Florida Gators initial 2020 depth chart

The Florida Gators released a depth chart for the first game of the 2020 season against Ole Miss.

Offense
QB: Kyle Trask, Emory Jones, Anthony Richardson
RB: Malik Davis OR Dameon Pierce, Nay’Quan Wright
WR: Jacob Copeland, Justin Shorter
WR: Trevon Grimes, Xzavier Henderson
WR: Kadarius Toney, Trent Whittemore
TE: Kyle Pitts, Kemore Gamble OR Keon Zipperer
LT: Stone Forsythe, T.J. Moore
LG: Richard Gouraige, Griffin McDowell
C: Brett Heggie, Kingsley Eguakun
RG: Stewart Reese, Joshua Braun
RT: Jean Delance, Michael Tarquin

Notes:
Ethan White’s injury has forced Florida to shift around the offensive line. Brett Heggie will start in White’s place at center, which isn’t a surprise but what surprises is how the tackles changed. Richard Gouraige will slide from tackle to Heggie’s guard spot and Jean Delance will start at tackle. Delance started all 13 games last year but many expected that Gouraige would challenge for a starting spot at tackle.

Defense:
BUCK: Jeremiah Moon OR Khris Bogle, David Reese
DT: Zachary Carter, Gervon Dexter
NT: Tedarrell Slaton, Marlon Dunlap Jr.
DE: Brenton Cox Jr., Andrew Chatfield
WLB: Amari Burney, Mohamoud Diabate
MLB: Ventrell Miller, James Houston
Star: C.J. McWilliams, Tre’Vez Johnson
CB: Marco Wilson, Jaydon Hill
CB: Kaiir Elam, Chester Kimbrough
FS: Shawn Davis, Rashad Torrence II
SS: Donovan Stiner, Trey Dean

Notes:
The absence of Kyree Campbell and Brad Stewart here is big. Rumors are swirling that Campbell may opt-out of the season but Dan Mullen said on Monday that no players have opted out of the season. Stewart missing from the depth chart entirely is puzzling and worrisome. C.J. McWilliams worked at Star before a season-ending injury in 2019 and he’ll get a chance to start the season there. Notable that three freshmen find their way on the initial depth chart. The coaching staff has been high on all three and this shows that it wasn’t lip service, they’re going to play right away.

Special teams:
K: Evan McPherson, Chris Howard
P: Jacob Finn, Jeremy Crawshaw
LS: Brett DioGuardi OR Marco Ortiz
H: Jacob Finn, Jeremy Crawshaw
KOR: Kadarius Toney, Jacob Copeland
PR: Kadarius Toney, Jacob Copeland

Nick de la Torre
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