GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Fred Johnson heard an unfamiliar voice and immediately took notice.
Huddle up!
Johnson, Florida’s right guard, had become accustomed to the voices of quarterbacks Feleipe Franks, Luke Del Rio and Kyle Trask from practicing with them. But the most recent addition to the Gators had just arrived for an informal session earlier this summer, and he sounded as if he’d done this sort of thing before.
“Oooh,” Johnson remembers thinking. “Here comes the new guy.”
The new guy knows he’s expected to come in and win the starting job. After all, Malik Zaire graduated and left Notre Dame—where Brandon Wimbush will take over as the starting quarterback—to seek a place where he could start.