Spring has sprung....

[instaGATOR]

1st day of practice for the 3 QB's. They will all have some ups and downs between now and the O&B game, so I'll wait till then. For now, just a casual observer on the QB's performance. Most of us never thought that Toney could be the starter at QB, but they might give him something like a wildcat package. I'd use him in a Harvin type roll, WR/RB with the D never knowing where he'll line up. From that set up, he could even throw the occasional surprise pass.
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The out routes seemed to give the quarterbacks a bit more trouble, with Franks sailing two of his well high of his intended target. That was his fairly consistent miss on throws last year, along with the corner route.
~ Under-throws cause mostly incompletions.
~ Over-throws cause interceptions, except on corner or out routes

Trask was a bit more capable on those throws against air, while freshman Kadarius Toney's accuracy was a little more erratic overall. Toney missed one slant altogether and threw another behind a receiver who then made a nice adjustment for the catch. Toney also sailed a corner route out of bounds.

In pass skeleton work, Franks missed a corner route intended for Brandon Powell out of bounds but completed two short routes and had a walk-on drop a third.

Toney was second up in pass skeleton work, completing three short passes before Kalif Jackson (now working with the TE's) dropped an out that hit him in the chest. Toney did miss one out long and high and then was picked off by C.J. McWilliams on a tipped pass.

Trask was the final quarterback up in pass skeleton and had two quick completions before a very impressive throw on a corner route. Trask's throw hit his receiver in stride, but the walk-on receiver dropped the pass. Trask hit an out route before overthrowing a corner route and then missing behind Moral Stephens over the middle, but Stephens made a terrific adjustment for the catch.

JMOHO of course, but Moral is a better receiver than either of the other TE's, and he's willing and able to block when needed, at the line or downfield.


"Tyrie Cleveland got behind Duke Dawson for a TD," (nuttin' new there). Duke is a good guy and a great Gator, but he needs to stay at Nic and let one of the other guys start at CB, along with Gardener. Poole made rookie NFL starter as a nickel and so can Duke, but he might not even get drafted or picked up as a FA as a CB. Sorry Duke, but you're just not consistent enough at CB, so play to your strengths. -- jmoho of course and he could surprise me.

 

[Dannygator1989]

1st day of practice for the 3 QB's. They will all have some ups and downs between now and the O&B game, so I'll wait till then. For now, just a casual observer on the QB's performance. Most of us never thought that Toney could be the starter at QB, but they might give him something like a wildcat package. I'd use him in a Harvin type roll, WR/RB with the D never knowing where he'll line up. From that set up, he could even throw the occasional surprise pass.
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The out routes seemed to give the quarterbacks a bit more trouble, with Franks sailing two of his well high of his intended target. That was his fairly consistent miss on throws last year, along with the corner route.
~ Under-throws cause mostly incompletions.
~ Over-throws cause interceptions, except on corner or out routes

Trask was a bit more capable on those throws against air, while freshman Kadarius Toney's accuracy was a little more erratic overall. Toney missed one slant altogether and threw another behind a receiver who then made a nice adjustment for the catch. Toney also sailed a corner route out of bounds.

In pass skeleton work, Franks missed a corner route intended for Brandon Powell out of bounds but completed two short routes and had a walk-on drop a third.

Toney was second up in pass skeleton work, completing three short passes before Kalif Jackson (now working with the TE's) dropped an out that hit him in the chest. Toney did miss one out long and high and then was picked off by C.J. McWilliams on a tipped pass.

Trask was the final quarterback up in pass skeleton and had two quick completions before a very impressive throw on a corner route. Trask's throw hit his receiver in stride, but the walk-on receiver dropped the pass. Trask hit an out route before overthrowing a corner route and then missing behind Moral Stephens over the middle, but Stephens made a terrific adjustment for the catch.

JMOHO of course, but Moral is a better receiver than either of the other TE's, and he's willing and able to block when needed, at the line or downfield.


