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What Russ Callaway’s rise to co-offensive coordinator does and doesn’t mean

Florida reportedly is in the process of making tight ends coach Russ Callaway into its new co-offensive coordinator. Jacob Rudner of 247Sports was first with the news.

It’s worth starting with what we still don’t know.

We don’t know if Callaway will have play-calling duties. I would bet against it for a few of reasons, one of which I’ll get into later. Principally, Napier told the voice of the Gators Sean Kelley earlier this month that he wants to keep being the play caller. Napier also told Andy Staples at SEC Media Days last summer that calling plays is “as close as I can get to playing the game”, and, “I really believe it’s a way to keep a hand on the identity of your team”.