Looking forward to 2025 Gator Football

[instaGATOR]

Lagway's projected backup for 2025:

QB-pp Harrison Bailey 6-5 230 - 6th Yr Sr - Tn-UNLV-UL xfer - Marietta, GA

P 2024 - 24 of 33 72.7% for 227 Yds, 6.9 Ave, 3 TD, 0 Int, L-28
2024 Bowl vs Wash - 16 of 25, 64% for 164 Yds, 6.6 Ave, 3 TD, 0 Int L-28, 0 Sac
3 Team Career - 108 of 171, 60.7% for 1,190 Yds, 11.0 Ave, 10 TD, 3 Int, 19 Sac, L-74
Rushing - 44 for -4 Yds, 2 TD - A few good runs, but ate up by 19 sacks.
A career backup QB, so here's to hoping DJ stays healthy....
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Just the iG,,,, but I'd work hard with the incoming recruit to see if he could be the backup or #3 and get playing time for 2026 season backup preparation. I'm not much on xfer QB's as anyone reading here long time already knows. (hare today, goon tomorrow)

QB Tramell Jones 6-1 210 **** - Mandarin/Jacksonville - Injured, only 2 Sr Gms.
HS Career 35 Gms:
P - 451 of 760 59.3% for 7,197 Yds, 16.0 Ave, 75TD, 21 Int, L-91
R - 56 for 356 Yds, 6.4 YPC, 2 TD's, L-12

Every 2024 roster QB except Mertz is back for 2025, so depth, but without much quality imo.

 

[Gator Fever]

Lagway's projected backup for 2025:

QB-pp Harrison Bailey 6-5 230 - 6th Yr Sr - Tn-UNLV-UL xfer - Marietta, GA

P 2024 - 24 of 33 72.7% for 227 Yds, 6.9 Ave, 3 TD, 0 Int, L-28
2024 Bowl vs Wash - 16 of 25, 64% for 164 Yds, 6.6 Ave, 3 TD, 0 Int L-28, 0 Sac
3 Team Career - 108 of 171, 60.7% for 1,190 Yds, 11.0 Ave, 10 TD, 3 Int, 19 Sac, L-74
Rushing - 44 for -4 Yds, 2 TD - A few good runs, but ate up by 19 sacks.
A career backup QB, so here's to hoping DJ stays healthy....
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Just the iG,,,, but I'd work hard with the incoming recruit to see if he could be the backup or #3 and get playing time for 2026 season backup preparation. I'm not much on xfer QB's as anyone reading here long time already knows. (hare today, goon tomorrow)

QB Tramell Jones 6-1 210 **** - Mandarin/Jacksonville - Injured, only 2 Sr Gms.
HS Career 35 Gms:
P - 451 of 760 59.3% for 7,197 Yds, 16.0 Ave, 75TD, 21 Int, L-91
R - 56 for 356 Yds, 6.4 YPC, 2 TD's, L-12

Every 2024 roster QB except Mertz is back for 2025, so depth, but without much quality imo.

I wouldn't know what to think if Bailey isn't in front of our Yale transfer QB as the backup to Lagway.

 

[instaGATOR]

QBdt DJ Lagway 6-3 239 So (Ave 16.7)

QBpp Harrison Bailey 6-5 230 6th Yr Sr (Ave 11.0, 72%) Mertz dink&dunk type imo

QBdt Lawrence Wright IV 6-1.25 236 rsSo PWO (Ave 13.4 + 5.9 YPC)

QBdt Tramell Jones 6-1 210 Fr **** (Ave 16.0)
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QB Clay Millen 6-2.75 193 rsSr - Nev/ColoSt xfer

QB Aidan Warner 6-3 206 rsSo - Yale xfer

QB Aaron Williams 6-0.5 195 rsSo - WO

 

[GatorTheo]

I really like the timing of the home games. The first two games of the year, the last two and two in October with a week in between.

 

[ocalaman]

I really like the timing of the home games. The first two games of the year, the last two and two in October with a week in between.

Brutal schedule nonetheless - again. No excuses, just sayin'.

 

[Gator Fever]

Who are the Long Island Sharks we open with? Is this a glorified high school team? Never heard of that team in all my years watching college football.

