Gators Football

Today faculty and staff and nearly 500 student athletes are enjoying the brand new state-of-the-art Otis P. Hawkins Center for Academic and Personal Excellence at Farrior Hall. The 25 million dollar newly renovated center opened on Monday after 21 months of planning, design, and construction. UF President Kent Fuchs, Director of Athletics Jeremy …

Former UF and NFL quarterback Rex Grossman was a guest on Thursday’s Sportscene with Steve Russell. Grossman discussed a wide variety of experiences on the show. Experiences such as playing for Coach Steve Spurrier, his extensive career as a pro and his return to Gainesville this weekend. Grossman’s storied career for the Gators …

The UF Board of Trustees today officially approved a name change to Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.  The new stadium name will be Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.  Many fans have called for the field to be named in some way after the former Gator player and head …

Former Gator and current Tampa Bay Buccaneers defensive back Vernon Hargreaves III is set to wrap up his first week of OTAs on Friday. Hargreaves, a two-time all-American and 11th overall NFL draft pick, hopes to be able to carry his reputation of a lockdown corner into the NFL. Now that the …

Former Gator and current Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Dante Fowler strapped on his helmet for the first time today since tearing his ACL last May as the Jaguars kicked off their OTAs.  Fowler suffered the season-ending knee injury just nine days after being drafted third overall in the 2015 NFL Draft but …

Former Florida Gator defensive back Vernon Hargreaves III is officially a Tampa Bay Buccaneer. The 20-year-old Tampa native signed his four-year contract with the Bucs earlier this month worth $14,177,654 along with an $8,511,020 signing bonus. What makes this new addition to the roster so special is the fact that he …

The 2016 NFL Draft is tonight. 25 players will be there, in Chicago, to hear their names called and walk up on the stage to greet NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. Keanu Neal is hoping to be one of those players as he waits in the ominous green room. Neal is the …

The Gator football team is set to face the Miami Hurricanes for the first time since 2013 when they kick off their college football season against each other in 2019. The last time the two programs clashed, the Gators were defeated in Miami by a score of 21-16. However, this …

The Florida Gator football team is fresh out of spring ball after wrapping up its Orange and Blue Debut in The Swamp. ESPN Gainesville/95.3 FM caught up with head coach Jim McElwain today and he discussed his thoughts on the Gator spring practices. McElwain mentioned how he  is pleased with the …

The Orange and Blue debut did provide some clarity to Florida football fans, but new questions have arised. Florida’s coaches decided to have the first team offense face the second team defense, while the second-team offense faced the first-team defense. This created a slight discrepancy as to knowing  just how good the …