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Former UF wide receiver Antonio Callaway entered NFL draft week with as many red flags as reasons for a team to take a chance on him.

Based on talent alone, the troubled 21-year-old was a possible first-round pick. The question now is how far Callaway will fall.

ESPN’s Adam Schefter reported Tuesday...

Former UF defensive tackle Taven Bryan will look to keep alive the Gators’ streak of first-round draft picks in the NFL draft.

For it to happen, one of 32 teams will look beyond Bryan’s modest production during three seasons on the field and instead focus on the immense potential of one of the...

Punter Johnny Townsend and placekicker Eddy Piñeiro spent the past two seasons setting records at UF.

The dynamic duo now looks to make history for the Gators this coming weekend.

Never has a punter and kicker from the same school been selected during the same NFL draft since the league reduced...

UF senior defensive end CeCe Jefferson injured his right shoulder during last weekend’s spring game and had surgery earlier this week, a source confirmed.

Expected to thrive in the Gators’ new 3-4 defensive alignment, Jefferson will spend the coming months rehabilitating his shoulder but is expected...

Coach Kevin O’Sullivan is here once again, sitting on a winning hand, his Gators standing in a familiar position with a month remaining in the regular season.

O’Sullivan’s baseball juggernaut is steamrolling toward yet another deep postseason run a season after finally capturing the ultimate prize.

After ending spring practices well behind in the Florida Gators’ quarterback race, Jake Allen has decided to transfer.

Allen, a redshirt freshman, announced his decision Tuesday night on his Twitter account.

The former standout at Fort Lauderdale’s St. Thomas Aquinas committed to UF as a sophomore,...

For about two hours Saturday afternoon, Jordan Scarlett was having fun playing football again.

The Florida Gators running back returned to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium for the first time since the 2017 spring game. He sat out all of last season after being charged with credit card fraud.

He was reinstated...

The versatility of Feleipe Franks is among the three things we learned during the Florida Gators’ spring game.

1. Franks actually might be a fit for Dan Mullen’s offense.

Franks will not conjure memories of Tim Tebow. But the Gators’ redshirt sophomore also is not merely a pocket passer.

Franks...

Feleipe Franks is Chauncey Gardner-Johnson’s quarterback.

That much was clear during Saturday’s spring game.

After Franks’ electrifying 60-yard touchdown run, the 6-foot, 207-pound Gardner-Johnson rushed the end zone, hoisted the 6-foot-5, 238-pound Franks onto his back and gave him a piggyback...

The first touchdown of the Florida Gators’ spring game on Saturday was a bomb from current quarterback Kyle Trask to Lawrence Wright, an All-America safety who played for the Gators’ first national championship team two decades ago.

The second touchdown was a 60-yard run by quarterback Feleipe...

Dan Mullen said he wanted to involve former Gators in the program and that was clearly the plan during the team’s first touchdown drive Saturday.

Redshirt freshman Kyle Trask connected with former UF safety Lawrence Wright for a 52-yard touchdown pass to start the second quarter.

Decked out in...

UF had numerous prospects in the crowd for the spring game and two of the biggest on hand were current and former Alabama commits — former Port St. Joe running back Trey Sanders of Bradenton IMG Academy, who decommitted from Alabama on Jan. 1, and current Tide commit safety Brendan Gant of Lakeland...

Coach Dan Mullen hopes to lure a record-setting crowd for Saturday’s spring game and signal renewed enthusiasm for Florida Gators football.

On the field, the Gators will look to do their part. There will be plenty to keep an eye on: a new coaching staff, a new spread offense and 3-4 defense, another...

Shooting guard Jalen Hudson worked out with the Florida Gators Wednesday at the team’s practice facility, just like most any other day.

How long Hudson sticks around is among the many questions facing coach Mike White during the coming weeks and months.

Hudson recently declared for the NBA draft,...

It is a typical Thursday in late March at UF’s Southwest Recreation Center, where the daily beehive of activity fills the air with energy.

The new counter attendant soon generates a buzz of his own. Florida football coach Dan Mullen is making the latest stop of his perpetual pep rally on the school’s...

UF defensive tackle T.J. Slaton does not often sneak up on anyone.

When the 6-foot-4, 344-pound sophomore hits the basketball court, though, people are not quite sure what to make of him — until the game begins. Soon, Slaton’s surprising agility, explosiveness and athletic ability are hard to miss.

UF quarterback Feleipe Franks is making much-needed progress.

The redshirt sophomore also had little place to go but up.

Franks followed an ugly three-interception day during the team’s first spring scrimmage with an encouraging four-touchdown outing Saturday.

“He did good,” Mullen said of Franks...

UF tailback Jordan Scarlett expected to spend last fall chasing a 1,000-yard season.

Instead, Scarlett stumbled badly, fell hard and was unable to get back on his feet for some time following his suspension for his role in credit card fraud scheme that sidelined nine Gators.

Scarlett eventually...

UF long has made claim to the fictional title Defensive Back University — “DBU” for short.

But a season ago, the Gators’ vaunted secondary fell into a backpedal. Gone were three second-round NFL draft picks — safety Marcus Maye and cornerbacks Quincy Wilson and Jalen Tabor. DBU was left rebuilding...

GAINESVILLE — UF tailback Adarius Lemons is a big play waiting to happen — that much is clear in his limited action.

The inexperienced sophomore also is a mistake waiting to happen — a fact that could keep him on the sideline more than coaches would like during the 2018 season.

UF coach Dan Mullen...

The Florida Gators’ first scrimmage under Dan Mullen did little to impress the team’s new head coach.

Asked if he took any positives away from Friday’s rain-soaked affair in the Swamp, Mullen did not hide his feelings.

“Not really,” he told reporters Monday. “It was very herky-jerky. It wasn't...

As reporters surrounded the Florida Gators’ two young quarterbacks amid a steady rain, senior left tackle Martez Ivey began to make a beeline for the welcoming tunnel in the Swamp.

Ivey understandably was more interested in a hot shower than waiting around to discuss cold realities about the team’s...

Nothing was going to brighten a rainy, dreary, chilly day in the Swamp for UF quarterback Feleipe Franks.

Even a pair of long touchdown passes near the end of Friday’s scrimmage did not lift the cloud hanging over the redshirt sophomore — not after three interceptions earlier in the day.

Franks...

They were former Florida Gators’ stars back in Gainesville following career-changing mistakes and a season out of football.

Receiver Antonio Callaway and defensive back Matt Elam took different paths to reach UF’s Pro Day Wednesday. Each now seeks the same thing from NFL teams: a second chance.

Florida Gators’ leading scorer Jalen Hudson will explore his NBA options before he decides whether to return for one more season of college basketball.

Hudson will declare for the draft, a source confirmed, but will not retain an agent so he does not forfeit his remaining college eligibility.

ESPN’s...