With the Wild Card Round of the NFL playoffs in the books, here are a few former Gators who made the most tangible impact for their respective teams this weekend.
Florida lost several players to transfer and the NFL Draft following its season-ending loss to Florida State on Nov. 30.
For the first time in Amanda Butler’s tenure as Florida’s coach, the Gators tamed the No. 6 Wildcats in Kentucky, defeating them 83-73 on Sunday on the back of a 30-11 run in the game’s final 12 minutes.
Following a stagnant showing offensively from his team in the first half against Richmond, Billy Donovan approached a struggling Scottie Wilbekin in the locker room.
ST. PETERSBURG — The 2014 Under Armour All-America Game on Thursday afternoon put the most highly touted recruits from across the country together on one field.
Gainesville, it’s cold outside.
Today the O’Connell Center will host the 77th men’s and 43rd women’s dual meets between the Gators and Seminoles swimming and diving teams at 1 p.m.
Junior cornerback Marcus Roberson will forego his final season of eligibility at Florida and declare for the 2014 NFL Draft, UF announced Friday afternoon.
On Thursday night in the O’Connell Center, Florida cruised to victory in its first conference game of the season, beating Mississippi State 82-72.
Patric Young stood at the free throw line with 9:44 left in the second half with 999 career points. With No. 13 Florida already up 61-24 against Savannah State, the most suspenseful part of Sunday afternoon’s game was whether Young would become the 50th Gator to score 1,000 career points.
When Florida was down, senior Jaterra Bonds stepped up.
Florida announced Duke offensive coordinator Kurt Roper as its new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Thursday morning after firing Brent Pease on Dec. 1.
The Gators may have found their new offensive coordinator.
Florida powered its way to its fourth consecutive Gator Holiday Classic championship with a 90-74 win over Florida International on Saturday night.
The wins are starting to pile up for the Gators.
After a flurry of transfers, two players joined the Florida football team.
More than two weeks ago against FSU, Dorian Finney-Smith stood at the line with 1.3 seconds remaining with a chance to win the game for the Gators. Patric Young leaned in to give his teammate words of encouragement, which were enough for Finney-Smith to sink his final free throw.
For the first time in three weeks, Florida returned to action at home in the O’Connell Center.
Redshirt junior Tyler Murphy will leave the Florida football program, the school announced Sunday. Murphy, who graduated Saturday but still has a year of eligibility, will seek to play at another program in 2014.
Six football players will leave the Gators to seek opportunities with other programs next season, Florida announced Thursday.
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