 

[GatorTheo]

Who are the Long Island Sharks we open with? Is this a glorified high school team? Never heard of that team in all my years watching college football.

Last year, they were 4-8 with losses to Albany, TCU (45-0), Lehigh, Rhode Island, Villanova, Duquesne, Robert Morris and Saint Francis.

 

[Gator Fever]

Sounds like Spurrier Jr was hired as an analyst.

 

[46885]

Lagway will be the best QB in college football while only throwing for 150 yards a game

 

[Gator Fever]

Lagway will be the best QB in college football while only throwing for 150 yards a game

I hope Napier is a little more creative. Teams will definitely be dropping a bunch into coverage on many passing downs until we show we will burn them on that. Glad Tulane exposed that more in the bowl game so we can prepare better for it.

 

[46885]

I hope Napier is a little more creative. Teams will definitely be dropping a bunch into coverage on many passing downs until we show we will burn them on that. Glad Tulane exposed that more in the bowl game so we can prepare better for it.

Napier is what he is homie, unless someone else gets the power of change into his ear or DJ's ear.. nothing will change, we will have to win by running the ball.

 

[gatordad3]

 

[Gator Fever]

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Not sure the legal arguments but that will be tough to do unless that really could let them out of their conferences. I think it's alright how it is now and wouldn't really help the Big 10 and SEC teams expanding any more. If they do go to 14 playoff teams it will be fireworks if the SEC and Big 10 guarantee themselves 4 spots each instead of 3.

 

[ocalaman]

Who are the Long Island Sharks we open with? Is this a glorified high school team? Never heard of that team in all my years watching college football.

I'm pretty sure another team was scheduled to play us that day and backed out. Probably they were only school available when we went out looking for a replacement team.

 

[46885]

I'm pretty sure another team was scheduled to play us that day and backed out. Probably they were only school available when we went out looking for a replacement team.

That legitimately looks like a team you could only schedule on a video game

 

[instaGATOR]

Much like having a 5-star QB, having a deep 2025 TE bench doesn't mean much if you either don't know how, or just don't chose to use them to their best effect....

Gone: Arlis Boardingham *** xfer, Gavin Hill **** xfer, Keon Zipperer **** Grad.
Arriving: Micah Jones Fr *** - Cameron Kossmann Fr **

The tight ends, the Gators will continue to rely on one consistent veteran to lead the group but will need someone else to step up for Florida to run its 12-personnel.

2024 - The TE's were mostly used as blockers for the run game...
Early projected TE depth chart:

TE-Y Hayden Hansen 6-8 267 rsJr ***
15 for 207 yds, 13.8 Ave, 1 TD

TE-Y Tony Livingston 6-5 254 Jr **** - 2nd string
11 for 109 yds, 9.9 Ave, 2 TD's
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TE-H Amir Jackson 6-5 228 rsFr ****
HS 17 career TD's

TE-H Caleb Rillos 6-6 252 rsSr *** - AF xfer PWO - 2nd string
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TE Scott Isacks 6-4 249 rsJr - NR PWO backup
TE Micah Jones 6-5 245 Fr *** (depth > future)
TE Cameron Kossman 6-6 240 Fr ** (depth > future)

 

[Countygator1]

Regardless of the finish last year, I still have zero confidence in Napier calling the plays. Candidly, when you look at the stats, what got better from the start of season vs those last 4 games was the defense, not the offense. I really wish he would have gone after Cade Bell and handed over the play calling.

 

[46885]

Regardless of the finish last year, I still have zero confidence in Napier calling the plays. Candidly, when you look at the stats, what got better from the start of season vs those last 4 games was the defense, not the offense. I really wish he would have gone after Cade Bell and handed over the play calling.

It takes our whole offense a full half to get going, we won games because we slowly wore teams down establishing the run and playing good defense.. Which is fine if you had a reason for setting up plays later in games or a reason for calling plays to do that, but we will have enough talent on the roster now where we should be able to score a lot of points with it.. and the first possession of the 3rd quarter every game for 3 years has still been the most unimaginative possession of every game.. I would be willing to bet we haven't scored more than a few TD's to open the 3rd quarter since Napier has been at UF.. A good play caller would make UF a lethal contender immediately this year, Napier calls plays like he's Kirby smarts OC.