"Tyrie Cleveland got behind Duke Dawson for a TD," (nuttin' new there). Duke is a good guy and a great Gator, but he needs to stay at Nic and let one of the other guys start at CB, along with Gardener. Poole made rookie NFL starter as a nickel and so can Duke, but he might not even get drafted or picked up as a FA as a CB. Sorry Duke, but you're just not consistent enough at CB, so play to your strengths. -- jmoho of course and he could surprise me.

What film were you watching from today?

Nothing of what I saw showed most of what you're describing.

Specifically on Toney. You may have your film confused. I watched him through some awful passes on 10 yard outs while both Frank and Trasks seem to be hitting their targets (regardless of drops).

I also saw Trask throw too low and behind on some of his passes.

I saw Franks hit guys in stride as well.


This sounds a lot like more of your Pro-Trask initiative rather than discussing what happened honestly.

Though I suppose everyone sees what they want to see, you're likely over looking some things you didn't care for.


Also, your assertion about interceptions and what types of over throws they result from is an obvious dig at Franks while propping up Trask.

Still, would be curious if you have links to the videos you watched, I'm sure I didn't see everything today. I have no problem re-examining.

 

[instaGATOR]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

 

[Dannygator1989]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Good response, especially since now I see that all you did was copy and paste the following article while editing it to make it look like your own.


GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Florida opened spring practice on Tuesday, and GatorBait.net provides a full recap of everything that happened in the portions of practice open to the media.

Quarterbacks Generally Crisp in Debut
As expected, Feleipe Franks took the first snaps with the starters in Tuesday's practice, earning all of the first-team reps in the team's fastball segment, a period of practice with four scripted plays run at a quick tempo.

Franks was sharp in that segment, hitting Antonio Callaway on a well-timed slant after finding C'yontai Lewis on a quick out. Franks then struck paydirt on the fourth and final play of fastball when Tyrie Cleveland got behind Duke Dawson on a route to the sidelines and Franks lofted a perfect pass over the coverage to find him for the touchdown.

Kyle Trask ran with the second-team unit in fastball, which was on the far side of the field (GatorBait.net focused on the starters on Tuesday).

After fastball, the quarterbacks progressed to the routes on air portion of practice. The drill began very well, with the two redshirt freshman quarterbacks on the money through the first 40 or so reps in the drill. Those passes were on quick digs and slants, pretty basic routes.

The out routes seemed to give the quarterbacks a bit more trouble, with Franks sailing two of his well high of his intended target. That was his fairly consistent miss on throws last year, along with the corner route. Trask was a bit more capable on those throws against air, while freshman Kadarius Toney's accuracy was a little more erratic overall. Toney missed one slant altogether and threw another behind a receiver who then made a nice adjustment for the catch. Toney also sailed a corner route out of bounds.

In pass skeleton work, Franks missed a corner route intended for Brandon Powell out of bounds but completed two short routes and had a walk-on drop a third.

Toney was second up in pass skeleton work, completing three short passes before Kalif Jackson dropped an out that hit him in the chest. Toney did miss one out long and high and then was picked off by C.J. McWilliams on a tipped pass.

Trask was the final quarterback up in pass skeleton and had two quick completions before a very impressive throw on a corner route. Trask's throw hit his receiver in stride, but the walk-on receiver dropped the pass. Trask hit an out route before overthrowing a corner route and then missing behind Moral Stephens over the middle, but Stephens made a terrific adjustment for the catch.

For a first day, it was a relatively clean effort from the quarterbacks with only the typical handful of errant throws.

Clear Difference From Year 1 to Year 3
One thing that immediately stood out at Tuesday's practice was just how comfortable Florida has gotten with managing Jim McElwain's tempo at practice.

From the very outset on Tuesday, it was clear the Gators were juiced up for the practice, with the leaders of the Swamp Jacks making sure to urge their teammates for louder "HELL YEAH!" responses several times to their chant of "Gators, are you ready?!?"

The practice moved along at a great clip, with everyone quick to their spots as drills changed and the coaches not having to restart anything that we saw on Tuesday.

That's a stark contrast from two years ago, when it seemed that every drill began at least once over after lollygagging or just general lack of interest or hustle.

