Walter Clayton Jr. has been the star for Florida, and while he's led the Gators to the men's Final Four for the first time since 2014, the senior guard could have been in Gainesville much earlier in his college career.
The only difference is he would've been wearing cleats and sporting the iconic orange helmet with the "Gators" script.
It's a rewarding feeling for every player to make the Final Four, but there's more to it for Clayton. Making it to San Antonio fulfills a bet he made on himself. People didn't see a future on a basketball court, and as they laid out a path to college for him, he stuck to his gut, and created his own road toward success.