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Buzz for Gators’ backup Anthony Richardson not lost on Dan Mullen as he weighs UF’s QB situation

GAINESVILLE — Based on the cheers Saturday night at the Swamp and subsequent buzz around Gator Nation, Florida fans are ready for Anthony Richardson to be the Gators’ quarterback.

The redshirt freshman’s scintillating showing off the bench to open the season against FAU eclipsed Emory Jones’ long-awaited debut as the team’s starter.

Richardson was extraordinary during a handful of series for UF while Jones was fairly ordinary the rest of the Gators’ 35-14 win.

Richardson showed breakaway speed on a 73-yard run and eye-popping athleticism during an 11-yard scamper, ending with him hurdling a defender. A 36-yard completion to Ja’Markis Weston was UF’s longest pass play and twice the distance of Jones’ longest toss, an 18-yard hookup with Trent Whittemore.