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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2016 16:28:01 GMT -5
Gator #6 drafted - Kelvin Taylor drafted in 6th round by the 49ers:
Running back Kelvin Taylor is taking his talents to San Francisco.
The former Gator was selected by the 49ers in the sixth round with the No. 211 overall pick of the 2016 NFL draft.
Taylor decided to turn pro after a breakout junior season, when he became only Florida’s second 1,000-yard rusher of the last decade and scored the most touchdowns (13) by a Gators running back since his father, Fred Taylor, in 1997.
“Here’s a guy that obviously had a great season for us with a very young offensive line, put up really good numbers,” UF coach Jim McElwain said of Taylor, who erased concerns about his pass-catching ability at Florida’s Pro Day. “He has good hands out of the backfield. For him it’s just a matter again of going and proving himself.”
As a Gator legacy and a five-star recruit, Taylor came to UF with high expectations. He not only fulfilled those in 2015, but helped the Gators win their first SEC East championship in six years.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2016 17:23:11 GMT -5
Gator #7 taken in the 7th round - Alex McCalister picked by the Eagles with the 240th pick of the draft.
I like Jake McGee and Brian Poole, but it's down to the last 7 picks and they haven't been drafted. I expect both to be signed as free agents if they go undrafted.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2016 18:51:13 GMT -5
It didn't take long for Jake McGee to get his chance..........with the NFC champion Carolina Panthers - Brian Poole deserves a chance too:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Florida tight end Jake McGee went undrafted Sunday, but it didn’t take long for him to find an NFL team.
Minutes after the draft ended, McGee announced that he signed a free agent deal with the NFC champion Carolina Panthers.
McGee earned second team All-SEC honors from the Associated Press in 2015. He had the team’s second-most receptions, and 22 of his 41 catches resulted in a first down. The 6-foot-5, 250-pounder finished with 381 receiving yards and a team-high four touchdowns.
“I think I’m a guy that can catch the football, move the chains and have a positive impact on the guys around him,” McGee said at Florida’s Pro Day.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2016 19:21:36 GMT -5
It didn't take long X2 - Brian Poole signs as a free agent too. Of UF's 9 available for the draft, 7 were drafted and 2 signed as free agents:
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Two defensive backs from Florida will continue being teammates in the NFL.
UF’s Brian Poole signed an undrafted free agent deal Sunday with Atlanta, according to multiple reports. The Falcons selected Gators safety Keanu Neal with their first-round pick.
Poole had 40 tackles last season and had the second most pass breakups (10) in the secondary, including two overtime stops in the Florida Atlantic game. The 5-foot-9, 210-pounder played in 49 games at Florida with 22 starts, lining up at cornerback, nickelback and safety.
“I can do it all. Anything in the secondary I can do,” Poole said at Florida’s Pro Day, where he ran the 40-yard dash in 4.49 seconds. “I’m definitely good on special teams. I think I can help a team with that, too.”
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Post by Deleted on May 4, 2016 21:02:14 GMT -5
5.4.2016
MELBOURNE, Fla. — When quarterback Will Grier decided to transfer from Florida, it was quite a blow for Gators fans.
Not only had Grier led their team to a 6-0 start, which fell apart after his suspension, but he was UF’s most productive player at the position since former Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow. Grier, now at West Virginia, had 1,204 passing yards and a 66 percent completion rate, along with 10 touchdowns and just three interceptions.
He came up clutch against Tennessee, throwing a game-winning score for 63 yards on fourth down. The following week, he tossed four touchdowns and completed 83 percent of his pass attempts in the upset victory over Ole Miss.
With Luke Del Rio likely to be the starting quarterback for Florida, the biggest question is if he can be as productive as Grier.
“Obviously we kind of expect that. We expect him to take it farther than that,” McElwain said when asked at the Space Coast Gator Club. “That’s kind of what it’s all about. But we’ll see how he leads the team, we’ll see how he takes what the defense gives him and time will tell there.”
Some close to the UF football program, including former tight end Jake McGee, believe an eligible Del Rio could have challenged Grier for the starting job in 2015. At the time, Del Rio had more playing experience and knew Doug Nussmeier’s system better than Grier, a redshirt freshman.
Del Rio generated a lot of buzz last summer with his performance in offseason workouts, and McElwain called him a “sparkplug” in practice. Despite his impressive play, Del Rio came in last year knowing he would sit out.
“Every situation’s different,” Del Rio said. “I thought Will did a great job last year. He got better every single game. Treon (Harris) did a good job of filling in. It’s kind of weird, I got here in Summer B and was just thrown into it.
