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Luke Del Rio stayed humble and ready for his opportunity

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LEXINGTON, Ky. — A few months ago, facing two separate shoulder surgeries Florida Gators quarterback Luke Del Rio contemplated if it was worth it. At media day before the season Del Rio said he never officially quit but rehab isn’t fun and he knew he had a long road ahead.

Del Rio chose to come back for his fifth year of college football, third at Florida and went into a quarterback competition. He missed spring practice recovering from those shoulder surgeries and watched Feleipe Franks start to pull away with the job coming out of spring camp. Playing catch up, Del Rio came back in fall camp and went back to work trying to take that first snap against Michigan.