Jake Slaughter gets real after Billy Napier's firing

Jake Slaughter, DJ Lagway, and Myles Graham spoke with the media on Monday giving their first reactions since their head coach bid his farewell.

Samford v Florida | James Gilbert/GettyImages“He taught us all about how to be a good man, a good ball player, how to take care of each other, and he left an imprint on our character.” Those were the words of Senior Jake Slaughter when talking about what former Gator head Coach Billy Napier meant to him.

While many fans were celebrating Napier’s firing online, Slaughter described the Gator locker room as being somber and upset.

Jake Slaughter speaks on Billy Napier's firing

“I can identify with a lot of our guys and we were all pretty upset about…