“It was kind of an awkward situation … you don’t want a transfer quarterback who’s on the scout team trying to be the outspoken leader when you can’t play that year.”
There’s no holding back Del Rio now. He threw for 176 yards and two touchdowns on 10-of-11 passing in Florida’s spring game.
“It’s pretty exciting to see him step up in that leadership role and take it on,” UF offensive guard Antonio Riles said. “I like how he’s commanding the offense and wants things done.”
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Post by Deleted on May 17, 2016 11:54:20 GMT -5
5.17.2016
Good article on true freshman QB Kyle Trask from Sec Country:
HOUSTON — Every football fan knows the old adage that the backup quarterback is the most popular guy on a team.
But that hasn’t been the case at Manvel High School near Houston.
The team’s No. 2 signal caller, Kyle Trask, might be a backup once again in 2016, but that role would hold much more significance.
Trask, a two-star recruit, enrolled early at UF in January with fans and media members still wondering how he even had a scholarship offer.
To their disbelief, Trask was the story of the spring. The 6-foot-5, 227-pounder proved to be the most natural passer of Florida’s four new quarterbacks, and surprisingly, he may not redshirt as a true freshman.
How things got to this point is as head-scratching as his commitment to the Gators last summer. But Trask’s emergence at Florida, first as a prospect in camp and then during spring football, came as no shock to his high school coach, Kirk Martin.
“One day they’ll do a 30 for 30 on Kyle Trask and talk about what a dumb butt his high school coach was for not starting him,” Martin said. “I’ll be the guy that cut Michael Jordan. I can own that. But I’m telling you, that’s how good this kid can be.”
Trask played three years behind fellow 2016 classmate D’Eriq King, a Houston signee and one-time TCU commit.
The Elite 11 semifinalist threw for nearly 6,000 yards and 90 total touchdown passes as a junior and senior. The dual-threat quarterback also accounted for 20 scores and 1,426 yards on the ground in that same span.
The Mavericks averaged 55.7 points per game last season and scored 70 or more six times. If you want to know why Trask didn’t start, there’s your sign.
“Everybody talks about Kyle being a backup, I never viewed him that way,” Martin said. “D’Eriq was just so electric with the ball in his hands that it was hard to take him out. We run a wide-open spread offense with a lot of zone reads and quarterback runs that Kyle couldn’t do.
“He’s truly a pro-style quarterback. He can run now, but he’s not a 4.4 guy like D’Eriq. He’s one of the fastest track athletes in Texas. So he was just best for what we do.”
With an offensive system not suited for his skills and playing time hard to come by, transferring could have been beneficial for Trask. He was recruited by other schools to make the switch after his sophomore season but decided against it.
Under eligibility rules of the UIL (University Interscholastic League), prep football players in the state of Texas can be forced to sit out a year if they transfer to another high school for athletic reasons. But a potential penalty is not the primary reason Trask chose to stay at Manvel.
“I still remember the day he came into my office to tell me,” Martin said. “He goes, ‘Coach, I was born and raised in Manvel and I’m not going anywhere. If you allow me the opportunity to compete for the job, I’m staying right here. If D’Eriq is better than me, he has to prove it. I’m not going to run from competition.’
“He never was the full-time starter but he always played. He didn’t jump ship. In this day and age, if you got a competition, as soon as you pick a starter the other kid leaves. We as a society tell them just go somewhere else, there’s a better situation over here. Well, the grass isn’t always greener.”
Martin said he promised Trask and his family he would give him quality minutes and get his film to college coaches. He did both.
“I tried to play Kyle the third series of every game and then the seventh series, regardless of the score,” Martin said, debunking the notion that Trask’s impressive film consists of mop-up duty. “His strongest attribute is his arm and I wanted to showcase that, but I don’t believe in running the score up when you’re beating somebody. I wanted him to have enough film with the first-team offense because I knew he could play.”
In his last two seasons, Trask threw for 1,545 yards (759, 786) and 16 total touchdowns. His career completion rate was 73 percent, and he threw zero interceptions in three years at the varsity level.
“Division I recruiters came to see him,” Martin said, “and I told all of them, ‘If you’re a pro-style team, I guarantee he can come play for you. Here’s what will happen. He’ll beat out whatever big-name guy you bring on campus. He’ll win the job, be a multiyear starter and go on to play in the NFL.’
“Most coaches laughed it off and said there’s no way they could offer a kid that’s a backup. Well, just figure that out for a minute. He’s backing up a kid that was the Houston area player of the year, better than every other quarterback in this huge city. All those other guys were getting offers, but they would have been his backup, too.”
After some selling by Martin, a few coaches decided to give Trask a look. One of them was Florida offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier.
