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Florida’s 2025 NFL Draft results illustrate how college football talent moves...
Florida had one NFL Draft pick in 2024, but it was a first round selection in Ricky Pearsall. This year, the Gators had no...
How Billy Napier restored Florida’s inside linebacker room
Ask any Florida fan at the time about how Shemar James was still a Gator after the post-2023 season portal windows closed, and you'd...
Billy Napier is completely right about his 2024 team in one...
Here are some selected quotes from Billy Napier's postgame press conference on Saturday:
"I don’t have a ton of excuses."
"There’s no excuses."
"I’m not here to...
Billy Napier was right to focus on defense changes first
Florida announced the hire of Ron Roberts as the new grandiosely titled "executive head coach", co-defensive coordinator, and linebackers coach. The best case scenario...
How did Florida football get so good at turning 3-star recruits...
The Athletic recently did a study to find out which Power 5 programs did the best at turning recruits into draft picks. The angle...
Losing assistants doesn’t necessarily say anything about Billy Napier
The longer time goes on, and the more Florida head coaching administrations I see, the easier it is to draw parallels between them. I...
How has the transfer portal and one-time transfer rule affected Florida’s...
It sure seems like the transfer portal and one-time transfer rule have increased the attrition rate around college football, and Florida far from immune....
Billy Napier’s task is to prove this time is different for...
Four of the most fraught words that can be uttered are, "this time is different".
I always fall for my buddy's crossover/head fake move on...
Florida’s history shows the pitfalls of not signing top quarterbacks consistently
Florida lost the battle for high 4-star quarterback recruit Jaden Rashada over the weekend. Setting aside all of the circus around how that went...
Putting Billy Napier’s NFL Combine players in perspective
The 2022 NFL Combine is going on right now, and Billy Napier has two Louisiana players in attendance. Two may not sound like...