Standing in the locker room of Hard Rock Stadium after the Florida Gators Orange Bowl win over Virginia Trey Dean was introspective.
The 2018 season had seen Dean thrust into a starting role after Marco Wilson tore his ACL in the third game of the season. Dean performed well given that he was just a freshman and expectations for what his sophomore season would hold started to climb.
Then Dean was asked to move to Star, a position that Chauncey Gardner-Johnson had held down the season before and it was a struggle.
Dean went from everyday starter to coming off the bench and playing sparingly.