“I reached out to Nuss and told him they had to come check out this kid,” Martin said. “He sent the area recruiter through here first and he was like, ‘Whoa.’ So then Nuss came. I put Kyle on the opposite hash throwing 22-yard comebacks. That’s NFL stuff and he was fire-shooting them out of his arm.”
Nussmeier then brought in Trask for a summer camp session last June. He again tried to find flaws in his game, but Trask’s fundamentals and skills showed up in person like they did on his tape.
“Every time you tried to say, ‘Well, I’m not sure,’ he did something that said you are sure,” Nussmeier said. “If you just turned on the film when he played in the games and looked at his production, it’s pretty darn good now.
“You look at the decision making, you look at the size, arm strength, accuracy, and you say, ‘What box aren’t you checking, what are we missing here?’ ”
What transpired in the weeks following that camp may be a first for college football recruiting. A couple small schools were recruiting Trask by that time, but a Power Five program offering a backup quarterback seemed like quite a stretch and probably never had happened before.
Nussmeier, however, was sold on Trask after evaluating him twice.
“Right after the camp,” Martin said, “Nuss called and goes, ‘Kirk, he lit it up.’ He said it was unbelievable, that he was the best guy there. He was ready to offer him.”
But UF coach Jim McElwain wasn’t. Not yet.
Still on the fence about it, Martin said McElwain needed to see how Trask stacked up and competed against elite quarterbacks. He also wanted to put him under pressure in a loud atmosphere with fans watching, unlike the camp setting.
So Trask flew back to Gainesville by himself for Friday Night Lights, Florida’s annual recruiting showcase that draws hundreds of top recruits to The Swamp.
“As soon as the event was over,” Martin said, “Nuss calls me and goes, ‘Kirk, he freakin’ lit it up again man!’ They offered him and I started jumping up and down in my house. I was so happy and excited for Kyle. That’s the kind of stage he belongs on.”
It didn’t take long for Trask to show that in the spring. Gators cornerback Jalen Tabor, a projected first-round pick for the 2017 NFL Draft, has experienced Trask’s talent first-hand.
“I love Trask. Pretty ball. He has the prettiest ball,” Tabor said. “Can you still step up in the pocket and deliver a ball to help your team win? That’s the only question I have for him.
“But as far as just the eye test, the kid is big and he can throw. I tried to bait him into one play in the scrimmage and he baited me. He threw it right over my head, I’m like, ‘Oh, I thought I had it.’ But he put it right on a dime. He can definitely drop dimes.”
Trask had a promising performance in the spring game, completing four of his seven pass attempts for 67 yards. Few expected him to outplay fellow freshman Feleipe Franks, an Elite 11 finalist who threw three interceptions, but Trask’s production only confirmed Florida’s summer evaluations.
“We beat Houston Baptist, or somebody on this guy?” McElwain said of Trask. “It goes back to what we expected. Are we surprised the way Kyle has played? No. We saw those things when he kept coming back to camp, putting him in situations.
“I mean, that’s the beauty of getting guys to camp because you’re able to kind of see how they react in different environments. He’s a guy that answered all the questions.”
More questions remain for Trask, such as how he’ll perform in a game or handle his shot at the starting job, if and when it eventually comes. Martin has no doubt it will.
“Kyle Trask is there to stay,” he said. “He’s going to stay the course and he’ll start at the University of Florida. I believe it with my whole heart. I literally told Nussmeier that.
“The really great thing about Nuss and that staff is they trusted their eyes. They didn’t worry about a star rating. They looked and saw the kid can flat-out play. You watch, Kyle Trask will light it up in the NFL and everyone will be going, ‘Man, how did we miss on that guy?’ ”
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2016 19:41:29 GMT -5
Considering Jordan Scott is in need of UF's strength and conditioning program due to his 6'1"/345 size, he looks quick off the line on his film at HUDL. He has a 4.0 GPA and grew up a Gator fan:
www.hudl.com/athlete/3452903/jordon-scott
Florida received a big-time boost to its defensive line Wednesday evening, with emphasis on “big.”
The Gators picked up a commitment from three-star defensive tackle Jordon Scott, according to SEC Country’s Zach Abolverdi. Scott confirmed the news on Twitter.
The 6-foot-1, 345-pound prospect from Largo, Fla. is rated as the No. 60 defensive tackle nationally in the Class of 2017. He had reported offers from SEC counterparts Kentucky, Ole Miss, and Tennessee, among several others (another site said he has an FSU offer too).
Scott’s decision gives coach Jim McElwain six pledges for next year’s class.
