Football

Florida Gators football sneaks into final top 25 polls of 2015 season

The Florida Gators (10-4) were embarrassed in three straight games to end the 2015 campaign, getting outscored a combined 97-24 in losses to Florida State (27-2), Alabama (29-15) and Michigan (41-7). Still,...

Fastbreak: Two-faced Florida Gators fight for big 68-62 win over Ben Simmons-led LSU

No one can truly put a finger on the 2015-16 Florida Gators basketball team. In one week, it dominated an SEC road opener against its rival, got blown out while giving little-to-no...

Florida Gators announce offseason surgery for six players, including Martez Ivey, Brandon Powell

The Florida Gators were blessed with top-notch health for much of the season but that deteriorated – as it often does – late in the 2015 campaign with multiple players sitting out...

Florida’s Keanu Neal joins Vernon Hargreaves III as Gators DBs leaving early for 2016 NFL Draft

Florida Gators junior safety Keanu Neal announced Wednesday that he has decided to leave school early and declare for the 2016 NFL Draft. “I’ve decided to forgo my senior year, and enter...

Four-star DT Shavar Manuel commits to Florida

Four-star defensive tackle Shavar Manuel (Bradenton, FL), the No. 42 overall player in the Class of 2016, announced Tuesday that he has committed to the Florida Gators. Manuel (6-foot-4, 290 pounds) chose...

LB Jeremi Powell leaving Florida Gators early

Junior linebacker Jeremi Powell has decided to leave the Florida Gators with a year of eligibility remaining in order to pursue “a future outside of the game,” according to a release from...

Purdue QB Austin Appleby says he will join Florida Gators as graduate transfer

Former Purdue Boilermakers quarterback Austin Appleby has decided to move on to the Florida Gators as a graduate transfer, the player announced Monday night. As a graduate transfer, Appleby would be a...

Florida Gators football to welcome 12 early enrollees from Class of 2016

If Florida Gators football needs one thing, it’s an influx of talent, and the program will be able to get started on that path this week as it welcomes 12 mid-year enrollees...

Quick Hits: Florida Gators embarrassed by Michigan 41-7 in Citrus Bowl rout

No. 19 Florida Gators (10-4) football played terribly for its fifth consecutive game as the No. 14 Michigan Wolverines ran wild on Friday to pull off a dominant 41-7 victory in the...

WATCH — Tale of two fakes: Florida Gators fail (miserably), succeed (amazingly) on trick plays

The first quarter of the 2016 Citrus Bowl featured two trick plays called by Florida Gators coach Jim McElwain. Simply put, the first one failed miserably while the second was arguably the...