The Starters in Tuesday's Fastball Period
OFFENSE

QB Feliepe Franks
RB Jordan Scarlett
WR Antonio Callaway
WR Tyrie Cleveland
TE DeAndre Goolsby
TE C'yontai Lewis
LT Martez Ivey
LG Tyler Jordan
C T.J. McCoy
RG Fredrick Johnson
RT Jawaan Taylor

DEFENSE

SDE CeCe Jefferson
DT Taven Bryan
NT Khairi Clark
WDE Keivonnis Davis
SLB Vosean Joseph
MLB Cristian Garcia
WLB Kylan Johnson
CB Chauncey Gardner
S Nick Washington
S Marcell Harris
CB Duke Dawson

Other Notes
-- Redshirt freshman offensive lineman Brett Heggie still appears to be one of the most physically imposing linemen from a stature standpoint. He's a massive individual.

-- Defensive tackle Luke Ancrum still appears far too light to really play major minutes inside. It's easy to wonder at this point if he'll ever add the size Florida's coaches thought he might when they slotted him at nose tackle.

-- The scholarship receivers were very effective in Tuesday's work catching the ball, though Cleveland did have one drop on a pass he turned to run with before he had secured. However, one thing that stands out is the lack of depth at receiver. There just aren't many scholarship receivers out there this fall (Cleveland, Callaway, Brandon Powell, Joshua Hammond).

-- Walk-on middle linebacker Cristian Garcia was praised by the defensive coaches for playing one route combo in pass skeleton work excellently. He helped force a checkdown that Vosean Joseph was able to break up.

-- We didn't see a whole lot of the new coaches today, but Brad Davis was pretty vociferous about getting the linemen to their spot quickly and alternating back and forth between two groups as quickly as possible to maximize reps. The energy he brings was easy to spot.

NFL Combine Schedule: Eight Gators to take part
START SLIDESHOW
-- Receiver Rick Wells (leg), linebacker Jeremiah Moon (sick) and offensive lineman Kavaris Harkless (leg) all missed Tuesday's practice due to injury.

 

[Gator Fever]

Back to the time of the year the services tell us how good all the QBs are looking in practice etc. and Driskel will surely break out this season because he just has too much talent not to.

Sometimes you can get a little info from their articles if you just focus on the individual plays and where the QBs are struggling.

 

[Gator Fever]

It’ll likely be up to Del Rio who has previously started at QB to give Florida the offensive firepower it’s been missing for seven seasons.

 

[oozie7]

LOL@ Insta copying and pasting an article then leaving out portions of it and adding his own BS to make it seem like it was his own. I would say I'm surprised but he's known for #alternativefacts anyway.

 

[oozie7]

From that article two things stand out to me:

1. Garcia starting at MLB. I know Reese is out and that's probably why but a walk-on just shouldn't be in our rotation. Idk if this is the plan long-term or not to stick to the base 4-3 regardless but I'd much rather us keep our two best LB's on the field if our depth is that bad and stick with our 4-2-5 hybrid. A secondary with Gardener, Dawson, Harris, and Washington is a good start so all we'd need to do is find one other DB to step up to have another good unit.

2. The missed throws. Not sure why reporters are acting like it's a big deal that they missed some out routes and corner routes. One, its the first day of practice, should be some rust. Two, those are the hardest routes to hit consistently because it's the hardest combo of arm, touch, and timing. The out is all timing then you're throwing on the receivers steps. The corner route you gotta have enough arm to drive it with enough touch to drop it over the corner's head in a coverage like Cover 2. A lot of pros can't even hit those consistently. Both QB's looked good to me.

 

[instaGATOR]

Never have claimed that every thing that I post is totally original thought on my part, but I'm sure that the rest of you are ONLY posting your own thoughts, from you own observations, and never read anything, anywhere. Your stuff is all original uninfluenced thought on you part... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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"Franks arrived as the more celebrated recruit, but Trask, despite serving as the backup in high school, had a better performance in last year's Orange & Blue Debut in limited playing time." -- Scott Carter

As of now, Franks and Trask have exactly the same experience level in college. Both have been in the Mc-Nuss system for a year+, neither has played in a college game yet, and both have now served as backup QB's during their careers. From this point forward it's what they can do on UF's field that counts. HS playing time and star ratings are now long done with. - iG

"I knew they were talented quarterbacks when we first got here," Hammond said. "As practice started, you could tell they just needed to grow a lot and learn. I think that's what they've done over the past year."

