Countdown to Kickoff 2025

#59 Cal Dixon OL (1988-91)
Dixon, from Merritt Island High, was a backup lineman as a true freshman in 1988 (seeing time at center, guard and tackle), then started
the next three seasons at center. He was a first-team All-SEC selection in ’90 and ’91. He also was a four-time SEC academic honor roll pick.
He is one of our Jacobs winners and the only Gator to win a Jacobs and a Fergie. The Fergie Ferguson Award goes to the Gator senior who
displays great leadership and character. That he was the starting center on teams that won the 1990 (according to all sane people) and
1991 SEC championships says a lot. Other notables: LB Mark Korff, LB Mike Nattiel, C Wyley Ritch, OL Butch Condon..

 

Correct, he passed in 1998 at 35.
Kick a Mercedes in his honor.

Mark Curtis Korff (1963-1998) - Find a Grave...

 

#58 Johnny Rutledge LB (1995-98)
He starred at Belle Glade Glades Central, then became a three-year starter for Florida. He was a first-team All-SEC pick as a senior in 1998 after getting a second-team nod in ’97. He was part of one of the best linebacking trios in UF history in 1998, lining up with Jevon Kearse and Mike Peterson on either side of him. Rutledge finished his career with 307 tackles and 37.5 tackles for loss.
Other notables: LB Fred Abbott, DT Dominique Easley, DE Mike Kerr, LB Ron Moten.

 

#57 Kevin Carter DE (1991-94)
Carter was a stud linebacker at Tallahassee Lincoln, but played end at UF. He was a three-year starter and is sixth in sacks (21.8) and 11th in tackles for loss (42.3) in school history. He was an All-American as a senior in 1994 and was the first defensive player selected in the 1995 NFL Draft (sixth overall). Other notables: OL Carl Johnson, LB David Poff, DE Jeremy Mincey, DE Bobby McCray, LB Jerry Odom.