Florida’s Jamari Lyons returns from a devastating ankle injury that cost him the 2024 season. Now on the 2025 Comeback Player of the Year watch list, the defensive lineman is ready to anchor the Gators’ defense.

Florida football newcomers Dallas Wilson and Jayden Woods were named to the 247Sports Preseason True Freshman All-America Team for 2025.

As far as the Cowboys are concerned, Yates had them picking at 13 and gave them Florida Gators defensive tackle Caleb Banks.

Lagway was viewed as the potential savior of the Florida football program when he committed to the school. He was an elite five-star recruit hailing from Willis, Texas in the 2024 class and was ranked as the No. 1 quarterback and the No. 3 overall player in the nation by 247 Sports.

Florida quarterback DJ Lagway handled snaps during 11-on-11 drills for the first time since the Gators opened preseason practice July 30.

His .813 winning percentage remains a high-water mark that current coach Billy Napier is still striving to reach. Against rivals Georgia, LSU and Florida State, Meyer posted a 13-5 record over six seasons. Those victories helped cement his reputation nationally and elevated expectations that Florida still chases today.

Ray Graves coached up teams with a promising Tennessean quarterback to the Sugar Bowl in 1965 and the Orange Bowl in 1966. Ever since, the middles of decades have been kind to the UF program.

Florida football had eight players named to the 2025 Preseason Coaches All-SEC Team ahead of the opening kickoff.

Coming from a town of just 94 people, it was humble beginnings for Florida center Jake Slaughter. An inside look at his road from Sparr to an All-American.

The Gators’ roster is littered with experience, returning 15 starters from a team that went 8-5 and finished the year with four consecutive wins. Where UF isn’t bringing anyone back, though, it is welcoming top-rated talent like freshman receiver Dallas Wilson and UCLA receiver J.

GAINESVILLE, Fla.-- Ahead of his induction to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, former Florida Gators men's basketball coach Billy Donovan is set to be honored by the university during the football team's season opener against Long Island on Aug. 30.