induction ceremony will occur on Saturday, May 24, at Eastern Florida State College in Melbourne. This will be the first in-person induction since the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame induction dinner and ceremony, sponsored by Health First and presented by Tom and Suzie Wasdin, will be held on the evening of May 24. The Meet-and-Greet will begin at 6 p.m., and dinner and the program will start at 7 p.m.

Tom and Suzie Wasdin are longtime Brevard County entrepreneurs, community supporters, and philanthropists. Tom, an NCAA Final Four basketball coach and Brevard Sports Ambassador, was inducted into the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.

The meet-and-greet will include an opportunity to talk with the area’s sports royalty. Dinner and the induction proceeding, which will include compelling video tributes to each inductee, will follow.

The Brevard County High School Breakfast of Champions recognition awards will be held Saturday, May 24, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., also at Eastern Florida State College.

During the Breakfast of Champions, more than 40 awards will be presented to the best of the 2024-2025 male and female high school student-athletes in each sport. For sponsorship information, call 321-323-4460 or e-mail Contact@SpaceCoastDaily.com.

Both the Breakfast of Champions and the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame events will be streamed live on Space Coast Daily TV.

Health First, Erdman Automotive, Eastern Florida State College, All Points, Clear Choice Health Care, Brevard Public Schools, Space Coast Office of Tourism, EDC of the Space Coast, 4Ever Young Merritt Island, and Savings Safari sponsor the 2025 Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame induction event and the Brevard County High School Breakfast of Champions recognition awards.

To make a reservation for the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony, e-mail Contact@SpaceCoastDaily.com or call 321-323-4460.

INDUCTEES SELECTED IN FOUR CATEGORIES

Nominees are chosen in four categories: professional sports, college sports, high school sports, and amateur sports. Special honorary recognition is also bestowed upon individuals and groups that have made significant contributions to sports on the Space Coast.

SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME CLASS OF 2025

■ PROFESSIONAL CATEGORY INDUCTEES: Jamel Dean, Football; Hacksaw Jim Duggan, Wrestling; Chauncey Gardner-Johnson, Football; Randy Pobst, Auto racing; Juwaan Taylor, Football

■ COLLEGE CATEGORY INDUCTEES: Paulette King, Basketball, Dylan Lewis, Soccer; Steve Freeman, Soccer; Bryan Cook, Baseball

■ PREP CATEGORY INDUCTEES: Lexy Denaburg, Volleyball; Andi Sellers, Soccer; Kaira Simmons, Track & Field; Jayvan Boggs, Football

■ AMATEUR/RECREATION CATEGORY INDUCTEE: Alli Penovich, Free Diving; Peter Blount, Track & Field; Caylor Williams, Wrestling

■ COACHING CATEGORY INDUCTEES: Doug Butler, Cross Country and Track; Gerald Hodgin, Football; Jim Oler, Basketball; Don Smith, Basketball

• SPORTS OFFICIAL INDUCTEES: Ted Ruta

• SPORTS JOURNALISM INDUCTEES: Steve Vaughn

• SPORTS DEVELOPMENT INDUCTEE: Loren McClanahan

■ LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT INDUCTEES: Larry Garrison, Clint Hurdle

■ SPORTS AMBASSADOR AWARD INDUCTEE: Rusty Buchanan

■ CHALLENGER AWARD INDUCTEE: Joshua Dillon

■ TEAM OF THE YEAR: Cocoa Tigers Football

■ LEGACY CHAMPIONS: Merritt Island Baseball, 1999-2000

■ SPECIAL TRIBUTE: Tim Wakefield

Space Coast Daily created the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame in 2011 and has inducted over 200 of Brevard County’s most outstanding athletes, coaches, and sports personalities. Eastern Florida State’s Titan Fieldhouse on the Melbourne Campus hosts the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame. Portraits of the Hall of Famers are displayed on the wall in the building’s main hallway, which runs parallel to the gym and outside the athletic department offices.

To make a reservation for the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame induction ceremony, e-mail Contact@SpaceCoastDaily.com or call 321-323-4460.

CLICK HERE TO SEE THE MEMBERS OF THE SPACE COAST SPORTS HALL OF FAME

SPACE COAST DAILY TV: Tim Wakefield talks about his induction into the first class of the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame. Space Coast Daily created the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame in 2011 and has so far inducted more than 200 of Brevard County’s most outstanding athletes, coaches, and sports personalities.

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