"We need to be a better offense in general," Scarlett said. "I honestly think our defense won't miss a beat with those guys leaving because half of them were out towards the end of the season and we did fine."

"Sounds a lot like the things that I've been saying all along, so maybe they are just saying or posting what I have said, instead of what they themselves think/believe..." iG

And after day one, McElwain seemed to be in a good mood. That's a good sign." - Carter
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IMOHO's -- iG

RB's Coach Ja'Juan Seider -- Scarlett-Perine-Thompson all begin equal in the new RB coaches eyes, (I hope). Davis could join the rotation in the Fall, while Lemons might need a redshirt to settle down his academics? We'll see in the Summer/Fall...

WR's are a little light for the Spring, but they will be loaded by the Fall.
Callaway - Cleveland
Slot - Powell - Massey
Hammond - Swain - Wells
Green - Robinson

TE's still have plenty of depth, even with the move of Knight to LB. They need to finally use Moral Stephens a lot more imo. He has the best hands among the TE's, and he can block at the line or down-field. Kemore Gamble is an EE so we'll all get a look at him too. Word is that WR Kalif Jackson 6-4 220 has also been working with the TE's lately.

The OL will be in constant flux between now and Mich game, and maybe even for a couple of games past that first one. When they finally get their primary starters settled in, I think that Mc-Nuss will have their best OL since their arrival to work with.
Barring injuries, I see these 3 as solid starters already - LT Ivey - C McCoy - RT Taylor.
The guard starters and all of the rotation & depth is where the real competition is at.
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The defense has quality and decent depth at every position by the start of Fall practice.
I'm thinking that CB and DT will be the position battles to watch between now and Sept.
Dawson back to Nickle, please.

ST's should be rock solid for 2017 and beyond.

The Spring will be good for some 1st impressions for a lot of the 2017 team positions, but not much will be completely settled until they open against Mich.

 

[Michi-Gator]

Never have claimed that every thing that I post is totally original thought on my part, but I'm sure that the rest of you are ONLY posting your own thoughts, from you own observations, and never read anything, anywhere. Your stuff is all original uninfluenced thought on you part... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
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"Franks arrived as the more celebrated recruit, but Trask, despite serving as the backup in high school, had a better performance in last year's Orange & Blue Debut in limited playing time." -- Scott Carter

As of now, Franks and Trask have exactly the same experience level in college. Both have been in the Mc-Nuss system for a year+, neither has played in a college game yet, and both have now served as backup QB's during their careers. From this point forward it's what they can do on UF's field that counts. HS playing time and star ratings are now long done with. - iG

"I knew they were talented quarterbacks when we first got here," Hammond said. "As practice started, you could tell they just needed to grow a lot and learn. I think that's what they've done over the past year."

"We need to be a better offense in general," Scarlett said. "I honestly think our defense won't miss a beat with those guys leaving because half of them were out towards the end of the season and we did fine."

"Sounds a lot like the things that I've been saying all along, so maybe they are just saying or posting what I have said, instead of what they themselves think/believe..." iG

And after day one, McElwain seemed to be in a good mood. That's a good sign." - Carter
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IMOHO's -- iG

RB's Coach Ja'Juan Seider -- Scarlett-Perine-Thompson all begin equal in the new RB coaches eyes, (I hope). Davis could join the rotation in the Fall, while Lemons might need a redshirt to settle down his academics? We'll see in the Summer/Fall...

