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Florida football: Better Know a Gator: BUCK LB Jonathan Greenard

A minor piece of business to get out of the way first – Greenard’s last name is pronounced “Gri-nard,” not “Green-nard.”

No. 58 will fill the BUCK LB role this season for the Gators, meaning Grantham will expect him to put pressure on the opposing QBs much like last year’s BUCK, Jachai Polite, who turned 19.5 tackles-for-loss and 11.0 sacks into a third-round draft selection by the New York Jets in this past spring’s NFL Draft.

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Greenard redshirted in his first year on campus, but saw action in 12 games in 2016, posting 22 tackles and 2.