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Gators in the NFL: Dante Fowler Jr. records two sacks; Trey Burton, Jaylen Watkins, Mike Gillislee Super-Bowl bound

For most of Sunday afternoon, it looked like former Florida football player Dante Fowler Jr. would get a chance to play in the Super Bowl.

His underdog Jacksonville Jaguars, with a coach who had never been to the playoffs prior to this season and a quarterback who had never even won more than five NFL games in a calendar year, marched into a cold, hostile environment in Foxborough and outplayed the mighty New England Patriots for the first three quarters.

Gators in the NFL: Fowler Jr. fired up as Jags advance to AFC Championship
Gators in the NFL: Fowler Jr. fired up as Jags advance to AFC Championship

Fowler Jr.