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Florida's 2024 Week 12 matchup best in SEC, per The Athletic

The 2024 college football schedule looks to be another tough one for Florida football, especially with the addition of the Texas Longhorns (and Oklahoma Sooners) to the Southeastern Conference. On the bright side, the 16-school league has a plethora of top matchups on the slate for next fall. The Athletic’s Seth Emerson and Kennington Smith III recently put together their list of top games on the…

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Blue-chip Alabama DB commit talks Florida's new coach after official visit

Florida’s football program recently replaced outgoing defensive secondary coach Corey Raymond with former Los Angeles Chargers assistant secondary coach Will Harris on Sunday. So far, it looks like the new member of the Orange and Blue has not slowed things down. This past weekend, four-star Alabama Crimson Tide cornerback commit Jameer Grimsley out of Tampa (Florida) Catholic made a stop in…

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Florida's 5-star safety commit to host pair of schools at home this week

Florida football’s prized 2024 defensive commit, five-star safety Xavier Filsaime out of McKinney (Texas), will be hosting in-home visits from a pair of schools this week as the early signing period quickly approaches, according to Swamp247. The 6-foot-1-inch, 180-pound defensive back is considered a hard commitment by the recruiting experts but there has been a push of late from a handful of…

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Florida's star gymnast among 2024 NCAA Today's Top 10 Award honorees

Florida gymnastics star Trinty Thomas is among the 2024 NCAA Today’s Top 10 Award honorees, according to a press release by the school on Friday. The honorees are selected by the NCAA Honors Committee, composed of representatives of NCAA member schools, conferences and distinguished citizens, including past awardees. “I am truly honored to be among this year’s NCAA Today’s Top 10. It is humbling…

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Florida's cross-country standout receives Honda Sport Award

Florida’s star runner star Parker Valby was named the Honda Sport Award winner for cross country by Chris Voelz, executive director of the Collegiate Women’s Sports Awards, after leading her team to the most successful season in program history. Valby equaled her accolades from last year, having earned back-to-back SEC Cross Country Individual Champion, SEC Women’s Runner of the Year, NCAA…

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Florida's starting quarterback gives update on injured collarbone

One of the biggest blows to Florida football’s 2023 campaign was the loss of starting quarterback Graham Mertz to an injury in the second half of the Gators’ loss to the Missouri Tigers. While it was somewhat fortunate that it happened in the penultimate game of the fall schedule, the redshirt junior was the heart and soul of the offense. Sitting out what might have been a winnable game against…

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Tracking Florida's transfer portal departures following 2023 season

Chris Watkins-USA TODAY Sports New School: N/A Florida Stats: Year GP ATT YDS TD Long AVG/A AVG/G REC YDS 2022 13 118 719 6 85 6.1 55.3 9 66 2023 11 131 753 8 62 5.7 68.5 21 172 Total 24 249 1,472 14 85 5.9 61.3 30 238 Rumblings of Trevor Etienne heading to the transfer portal began shortly after the regular season ended, but he took until Dec. 7 to officially announce his decision. A…

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Florida's future-star running back enters transfer portal

The Gator Nation got some of the worst news possible on Thursday when sophomore running back Trevor Etienne announced via Instagram that he is entering the NCAA transfer portal. The departure of the second-year standout represents the most devastating departure from the program so far after a third-straight losing season in Gainesville. Hopes were high that he would return to the Swamp but doubts…

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