Gators Football

The Florida Gator football team completed their second practice with full pads on Wednesday at the UF Dizney Lacrosse Stadium. Among the players trying to nail down a starting job is junior running back Kelvin Taylor. Taylor says the way he approaches camp is the same way he approaches a …

The Florida Gator football team practiced for the first time with full pads on Monday afternoon at the UF Dizney Lacrosse Stadium. Per NCAA rules, teams cannot practice with pads until they reach their fifth practice. “I was really pleased. You didn’t see anybody back down,” said Florida head coach …

Jim McElwain speaking to the media on Wednesday Exactly a month from now, the Florida Gators will take the field at The Swamp to square off against the New Mexico State Lobos in their opening game of the 2015 season. Until then, there will be 29 preseason practices allotted by the …

Will Grier dropping back to pass before he throws it to Alvin Bailey With the completion of the Orange and Blue Debut on Saturday, Florida football head coach Jim McElwain has officially completed his first spring schedule. The Orange squad defeated the Blue 31-6. The former Colorado State head coach …

After a month of spring practices and scrimmages, the Florida football team is ready to take the field for their annual Orange and Blue Debut. Contrary to previous reports, the event on Saturday is going to play out more like an actual game than a scrimmage. All in all, head …

Dante Fowler to head to the NFL after a great season with the Gators. Projected first round draft pick Dante Fowler worked out in the Swamp Tuesday in Florida’s Pro Day. It would be the last moment Fowler played in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium as a Gator. Fowler announced after …

Four days before the unveiling of a new Gator football team and coaching staff at the Orange And Blue Debut, the former Gators trying out for the NFL showed their stock in the Swamp one last time at Pro Day on Tuesday. The athletes who highlighted the showcase were projected first-rounders Dante …

In a year last season when the Gator offense was not one of the best in the country or the SEC, the running backs did have some success. The Gators averaged 187.7 yards per game with 22 touchdowns in 2014, including 418 yards against rival Georgia. Florida did lose their workhouse …

With the addition of Jordan Scarlett and Jordan Cronkrite, the Gator football team is  hopefully building depth at running back, with junior Kelvin Taylor coming off of a 2014 season that consisted of only a couple games that showed his potential, and redshirt sophomore Adam Lane going off for 109 yards and …

If you go by the statistics, former Florida defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin did an exceptional job for the Gators. In 2014, the Gator defense finished fifth in the country in yards allowed per play, ninth in  yards allowed per rush attempt, and 10th in yards allowed per pass attempt. Now, …