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UF coach Dan Mullen is not ready to decide on a starting quarterback, but he would like to following Sunday’s scrimmage.

When anyone else finds out is another issue entirely.

“I’d like to have an answer after the next scrimmage. I don’t know if I’ll share it with everybody,” Mullen told reporters...

UF coach Dan Mullen opened the Gators’ entire Saturday practice to the media.

Here are three takeaways:

1. None of the Gators are going to outwork receiver Van Jefferson.

The Ole Miss transfer not only seems to be every quarterback’s favorite target, Jefferson is setting the bar for how to practice.

UF coach Dan Mullen is not ready to name a starting quarterback.

But a decision is coming soon.

“I really don't want it to go into the game week,” Mullen said Friday. “I’d love to get it done way before then.”

In a little more than two weeks, Gators will begin to prepare for a Sept. 1 visit from...

UF coach Dan Mullen loves to score points, but not all points are created equal.

Not all players are treated equally under Mullen, either.

For Mullen’s Gators, special teams is not just football nomenclature, it is a daily goal.

Those who play and perform at high level for one of the six units...

Those wanting to share their game day experience in the Swamp soon will not have to wait seemingly forever for photos or videos to upload.

The school announced Wednesday has begun $6.3 million in upgrades to the stadium’s Wi-Fi system to be fully completed by the 2019 season.

The school’s University...

Quarterback Kyle Trask has yet to throw a pass in a college game and did not even start one in high school.

This might make him an unlikely candidate to play one of the nation’s most high-profile positions. Trask sees his unique path as an advantage.

“I've always viewed myself as an underdog, even...

UF coach Dan Mullen hopes he has enough time to get his quarterbacks ready for the Gators’ season opener … in 2019 against Miami.

It’s going to be awhile before Mullen identifies his quarterback of the future. Chances are it will not even be this season.

Mullen’s reputation for developing top QBs...

Antonio Callaway didn't take long to run into trouble with the Browns.

The fourth-round draft pick and wide receiver from Florida, who arrived in Cleveland with a history of issues while in college, was cited early Sunday morning for marijuana possession and driving with a suspended license.

According...

If Ohio State transfer Trevon Grimes ever questioned the impact he could make on the Florida Gators, it did not take long for him to receive the ultimate endorsement.

Perhaps the most dynamic playmaker in UF history, Percy Harvin himself, took Grimes aside last spring and gave the 19-year-old a...

It was a seemingly routine completion that would not qualify for any highlight show.

But to UF coach Dan Mullen, it was the play of the day during the Gators’ opening practice of preseason camp Friday.

A 6-yard completion from Kyle Trask on a checkdown pass exemplified the sound decision-making...

Beginning with the opening of preseason camp Friday, UF coach Dan Mullen and the Gators have a lot to accomplish during the next 25 practices.

Mullen’s end game likely will determine how his first UF squad fares during the season.

Much of last season, the Gators were pushed around on their way...

The group of Gainesville men involved in a May 28 confrontation with UF football players included an alleged gambler who was friends with Gators’ tight end C’yontai Lewis.

The relationship between Lewis and 21-year-old Gainesville resident Devante Zachery, known as “Tay Bang,” turned sour when...

UF coach Dan Mullen realizes everyone wants to know who the Gators’ starting quarterback will be, even his wife.

“You asked me if Megan is involved in the program, I get this question from her quite a bit, too,” Mullen joked. “‘Can we get this resolved? Can we get a starter we feel good about?’”

Promising UF wide receivers Van Jefferson and Trevon Grimes are eligible to play for the Gators this season, the school announced Wednesday.

Based on an SEC ruling June 1, it would have been a surprise if Jefferson, an Ole Miss transfer, could not play immediately. The conference voted to allow...

For years, football fans of the Florida Gators and the Ohio State Buckeyes vehemently accused me of being unfairly critical of Urban Meyer and have continually asked me if I have something personal against one of the greatest coaches in college football history.

My basic reply has always been the...

The Florida Gators’ Media Day, the unofficial start of the 2018 season, kicks off with coach Dan Mullen at 11 a.m. Thursday.

Mullen will have plenty to address, including some topics he likely would rather avoid.

Here are five question Mullen is sure to face:

1. How will he discipline his players...

A late May confrontation between UF football players and a group of local men had brewed for months, according to a report from the Gainesville Police Department.

The report shows several Gator football players and local residents their age had engaged in conflicts dating to February. One of them...

Gators signee Justin Watkins has left the football program just days after he was arrested and accused of hitting and strangling his girlfriend on the UF campus.

Watkins, a former standout at Clermont’s East Ridge, was one of the top recruits in coach Dan Mullen’s first UF class.

The 19-year-old...

Who is more idiotic — a purported local gambler in Gainesville who lost money by betting on the pathetic Jim McElwain-coached Florida Gators last season or a group of six current UF players who now face disciplinary measures for confronting this gambler with Airsoft guns resembling assault rifles?

Six UF football players were involved in a May 28 confrontation on campus and must face the student conduct board. Two Gators brandished Airsoft guns resembling assault rifles, according to a campus police report.

The group of players, including senior tight end C’yontai Lewis, top receiver Tyrie...

UF signee Justin Watkins has been suspended from team activities indefinitely following his second arrest in 10 weeks.

Watkins, a former standout at Clermont’s East Ridge and top Gator recruit, was in Alachua County Jail Tuesday facing four charges, including false imprisonment/kidnapping and domestic...

SEC media members predict the Florida Gators will finish third in the East Division behind reigning conference champion Georgia and surging South Carolina.

Seniors Martez Ivey and CeCe Jefferson also were selected as members of the All-SEC first team — Ivey at left tackle and Jefferson at defensive...

Sometimes, the best move you can make is no move at all.

If former University of Florida athletics director Jeremy Foley was completely honest, these are probably the words he would use to describe the firing of Will Muschamp and the hiring of Jim McElwain four years ago.

This was the first thought...

Derek Mason is not one to shy away from a challenge.

The 44-year-old does coach football at Vanderbilt University, after all. Few jobs in college football pose a biggest test than winning consistently at a mid-sized, academic heavyweight that lines up against many of the game’s behemoths in the...