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Beyond the trenches: Why Stewart Reese returned to Florida

When Stewart Reese made the decision to come to Florida as a graduate transfer out of Mississippi State, he wanted a return to normalcy. After two coaching changes in his four years in Starkville, he found comfort in reuniting with Dan Mullen and the staff he started his career with.

That was the only normal thing that happened over the year to come.

He was on spring break during his final semester at Mississippi State when COVID-19 hit. Then, spring break got extended by a week. Then, college campuses shut down for the remainder of the semester.