WR's are a little light for the Spring, but they will be loaded by the Fall.
Callaway - Cleveland
Slot - Powell - Massey
Hammond - Swain - Wells
Green - Robinson

TE's still have plenty of depth, even with the move of Knight to LB. They need to finally use Moral Stephens a lot more imo. He has the best hands among the TE's, and he can block at the line or down-field. Kemore Gamble is an EE so we'll all get a look at him too. Word is that WR Kalif Jackson 6-4 220 has also been working with the TE's lately.

The OL will be in constant flux between now and Mich game, and maybe evem for a couple of games past that first one. When they finally get their primary starters settled in, I think that Mc-Nuss will have their best OL since their arrival to work with.
Barring injuries, I see these 3 as solid starters already - LT Ivey - C McCoy - RT Taylor.
The guard starters and all of the rotation & depth is where the real competition is at.
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The defense has quality and decent depth at every position by the start of Fall practice.
I'm thinking that CB and DT will be the position battles to watch between now and Sept.
Dawson back to Nickle, please.

ST's should be rock solid for 2017 and beyond.

The Spring will be good for some 1st impressions for a lot of the 2017 team positions, but not much will be completely settled until they open against Mich.

Hard for anything to be known when the starter for the Michigan game at QB isn't even a Gator yet

 

[instaGATOR]

Hard for anything to be known when the starter for the Michigan game at QB isn't even a Gator yet

Yep, and that's because you knew that Mc-staff can't recruit a lick and wouldn't even have a Top 20 class in 2017. I trust every single thing that you post here...

 

[instaGATOR]

After the 1st Spring practice:
Kyle Trask still Florida’s best pure passer, -- Zach

 

[nail1988]

After the 1st Spring practice:
Kyle Trask still Florida’s best pure passer, -- Zach

He appears to be another slow club foot like LDR? Are the Lizzerds still running a pro style offense? I thought the swamp donkey and nussChamp wanted more of a mobile QB?

Franks throws a football like Owebama throws a baseball. Guy looks like he would break in half after the first big hit.

 

[instaGATOR]

He appears to be another slow club foot like LDR? Are the Lizzerds still running a pro style offense? I thought the swamp donkey and nussChamp wanted more of a mobile QB?

Franks throws a football like Owebama throws a baseball. Guy looks like he would break in half after the first big hit.

Full knowledge and right on target as I've come to expect from a dust-bow Choke-la-homa fan with his head-nailed-to-da-flor....

Trask 6-4 238 4.6/40, unlike your own powerhouse QB's.
You know, like Heisman pretender, the always sturdy and ready to go Sam Bad-ford,,,,
UF 24 - 14 Choker with Big Game Bob...

 

[nail1988]

Full knowledge and right on target as I've come to expect from a dust-bow Choke-la-homa fan with his head-nailed-to-da-flor....

Trask 6-4 238 4.6/40, unlike your own powerhouse QB's.
You know, like Heisman pretender, the always sturdy and ready to go Sam Bad-ford,,,,
UF 24 - 14 Choker with Big Game Bob...

ZZZZZZZZZZ

Instant-hen...your hero Trask has a very compact delievery with good velocity it appears. Reminds me a lot of ANOTHER Choklehoman Heisman trophy winner Jason Whites delivery. I'm not buying the 4.6 40 or mobility by Trask

 

[Gator Fever]

Reading between the lines it sounds like Franks is still having issues.

 

[Michi-Gator]

Reading between the lines it sounds like Franks is still having issues.

The QB to dig us out of this hole is not on this roster, it will be the ine we sign this year. Question is how well we will recruit IF Mac fields another trash offense again this year

 

[Dannygator1989]

The QB to dig us out of this hole is not on this roster, it will be the ine we sign this year. Question is how well we will recruit IF Mac fields another trash offense again this year

To quite Insta: "zzzzzzzzzzzzz"

 

[oozie7]

Reading between the lines it sounds like Franks is still having issues.

Where are you seeing anything about him struggling? And honestly it being so early why would you even put any stock in it? Half these reporters don't know what they're looking at. These are the same ones that for 4 years told us Driskel was some combination of Rodgers and Brady.

