A week ago, Gator Nation was riding high. The football program scored its biggest win in years and looked poised to return to national prominence. And a host of former Gators were pegged as breakout candidates in the National Football League.
But as we all know too well, life doesn’t follow a script.
The Gators ended up with 35 players on active NFL rosters for Week 1 after the Cardinals signed Max Garcia off the Giants’ practice squad and the Texans elevated Jeff Driskel from their own practice squad. According to Spotrac, that places Florida ninth among all colleges and universities.