Florida had one NFL Draft pick in 2025, but it was a first round selection in Ricky Pearsall. This year, the Gators had no one taken in the first three rounds but still ended up with a healthy seven guys taken.
Those events are unusual enough, but UF in this draft really showed how times have changed with how talent moves work in the last few years. Let’s look at some specific history to put this in context.
I am today looking specifically at drafts that happened after a head coach’s third season. The 2025 draft, after all, was the one after Billy Napier’s third campaign.