It’s a sadly routine occurrence that football teams lose players to injury. The cliche that soon follows is, “next man up”, but in the case of starters, seldom does that next man turn out to be as good as the one who went down. Some players are simply less replaceable than others.
Here are my picks for the three players who would be the hardest to replace on the 2021 Gator football team should bad injury luck strike.
To be clear, they’re not necessarily the three best players. Zachary Carter will be in the running for best player on the defense, but UF has plenty of edge rushers.