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Gainesville, Fla. — After all the hoopla surrounding the Gator football starting quarterback competition, it has ended to the dismay of redshirt junior Luke Del Rio. He will miss the remainder of the 2017 season due to a broken left collarbone suffered against Vanderbilt on Saturday. “It’s hard…I feel horrible for him,” …

The Luke Del Rio era is back for the Gator football team. The first game of the second Del Rio era will come against a reeling Vanderbilt team. The Commodores are coming off a 59-0 annihilation at the hands of Alabama. A loss for either team on Saturday would make …

Florida Gators Running Back Brandon Powell with a direct snap, impacted last Saturday’s game rushing to the pylon extending his arm for the touchdown. This was the start of a fourteen point rally that extended Florida’s win streak to 31 against the Wildcats. Similar to last week’s game, this week …

Before addressing the much anticipated off the field news, Florida’s head coach Jim McElwain addressed his offense. The coach’s weekly press conference is not usually filled with exciting or breaking news. However, today is a different story. Jim McElwain announced Luke Del Rio would start under center, on Saturday, when …

Luke Del Rio Named Starting Quarterback Florida Gators football head coach Jim McElwain announced that quarterback Luke Del Rio will now be the starting quarterback for this week’s game against Vanderbilt. McElwain believes the team looks more organized with Del Rio as the quarterback and believes Del Rio’s preparation and returning …

For the second straight week, the Florida football team takes advantage of an opponent’s defensive gaffe. For the second straight week, the Gator football team pulled out a last-minute victory. And for the 31st straight year, the Gators came out with a win against the Kentucky Wildcats. In this latest installment …

Another season of big-time SEC match-ups is only a few days away. In the CBS booth, Brad Nessler replaces fan favorite Verne Lundquist and joins long-time analyst Gary Danielson. As Danielson gets ready to call another season full of marquee games, he shared his thoughts on many of the teams …

During Wednesday’s practice, all of Florida’s quarterbacks worked with the one’s and two’s, as Coach Jim McElwain is not declaring a definite starter. After saying that all three quarterbacks will play, Coach McElwain had all three QB's split first team reps at practice today #Gators pic.twitter.com/nRma2QpL9X — Josh LaSelva (@JoshLaSelva) …

On Wednesday, all the offseason build up, speculation and recruiting questions were finally answered thanks to Gator Football’s annual Media Day. Yesterday, all the offseason speculation and questions were finally played out on field thanks to the start of fall camp. This also gave the opportunity for Florida’s 2017 quarterback …

The Florida Gator football team opens fall camp with a Thursday afternoon practice after hosting Media Day on Wednesday. The biggest question mark heading into the 2017 season is once again at the quarterback position. QB Battle Florida coach Jim McElwain stated the battle for the starting quarterback position is …