GatorCountry.com · Sep 9, 2021
Rick Wells: Loyal teammate, patient worker and a touchdown scorer
UF receiver Rick Wells scores his first career touchdown against FAU on Sept. 4., 2021. GatorCountry photo by David Bowie.Rick Wells’ college career is a classic story of perseverance, loyalty and, eventually, triumph.
The wide receiver from Jacksonville was one of Jim McElwain’s first commits at Florida, but his career couldn’t have gotten off to much worse of a start.
He didn’t play at all in either 2016 or 2017. He was involved in a couple of off-the-field incidents, one of which got him suspended for the entire 2017 season.