All rankings and ratings according to the 247Sports Composite.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2016 19:59:45 GMT -5
From Gator Country On Jordan Scott:
Written by Andrew Spivey, May 25, 2016
The Florida Gators picked up commitment number six on Wednesday night and it was a big one, both literally and figuratively.
Defensive tackle Jordon Scott (6-1, 345, Largo, FL Pinellas Park) committed to Florida on Wednesday night after talking to defensive line coach Chris Rumph and offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier.
Scott fills a huge need in the recruiting class, as the Gators are in need of defensive tackles in the class of 2017 having not signing one in the class of 2016.
“This morning I had a talk with my coach and this whole time I knew Florida was for me, but I just had to make sure,” Scott said on why he committed on Wednesday. “I had a talk with my parents before I called Coach Nussmeier and told him that I was committing. This is what I want to do so I’m doing it.”
The big defensive tackle had several schools coming after him hard after a good spring but he said his relationship with three coaches is what separated from the rest.
“Me, Coach Rumph and Coach Nuss and Coach [Geoff] Collins talk just about every day and they made me feel like a priority,” he said on what made up his mind to commit. “A couple of other schools do that, but I talk to Florida every day. I felt like they just really wanted me and coming from a big school that’s big.”
Scott grew up a fan of the Gators and he got a special feeling when he told the coaching staff that he wanted to commit.
“I’m feeling like a Florida Gator,” Scott said. “When I told Coach Rumph he was just ecstatic. I can’t really say what he said but it was good. Coach McElwain is speaking at an event in Orlando today, so I’m supposed to be speaking with him tonight. Coach Nuss was very excited when I told him.”
A lot of prospects commit and still keep looking around but Scott says that is not what he will be doing.
“This is it, this is my final decision, I’m not that type of guy,” he said on whether or not he was shutting it down. “I’m going to start recruiting some other players and I’m visiting on June 4th.”
Before Gator Country got off the phone with Scott he wanted to leave a message to Florida fans.
“Chomp Chomp,” Scott ended the conversation with.
INSIDERS TAKE: Scott is the first defensive commit in the class of 2017, as the first five commits were all on the offensive side of the ball. The Gators are expected to sign three defensive tackles in the class of 2017.
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Post by trnyerheadncough on May 26, 2016 9:34:33 GMT -5
Considering Jordan Scott is in need of UF's strength and conditioning program due to his 6'1"/345 size, he looks quick off the line on his film at HUDL. He has a 4.0 GPA and grew up a Gator fan:
www.hudl.com/athlete/3452903/jordon-scott
Florida received a big-time boost to its defensive line Wednesday evening, with emphasis on “big.”
The Gators picked up a commitment from three-star defensive tackle Jordon Scott, according to SEC Country’s Zach Abolverdi. Scott confirmed the news on Twitter.
The 6-foot-1, 345-pound prospect from Largo, Fla. is rated as the No. 60 defensive tackle nationally in the Class of 2017. He had reported offers from SEC counterparts Kentucky, Ole Miss, and Tennessee, among several others (another site said he has an FSU offer too).
Scott’s decision gives coach Jim McElwain six pledges for next year’s class.
All rankings and ratings according to the 247Sports Composite.
He did have an offer from FSU, and had he wanted to jump on board, we would have taken him. But, we already have 2 DTs in the class (both 4 star guys, and 1 in the Rivals100), and we look pretty good right now for Marvin Wilson (fingers and toes crossed), I can understand why he wouldn't give us a whole lot of consideration.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2016 9:54:50 GMT -5
Considering Jordan Scott is in need of UF's strength and conditioning program due to his 6'1"/345 size, he looks quick off the line on his film at HUDL. He has a 4.0 GPA and grew up a Gator fan:
www.hudl.com/athlete/3452903/jordon-scott
Florida received a big-time boost to its defensive line Wednesday evening, with emphasis on “big.”
The Gators picked up a commitment from three-star defensive tackle Jordon Scott, according to SEC Country’s Zach Abolverdi. Scott confirmed the news on Twitter.
The 6-foot-1, 345-pound prospect from Largo, Fla. is rated as the No. 60 defensive tackle nationally in the Class of 2017. He had reported offers from SEC counterparts Kentucky, Ole Miss, and Tennessee, among several others (another site said he has an FSU offer too).
Scott’s decision gives coach Jim McElwain six pledges for next year’s class.
All rankings and ratings according to the 247Sports Composite.
He did have an offer from FSU, and had he wanted to jump on board, we would have taken him. But, we already have 2 DTs in the class (both 4 star guys, and 1 in the Rivals100), and we look pretty good right now for Marvin Wilson (fingers and toes crossed), I can understand why he wouldn't give us a whole lot of consideration. UF didn't take a DT in the 16 class and plans to take 3 in the 17 class. I know he says he grew up a Gators fan, but I think it's all about getting on the field early.
