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#51
#51
Volizona said:
How come the Gators aren’t allowed to have a full decade of dysfunction like us? They always seem to restock after only a few bad years. Can’t we give them some friendly advice on how to completely destroy their program for a longer period of time?
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Pruitt and Butch weren’t available when their openings occurred.
 
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#52
WillisWG said:
The Gators gained 700 pounds of muscle in the offseason, a 120-pound increase from the 2024 number of 580, while losing around 200 pounds of fat, according to strength and conditioning coach Tyler Miles.

only included those who gained or lost at least five pounds and organized it by position and the biggest weight gain.

QB Tramell Jones Jr.: 203 (+9)
QB DJ Lagway: 247 pounds (+6)
RB Duke Clark: 211 pounds (+21)
RB Treyaun Webb: 217 pounds (+5)
WR Tank Hawkins: 178 pounds (+9)
WR Aidan Mizell: 185 pounds (+9)
WR Vernell Brown III: 178 pounds (+6)
WR Eugene Wilson III: 194 pounds (+5)
TE Cameron Kossmann: 245 pounds (+9)
TE Amir Jackson: 235 pounds (+6)
OL Marcus Mascoll: 308 pounds (+15)
OL Jahari Medlock: 321 pounds (+13)
OL Jake Slaughter: 303 pounds (+9)
OL Fletcher Westphal: 342 pounds (+6)
OL Bryce Lovett: 321 pounds (-5)
OL Kamryn Waites: 364 pounds (-6)
OL Austin Barber: 314 pounds (-8)
EDGE Jayden Woods: 248 pounds (+8)
EDGE Kofi Asare: 251 pounds (+5)
DL Brien Taylor Jr.: 294 pounds (+16)
DL Jeramiah McCloud: 294 pounds (+15)
DL Jamari Lyons: 318 pounds (+10)
DL Tarvorise Brown: 296 pounds (+6)
DL Michai Boireau: 349 pounds (-6)
LB Ty Jackson: 221 pounds (+5)
LB Jaden Robinson: 226 pounds (-6)
DB Ben Hanks III: 192 pounds (+12)
DB Micheal Caraway Jr.: 196 pounds (+12)
DB Drake Stubbs: 207 pounds (+10)
DB Aaron Gates: 198 pounds (+9)
DB Dijon Johnson: 204 pounds (+8)
DB Cormani McClain: 189 pounds (+7)
DB Teddy Foster: 188 pounds (+6)

Superlatives

Biggest weight gain: RB Duke Clark: +21
Biggest weight loss: OL Austin Barber: -8
Heaviest player: OL Damieon George Jr.: 364 pounds
Lightest player: K Evan Noel: 165 pounds
Tallest player: OL Kamryn Waites, OL Fletcher Westphal: 6-8
Shortest player: DB Vincent Brown Jr.: 5-7
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Wow. That seems like a lot of weight to be carrying around. He's approaching Jared Lorenzen type numbers, I think he was listed at 260 at KY.
 
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#61
mitzustu said:
Their offensive roster is loaded at QB/WR/RB/OL

Their deficient position is TE
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Best offensive roster in some time, probably since Mullen’s 2020 team that had Kyle Pitts, Kadarius Toney, Perine, Kyle Trask and some others.

Also agree TE is probably the least elite position group, although Hayden Hanson is a serviceable SEC Tight End (27 career catches, 3 TD’s). He’s solid but not spectacular.
 
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Aesius said:
It's interesting to think about what current HS recruits think of Florida right now and what the average memory span is for them.

How many of them even distinctly remember the Mullen era? I guess their incredibly short memories is both a blessing and a curse for programs. The Tebow/Meyer years might as well have happened in the 1980s for a current HS recruit, although it may help a bit that Tebow is still a public figure. 1998 is even more ancient and completely irrelevant to a junior in HS.

With the Vols, Heupel has already been here long enough that HS recruits see Tennessee as HIS program. They remember 2021-2024 and probably not much before that. So to a large degree, we are free from the negative perception that haunted us from 2008-2020.
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Interesting point. Related - three of Florida’s most promising young players all had Dad’s who played for Spurrier: DB Ben Hanks Jr, WR Vernell Brown III, LB Myles Graham. Napier is benefiting from the timing of Spurrier’s era.
 
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#63
imw8n4u said:
Wow. That seems like a lot of weight to be carrying around. He's approaching Jared Lorenzen type numbers, I think he was listed at 260 at KY.
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You’re not the first one to say he (Lagway) is too heavy. He’s not running around fat by any means, but I may be time to lay off the weightlifting. Not built at all like J-Load, more like Tebow/AR. But is all that weightlifting causing some of these soft tissue injuries? You’d think Billy and staff would be smart enough to figure that out.
 
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Jaws said:
You’re not the first one to say he (Lagway) is too heavy. He’s not running around fat by any means, but I may be time to lay off the weightlifting. Not built at all like J-Load, more like Tebow/AR. But is all that weightlifting causing some of these soft tissue injuries? You’d think Billy and staff would be smart enough to figure that out.
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If that 6' 2" number is correct then it would seem to be about 20 lbs heavy. Be interesting to watch his mobility and late game energy in that Florida heat and humidity.
 
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Redleg68 said:
If that 6' 2" number is correct then it would seem to be about 20 lbs heavy. Be interesting to watch his mobility and late game energy in that Florida heat and humidity.
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6’3” 247 is what he’s officially listed at.

Agree, late game energy, stamina, will be something to watch, especially since he hasn’t been full-go in camp. If you can’t go full speed, you can’t replicate game conditions or get into game shape.
 
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Jaws said:
6’3” 247 is what he’s officially listed at.

Agree, late game energy, stamina, will be something to watch, especially since he hasn’t been full-go in camp. If you can’t go full speed, you can’t replicate game conditions or get into game shape.
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Don't the players try to come in heavy at the beginning of the season because they will be losing some of their gains during the season?

I think I heard that the ability to commit so much time to lifting and training is much more limited during the season.
 
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mitzustu said:
Desmond Watson. His NFL team is making him sit preseason games until he achieves their desired weight.
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Had to look it up. Guy was 464 @ UF. Down to 430 now.

He was there to take up space and be an immovable object while at Florida.
 
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