 

[46885]

all iv'e read for two days is Franks is the starter right now and making a lot of good throws in the periods against the defenses with Cleveland

 

[Dannygator1989]

all iv'e read for two days is Franks is the starter right now and making a lot of good throws in the periods against the defenses with Cleveland

Surely you must be wrong.

 

[Michi-Gator]

All four of our top 2018 QB targets are dual-threat QBs. I have a hard time believing that is a coincidence. Still won't be shocked if we bring Zaire in.

 

[TennesseeGator]

ZZZZZZZZZZ

Instant-hen...your hero Trask has a very compact delievery with good velocity it appears. Reminds me a lot of ANOTHER Choklehoman Heisman trophy winner Jason Whites delivery. I'm not buying the 4.6 40 or mobility by Trask

How is your QB doing? Took a hell of a hit from a bouncer while acting a fool in Arkansas.

 

[Gator Fever]

Where are you seeing anything about him struggling? And honestly it being so early why would you even put any stock in it? Half these reporters don't know what they're looking at. These are the same ones that for 4 years told us Driskel was some combination of Rodgers and Brady.

Read between the lines at the few practice reports we get. I hope otherwise but it reminds me of the Driskel stuff. Might be 100% wrong but I have a feeling if he starts he wont be there mid-season starting. Hopefully I am wrong however.

 

[Dannygator1989]

How is your QB doing? Took a hell of a hit from a bouncer while acting a fool in Arkansas.

He was in Arkansas.

I'm sure he was as surprised as any of us to find out that there were laws against redneckness there.

 

[TennesseeGator]

He was in Arkansas.

I'm sure he was as surprised as any of us to find out that there were laws against redneckness there.

 

[instaGATOR]

oozie7 said: ↑
Where are you seeing anything about him (Franks) struggling? And honestly it being so early why would you even put any stock in it? Half these reporters don't know what they're looking at. These are the same ones that for 4 years told us Driskel was some combination of Rodgers and Brady.

Read between the lines at the few practice reports we get. I hope otherwise but it reminds me of the Driskel stuff. Might be 100% wrong but I have a feeling if he starts he wont be there mid-season starting. Hopefully I am wrong however.

Quoting OC/QB coach Doug Nussmeier

“Kyle Trask, is a guy that when you tell it to him one time, he gets it right now. He can process information very, very well. His accuracy is unbelievable and he's just done a really, really good job for a guy that doesn't have a ton of snaps. When you put him in situations, he reacts very, very well."

As a classic dropback passer, Trask may be the best pure passer on the team. He has good arm strength, can make all the throws and seems to have a knack for picking things up quickly. He is coachable. He has good size and is athletic enough to buy some extra time by moving in the pocket and making some plays with his legs (QB-DT).

Mc has said early on, that both Fr need to go through their progressions better and that they are both working on doing so. We'll see again, come the Spring game, which has improved the most/best.
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But until then and as always, everyone is free to believe whatever makes them happy....

 

[Gator Fever]

Latest write up I saw mentioning Franks seems a lot like Driskel before. Talks about his physical talent and being given the first crack at things but how he is struggling with certain routes while Trask seems to be handling it much better. If Franks wasn't a blue chipper I wonder if he would be getting so many 1st team reps. The bad about Trask is usually some generalized statement without much specific wise like he freezes up sometimes without going into any specifics usually. I hope we don't get 2012 all over again because the defense won't be that level this time.

 

[instaGATOR]

I hope we don't get 2012 all over again because the defense won't be that level this time.

Scarlett said. "I honestly think our defense won't miss a beat with those guys leaving because half of them were out towards the end of the season and we did fine."

