Football

Just a consultant? Steve Spurrier names Gators’ starting quarterback

Just a few hours after being announced as an “ambassador and consultant” with the Florida Gators athletic program, Steve Spurrier took questions on a conference call about his new role and return...

Steve Spurrier rejoins Florida Gators athletic department in ‘ambassador consultant’ role

Just months after retiring as a head ball coach, Steve Spurrier has come full circle back to where it all started. The Florida Gators athletic department announced Friday that Spurrier will be...

Gators release updated contracts for 2016 coaches: Collins gets massive raise

The Florida Gators made some tweaks to their coaching staff in 2016 after a complete overhaul last year. With the season set to kick off in just over a month, the program’s...

Treon Harris transfers after two rough years with Florida Gators

Junior Treon Harris, a former four-star quarterback who would have entered the 2016 season at wide receiver, has been granted a scholarship release and will transfer from the Florida Gators, the team...

Gators get their running back: Adarius Lemons flips to Florida

The Class of 2017 being built by Florida Gators head coach Jim McElwain was missing an important piece, a top-flight running back. Just two days after the program’s Friday Night Lights summer...

Florida nabs commitment from LB James Houston at Friday Night Lights

A long-time lean, three-star linebacker James Houston (Fort Lauderdale, FL) made a verbal commitment to the Florida Gators during the team’s annual Friday Night Lights summer camp, according to multiple reports including...

Report: Florida Gators football player helps stop sexual assault in progress

Far too often are legal incidents involving football players across the country negative in nature. Consider the early Thursday morning actions of Florida Gators walk-on linebacker Cristian Garcia a mark in the...

Previewing Florida Gators football’s 2016 Friday Night Lights

Mixing pomp and circumstance with football drills and relationship building, the Florida Gators use their annual Friday Night Lights camp at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium as both a recruiting tool and means...

Florida coach Jim McElwain talks QB desires, circumstances of Treon Harris moving to WR

Florida Gators head coach Jim McElwain‘s “car wash” through ESPN on Tuesday left little to be written about in this space. McElwain made the choice to, for the most part, stick to...

Florida Gators freshman WRs Tyrie Cleveland, Rick Wells arrested for weapon, property damage felonies

Updated at 10:55 p.m. A pair of Florida Gators true freshman wide receivers were jailed overnight on two felony charges stemming from firing a BB gun outside a dorm on the campus...