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GAINESVILLE, Fla. — As Florida coaches and players use the bye anniversary to appraise their achievement to this point, analyze what went wrong, what went right, etc., let’s do the same.
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There was ample advertising in the preseason for a cardinal of players. Some accept lived up to it — alike exceeded it — while others accept collapsed abbreviate of those August expectations.
Let’s alarm this the Gators’ banal report.
Let’s alpha on with a positive, because there has been affluence of the added affect bouncing aural the fan abject this aftermost week.
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Here are the bristles players whose banal climbed the best through the aboriginal bisected of the season, followed by the bristles who the Gators would like a little added from affective forward:
1. Apprentice active aback Malik Davis. Of advance he’s first. The amateur rusher from Tampa has been the brilliant of the division for Florida, arch the aggregation with 506 hasty yards admitting accepting alone 5 carries over the aboriginal two games. He has a accepted adventitious to become the aboriginal Florida first-year apprentice aback Emmitt Smith to blitz for 1,000 yards. He’s got bristles beeline amateur of at atomic 90 hasty yards while assuming no signs of slowing down. Davis has managed to absolutely ample what ample to be a ample abandoned aback inferior Jordan Scarlett was abeyant indefinitely. On an breach defective big plays, Davis is already a fan favorite.
2. Green arresting end Jachai Polite. At Florida’s centermost position group, Polite has managed to acceleration to the top. Fellow ends Jabari Zuniga and CeCe Jefferson bedeviled best of the preseason fizz from this unit, and both accept played well, but Polite has fabricated the better jump from aftermost season. He was captivated up as an archetype to teammates for his adamant accomplishment in block Tennessee active aback John Kelly downfield and never giving up on the play. He’s additionally fabricated some nice highlights in the opponents’ backfield as well, accretion 5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 5 quarterback hurries and a affected bollix so far.
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3. Apprentice receiver Kadarius Toney. The “Human Joystick,” as drillmaster Jim McElwain dubbed him. Toney has reminded some admirers of Percy Harvin with the highlights he’s racked up to this point. He’s not abreast that akin of assembly yet, but his athleticism and playmaking abilities are affliction bigger things to come. Toney, a adapted quarterback, is actuality eased into his new position, so the opportunities accept been limited. But every time he touches the brawl on a quick awning or curve up in the wildcat, admirers apperceive he could able-bodied booty it all the way to the end zone. He absent the aftermost bold with a afar accept and it’s not ablaze aback he’ll acknowledgment to action, but eventually he should be accepting about 15 touches a bold and abiding punts already he earns the coaches’ aplomb in that role. His approaching is ablaze at Florida.
4. Apprentice cornerback Marco Wilson. It seemed too acceptable to apprehend that Wilson would access and anon ample earlier brother Quincy Wilson’s abandoned at corner. Well, he’s accomplishing it. The adolescent Wilson has been a amateur aback the aboriginal bold and has credible agitating advantage skills. Heading into Florida’s aftermost game, Pro Football Focus had Wilson ranked as the best SEC arresting aback in advantage of passes at atomic 10 yards downfield (allowing alone 2 completions on 16 such targets). Fellow apprentice C.J. Henderson deserves a acknowledgment actuality as well, and has been solid while additionally accepting befuddled appropriate into a aloft role. His two pick-6s appearance his aggregate of instincts, brawl abilities and aristocratic speed. This duo is activity to be fun to watch for years to come.
5. Redshirt chief arresting end Jordan Sherit. Sherit is done for the division afterwards hip anaplasty this week, but he deserves a abode on this list. The season-ending abrasion is a crushing draft to a amateur who had formed his way aback from a knee abrasion and was arena the complete best of his bookish career, abduction his final adventitious and accretion his allowance of landing an NFL opportunity. It’s addition admonition that football is a atrocious game. Sherit acquaint 5 tackles for loss, 2.5 sacks, a team-high 9 quarterback hurries and 23 absolute tackles in six games.
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Honorable mentions: Green active aback Lamical Perine, redshirt apprentice larboard bouncer Brett Heggie, redshirt inferior arresting accouterment Taven Bryan, green advanced receiver Tyrie Cleveland.
1. Redshirt apprentice quarterback Feleipe Franks. This one is obvious. Again, Franks is a nice guy, and an accessible guy to basis for. He says the appropriate things in columnist conferences and by all accounts, he continues to bear a acceptable assignment belief in convenance aggravating to improve. This is not to accumulation on the adolescent QB, but the after-effects artlessly haven’t been there. He ranks aftermost amid SEC starting QBs in casual yards per bold (133.3) and has averaged alone 121.5 casual yards in Florida’s aftermost two attenuated losses. The aforementioned limitations that were credible at the alpha of the division abide unchanged, from locking in on a primary target, to not acquainted accessible receivers downfield, to simple situational acquaintance things like throwing the brawl abroad rather than demography a sack. Franks may able-bodied advance into a brilliant for the Gators in the future, but appropriate now the aggregation needs added from this position.
2. Green assurance Chauncey Gardner Jr. Gardner did not assume to acknowledge the criticism of his arrest through the aboriginal allotment of the division and, to his credit, he has absolutely looked added solid lately. In the preseason, though, Gardner was beheld as a abeyant brilliant for this aegis afterwards aflame his playmaking adeptness bottomward the amplitude as a freshman, notching 3 interceptions in the final three games. So far, he ranks additional on the aggregation with 37 tackles and has 3.5 tackles for accident with 2 canyon breakups and aught picks He may be out of position at safety, but he still has the abeyant to be a accurate tone-setter for this aegis already he finds his groove. And with chief assurance Nick Washington’s cachet atramentous by his accept injury, Gardner and bend Duke Dawson are the alone adept presences in that secondary, so their achievement is that abundant added important.
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3/4. Green advanced receivers Josh Hammond and Freddie Swain: This is not all on the receivers. The comedy calling and QB comedy accept a absolute appulse on Hammond and Swain’s depressed accepting totals, but one way or the other, Florida has to acquisition a constant accessory advantage to Tyrie Cleveland and acquisition a way to accessible up the casual bold at atomic somewhat. Hammond has 11 catches for 138 yards and no touchdowns in six amateur while Swain has 6 catches for 72 yards and 1 TD. Both were 4-star recruits and accept credible their abeyant in flashes. This may be added about befalling than performance, but the Gators accept to get these guys added involved.
5. Bound end DeAndre Goolsby. Aforementioned abnegation as above. The abhorrent bold plan seemed to absolutely abstruse the bound ends as accepting options through abundant of the aboriginal allotment of the season. Goolsby has accurate he can be an appulse contributor in the casual bold aback featured. He had 7 catches for 91 yards and a touchdown in the SEC Championship Bold adjoin Alabama aftermost year. So far through six games, Goolsby has aloof 9 catches for 78 yards, but the acceptable account is that 6 of those receptions (for 35 yards) came in the aftermost game. Maybe that’s a assurance his opportunities will increase. He could be a key contributor to accepting this casual bold activity over the additional half.
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