Former Gators

Florida graduate Howie Roseman, the Philadelphia Eagles general manager, will return in the highest stage in the NFL 0n Sunday when Patrick Mahomes and Jalen Hurts compete in the Super Bowl rematch.  The 49-year-old earned his bachelor’s degree at UF from 1993 to 1997 and attended graduate school at Fordham Law …

The former Gators standout running back Fred Taylor was named one of the 15 finalists for the 2025 Pro Football Hall of Fame class. Taylor ranks 17th all-time among NFL running backs and hopes to solidify himself as one of the best in the NFL. Fred Taylor, a member of …

Alex Faedo, a former Gators All-American, returns home to Tampa after the Detroit Tigers traded him to the Tampa Bay Rays for Enderson Delgado, a minor league catcher, and cash consideration Monday. Faedo, playing for Florida from 2015-2017, helped the team win its first national title in his junior year. For …

Haley Hicklen left the Florida Gators lacrosse program without a national championship. She returns as an assistant coach to help secure the team’s first. On May 12, 2019, during Hicklen’s senior season, the Gators fell short, 15-11, to UNC in the second round of the NCAA tournament.  “I was a …

The NFL Pro Bowl will return to Orlando where 88 players, 44 from each conference, compete in a multi-day AFC vs. NFC competition. The games will consist of competition skills and a highly anticipated flag football game. Event Overview The Pro Bowl will span two days. The Pro Bowl Skills …

With the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles set to face off in the Super Bowl for the second time in three years, there are four former Florida Gators looking for the glory that comes with hoisting the Lombardi Trophy. For the Chiefs, it is offensive lineman Jawaan Taylor and D.J. …

Former Florida quarterback Brian Schottenheimer was named the coach of the Dallas Cowboys on Friday. Schottenheimer, who backed up UF Heisman Trophy winner and 1996 national champion Danny Wuerffel, will be officially introduced today at noon at the Cowboys’ news conference. Schottenheimer played for previous coach Steve Spurrier from 1994 …

Gators great No.21 Ben Shelton was looking to punch his ticket to his first Australian Open final with a win Friday against world No.1 Jannick Sinner. But after an eventful first set, that Shelton let get away, it was all Sinner, taking the following two sets with relative ease, 7-6 …

Former Florida tennis star No.21 Ben Shelton will face off against No.1 ranked Italian Jannik Sinner in the semifinals of the Australian Open after defeating Lorenzo Sonego (6-4, 7-5, 4-6, 7-6). Shelton is the youngest male player in 22 years to make it to this level of the Australian Open. …

For the fourth consecutive year there will be a former Florida football player on the NFL team that hoists the Lombardi Trophy at the end of the season. Each of the four teams still alive in the playoffs have at least one Gator, with the Buffalo Bills leading the way …