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How Florida’s pass catching distribution in 2019 worked and what to expect in 2020

One question I returned to several times during the 2019 offseason was how Florida was going to distribute the ball to its large number of good passing targets.

There were going to be four senior and two junior wide receivers, all of whom had played big snaps in big games before. There were the up-and-comers in Kyle Pitts and Jacob Copeland, plus a good option out of the backfield in Lamical Perine. That’s a lot of mouths to feed in an offense that likes to run more than half the time.

The solution turned out fairly simple: the team couldn’t run a lick except for a few explosive plays here and there, so the Gators increasingly turned to the pass.