Looking at the projected 2017 roster, I have been saying the same thing since the end of the Outback Bowl. (iG)

Projected DE's for 2017 (8)
1) Jordan Sherit 6-4 254 rsSr
2) Justus Reed 6-3 241 rsJr
3) Keivonnis Davis 6-4 250 Jr
4) Jabari Zuniga 6-3 245 rsSo
5) Luke Ancrum 6-5 262 rsSo
6) #2 Antonneous Clayton 6-3 220 So
7) Jordan Smith 6-5 240 So
#3 DE Zach Carter 6-5 250 Fr - Tampa
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Projected DT's for 2017 (8)
1) DT Taven Bryan 6-5 293 rsJr
2) NT/DT Khiari Clark 6-3 319 rsJr
3) #2 DE/DT CeCe Jefferson 6-1 261 Jr
4) Richard Desir Jones 6-4 292 rsSo (moved back from OL)
5) DT/DE Jachai Polite 6-2 271 So
#11 DT/OGTedarrell 'TJ' Slaton 6-5 345 Fr - Plantation
#17 DT/DE Elijah Conliffe 6-4 309 Fr - Hampton, VA
#35 DT Kyree Campbell 6-3 323 Fr-EE - Kingston, PA
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Projected LB's for 2017 (10)
1) Kylan Johnson 6-1 231 rsSo
2) Rayshad Jackson 6-0 226rsSo
3) Vosean Joseph 6-1 226 So
4) David Reese 6-0 244 So
5) Jeremiah Moon 6-4 218 So
6) Camrin Knight 6-3 246 Jr (moved from TE to LB)
#29 OLB Ventrell Miller 6-0 227 Fr - Lakeland
#37 OLB James Houston IV 6-1 226 Fr-EE - Plantation
#60 OLB Nick Smith 6-2 200 Fr - Orlando
NR OLB Lacedrick Brunson 6-2 210 Fr - Miami (Shannon sleeper)
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WO Christian Garcia 6-1 231 rsSr (2016 Outback Bowl starter)
WO R.J. Raymond 6-2 248 rsJr
WO Jahim Lawrence 5-11 223 rsSo
WO Will Thomas 5-9 233 rsFr
WO Danny Weldon 6-1 223 rsFr
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Projected S's for 2017 (7)
1) Marcell Harris 6-1 211 rsSr
2) Nick Washington 6-0 197 rsSr
3) Jeawon Taylor 6-0 187 So
4) Quincy Lenton 5-11 202 rsFr(foot injury)
#21 S Brian Edwards 6-2 188 Fr - Miramar
#23 S/CB Shawn Davis 6-1 195 Fr - Miami
#33 S Donovan Stiner 6-2 185 Fr - Bellaire, TX
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WO DB Garrett Stephens 5-9 188 rsSr
WO DB Brady Walters 5-11 176 Sr
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Projected CB's for 2017 (9)
1) CB/Nic Duke Dawson 5-10 208 Sr
2) Joseph Putu 6-2 195 Sr
3) Chris Williamson 5-11 191 rsSo
4) Chauncey Gardener 5-11 204 So (Outback Bowl MVP)
5) McArthur Burnett 5-9 174 So
6) CJ McWilliams 5-11 171 rsFr (ACL)
#10 Ath/CB C.J. Henderson 6-0 174 Fr - Miami
#13 CB/FS Brad Stewart 6-0 194 Fr - N.O, LA
#13 CB Marco Wilson 6-0 180 Fr - Plantation
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WO DB Eddie Giles 5-9 167 rsJr WO
WO DB Nick Oelrich 6-2 187 So WO
WO DB Edwitch Merisier 5-9 171 So WO
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42 Scholarships - (10 WO's) -- % that are Mc-staff recruits:

All 10 LB's - 100%
8 of 9 CB's - 88.9%
6 of 8 DE's - 75%
6 of 8 DT's - 75%
5 of 7 S's --- 71.4%
35 of 42 Ship-D - 83.3% of the Ship-D

New DC Randy Shannon
New DB's Corey Bell

 

[Gator Fever]

The defense wash playing downfield most of the games when we had all those young guys playing near the end and we saw how that fared against FSU and Bama. We won't be that lucky over the course of the season again. That win against LSU was due to turnovers mostly not our defense actually putting on a good show besides the turnovers. It did pay off big against Iowa however.

 

[instaGATOR]

Every year since the musclecramps departure, the projections have been that UF's defense would suffer greatly, and/or go completely in the toilet...

