Last weekend was supposed to be marked by family, flowers and fervid fans, culminating in an emotional senior sendoff at Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium.
Point guard Andrew Nembhard has announced that he will declare for the 2020 NBA Draft after spending two seasons at Florida, according to CBS Sports’ Jon Rothstein.
Freddie Swain became the sixth UF player and the second Florida receiver to hear his name called at the NFL Draft this weekend when the Seattle Seahawks took him in the sixth round with the 214th pick.
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For the third round in a row, a Gators player comes off the draft board.
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In Miami, former Gators cornerback CJ Henderson sat on a white couch surrounded by family awaiting a phone call from one of the NFL’s 32 teams on the first night of the 2020 NFL draft. If his phone rang, the defensive back would be UF’s 53rd first-round pick in school history.
The NFL Draft begins tonight at 8 p.m. on ESPN, ABC and the NFL Network.
With the NFL Draft on Thursday night, we divided the 32 teams among our writers and tasked them with picking the first round. Here is the 2020 alligatorSports Mock Draft:
In 1989, 7-year-old Ben Troupe donned his helmet and pads for the first time and ran onto the field for practice at the Swainsboro Recreation Department's football league in Swainsboro, Georgia.
Indecisiveness has plagued me for most of my life. And about four years ago, that lack of conviction set me on a path I never intended on walking.
Being a student-athlete is a lot of work, especially at UF.
Anytime someone referenced Urban Meyer, I was quick to correct them.
Despite the season being cut short, the list of Florida swimmers and divers that nabbed SEC postseason honors was a long one.
It was all Urban Meyer could do to keep his team from getting into a brawl. He was frantically grabbing players, urging his Gators to not engage with Georgia in its antics.
Sitting in the chair backs of the south endzone at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium is a weekly routine of mine (when classes are in session and there isn’t a global pandemic, that is). My time in The Swamp typically gives me whatever I need – whether it be time to study or time to self-reflect.
I’m here to set the record straight.
Florida senior third baseman Kirby McMullen will return to the Gators for his redshirt senior season. His decision was first reported by Gator Country’s Nick de la Torre.
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