Sometimes the best DTs are those that mature and grow into the position. UF does have several of those on the roster.
Jordan Scott reminds me a bit of Khairi Clark who came in big and in need of reshaping. It has taken him 2 years to get ready for heavier contributions. I hope Scott can get the job done in 1 year. I don't expect he'll do it until UF gets him on campus. For his size, he does move remarkably well.
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Post by trnyerheadncough on May 26, 2016 9:58:15 GMT -5
He did have an offer from FSU, and had he wanted to jump on board, we would have taken him. But, we already have 2 DTs in the class (both 4 star guys, and 1 in the Rivals100), and we look pretty good right now for Marvin Wilson (fingers and toes crossed), I can understand why he wouldn't give us a whole lot of consideration. UF didn't take a DT in the 16 class and plans to take 3 in the 17 class. I know he says he grew up a Gators fan, but I think it's all about getting on the field early.
Sometimes the best DTs are those that mature and grow into the position. UF does have several of those on the roster.
Jordan Scott reminds me a bit of Khairi Clark who came in big and in need of reshaping. It has taken him 2 years to get ready for heavier contributions. I hope Scott can get the job done in 1 year. I don't expect he'll do it until UF gets him on campus. For his size, he does move remarkably well.
You and I both know that not taking a single DT in a recruiting cycle is testing death. Rarely is a DT ready to step in on day 1 and get a lot done in the trenches. Even sophomores play limited minutes.
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Post by Deleted on May 26, 2016 15:45:23 GMT -5
UF didn't take a DT in the 16 class and plans to take 3 in the 17 class. I know he says he grew up a Gators fan, but I think it's all about getting on the field early.
Sometimes the best DTs are those that mature and grow into the position. UF does have several of those on the roster.
Jordan Scott reminds me a bit of Khairi Clark who came in big and in need of reshaping. It has taken him 2 years to get ready for heavier contributions. I hope Scott can get the job done in 1 year. I don't expect he'll do it until UF gets him on campus. For his size, he does move remarkably well.
You and I both know that not taking a single DT in a recruiting cycle is testing death. Rarely is a DT ready to step in on day 1 and get a lot done in the trenches. Even sophomores play limited minutes. I 100% agree. While UF is loaded inside right now, it's shortsighted to not bring in at least 1 DT. In the 16 class, Jachai Polite might grow into a DT, but that isn't certain. So Cal was recruiting him to be the next Leonard Williams coming in from the same school. Williams never played inside at USC staying outside at SDE/DE. Really, there was no excuse to not bring in a good DT in the 16 class. UF had a ship to give at the position, but no one they could get or wanted.
What is also shortsighted, UF recruited out of state better than in state last season. McElwain must do better at home even while maintaining his national recruiting.
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Post by Deleted on May 30, 2016 14:10:14 GMT -5
Jeremy Foley says no to playing Miami on a regular basis. This from SEC Country:
Florida and Miami are set to match up in Orlando to kick off the 2019 season.
Savior the contest, Gators fans.
While speaking on WRUF in Gainesville, Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley said that he does not expect the game to occur on a regular basis.
“No, I do not see them on our schedule on a regular basis,” Foley said. “I think when you are asking your football team to play eight games in this league and Florida State that is a tough slate. This league is obviously as good as it gets and Florida State is as good as it gets.”
The 2019 contest will be the first since 2013 where Miami beat the Gators, 21-16. The Gators faced the Hurricanes annually from 1938-1987 — excluding 1943 — but have faced each other just six times since then. The Hurricanes lead the all-time series 29-26.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2016 14:32:04 GMT -5
CBS to televise UK at UF and UF vs. UGALY in Jax at 3:30 PM EST:
Game times set for UK, Georgia football games
By Robbie Andreu Staff writer
Published: Wednesday, June 1, 2016 at 11:25 a.m.
Florida’s Sept. 10 game against Kentucky in The Swamp will be televised by CBS and will have a 3:30 p.m. kickoff. Also, as expected, the Gators’ game with Georgia in Jacksonville on Oct. 29 also has been picked up by CBS and will have a 3:30 p.m. kickoff.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2016 14:52:09 GMT -5
UF picks up second DT in a little over a week - McElwain likes them big: Javier Edwards is a 6-3, 330-pound Defensive Tackle from Houston, TX. Video Highlights: www.hudl.com/athlete/2146347/highlights/94381375 He's a JUCO who has 3 years to play 2 and he'll enroll in January, 2017.
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