WM's last year - #8 Total D in the Nation

JM's 1st year - #8 Total D in the Nation.
JM's 2nd year - #5 Total D in the Nation.
(Mc's young recruits carried the team D in the 2nd half of the season)

JM's 3rd year - I'm betting that it will remain in the Top 10, but we'll see.

~ And an additional cause for the D to improve, will be the help from the greatly improved offense in 2017, but again, we'll see...

 

[Gator Fever]

https://www.seccountry.com/florida/...-development-of-qbs-feleipe-franks-kyle-trask

"There’s never been a doubt about his physical tools. At 6-foot-6, Franks is Florida’s tallest quarterback and also has the strongest arm on the team. Sometimes, however, that can backfire."

“A lot. Everything,” Nussmeier said when asked what Franks needs to improve. “He’s still a young player, he’s still a redshirt freshman. So, there’s all different kinds of things. He’s got great belief in his arm strength. At times, we’ve got to teach him that you can’t make every throw and sometimes you can’t throw it through three guys.”
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With how coaches sugar coat things about QBs many times I still get the feeling we may have another Driskel on our hands. I certainly hope not.

 

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LDR - Franks - Trask - Toney - Allen

If all 5 of them get to compete equally between now and September, I feel fairly confident that at least one of them will be able to step up and win the starting job, and then do well in 2017 offense.

LDR is not Kyle Morris.
Franks is not Driskel.
Trask is not Tebow.
Toney is not Harris.
Allen is not Brantley.
And Mc-Nuss is definitely not Muscle-Wies...

The question is not, 'Who They Are Not.'

It really boils down to 'Who Are They' when it comes to the 2017 offense as a whole, and that remains to be seen....

 

[46885]

The defense wash playing downfield most of the games when we had all those young guys playing near the end and we saw how that fared against FSU and Bama. We won't be that lucky over the course of the season again. That win against LSU was due to turnovers mostly not our defense actually putting on a good show besides the turnovers. It did pay off big against Iowa however.

Because collins was miserable, and Shannon showed exactly how much easier it is to play defense when you are actually trying to defend your opponent and attacking them at all... people keep saying it was because it was iowa, I guarantee you it would have been a lot different if Collins was still calling that game and we would have allowed them to run right at us without bringing pressure and putting their QB in good 2nd, 3rd and manageable situations... So thankful to baby Jesus that collins base defense shit is gone, once our NFL LB's were out of the middle to bail him out they were useless on the field as a unit and got us beat even worse along with the offense sucking...

 

[46885]

LDR - Franks - Trask - Toney - Allen

If all 5 of them get to compete equally between now and September, I feel fairly confident that at least one of them will be able to step up and win the starting job, and then do well in 2017 offense.

LDR is not Kyle Morris.
Franks is not Driskel.
Trask is not Tebow.
Toney is not Harris.
Allen is not Brantley.
And Mc-Nuss is definitely not Muscle-Wies...

The question is not, 'Who They Are Not.'

It really boils down to 'Who Are They' when it comes to the 2017 offense as a whole, and that remains to be seen....

who would ever compare trask to tebow

 

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The same kind of twits that would compare Franks to Driskel, or Toney to Harris I'm guessing... ---

 

[46885]

I wouldn't compare driskel to anything but aids

 

[instaGATOR]

I wouldn't compare driskel to anything but aids

WoW~! That's pretty harsh. What happened, did he do your girlfriend, or did he turn you down when you begged him for a date?

 

[46885]

He was the only QB in history to be sacked by my one man defense blitz off the edge before getting rid of the ball

 

[instaGATOR]

He was the only QB in history to be sacked by my one man defense blitz off the edge before getting rid of the ball

Yep. And that useless no talent chump also dropped 22 balls before being benched for your tight buddy and much better QB, Harris...

Driskel couldn't throw a decent block, he was never able to pick up a single blitz, and he was lucky if he could run a correct route half the time, or catch a single ball that bounced right off of his useless no talent chest. He also couldn't map out a single play that would work or game-plan worth chit...... He was a total failure as a QB in every way possible....

That's why everyone new that he'd never cash a single NFL paycheck, cause he sucked so bad while he was at UF...... doh!