Percy Harvin carried the ball 11 times for 113 yards and two touchdowns and also caught 9 passes for 110 yards receiving, becoming the first player in school history to have over 100 yards rushing and receiving in the same game. After halftime, though, things changed in The Swamp. Starters are marked with an asterisk (*). Trask set a single-season school record with five 400-yard passing games; he was one of two FBS players this year and one of two SEC players (Mac Jones) since at least 1996 with five such games in a season. At home in Charlotte, North Carolina, he also worked with the Boys and Girls Club and the Steele Creek Youth Athletic Association, served as an inspirational speaker with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and spoke at area middle schools encouraging students to stay focused on their goals. [6], Cooper was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies out of high school in the 15th round of the 2006 MLB Draft. The result was successful with the team winning its last two games against ranked competition. Cooper didn't record a single reception in 7 of 16 games.[17]. The only player in school history responsible for more in a season is Tim Tebow (55 in 2007). [10], Overall, the Gators put together a historically dominating performance. Join our linker program. Thats the biggest question surrounding Gator football as we head into spring practice, David said. The biggest addition for this Gators football roster, an immediate starter for an offensive line that has struggled the last few seasons, would still be an immediate start on a very good offensive line anywhere in the country, David said. On the ensuing punt, Brandon James took the return 83 yards for Gator touchdown. The 2008 Florida Gators were a team that went down in the History of College Football. The Gators rallied back with a quick touchdown but were never able to take the lead. With the victory, Florida leads the series 40-17-0 and has beaten Kentucky twenty one consecutive years in football, the third longest active streak in Division I-FBS. Cooper was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the son of Larry and Monica Cooper. [12] The Gator victory broke both a two-game losing streak to the Rebels and a three-game losing streak in games played in the state of Mississippi. LSU moved the ball right before the half, but kicker Colt David missed a 43-yard field goal. We saw it in just some of the short highlights from last camp, and that is a continue this spring.. 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Click here to take a moment and familiarize yourself with our Community Guidelines. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Gators Breakdown: Top 4 Offensive Players for Spring, Texas A&M guard Hassan Diarra (5) celebrates his game-winning shot against Florida with teammates Tyrece Radford (23), Aaron Cash (0) and Andre Gordon (20) after an NCAA college basketball game at the Southeastern Conference tournament in Tampa, Fla., Thursday, March 10, 2022. The 2008 Florida Gators, a team that featured Aaron Hernandez and Tim Tebow, won the BCS championship, but 41 of the 121 players on that roster have been arrested. Since Leak was a drop-back passer and not the ideal choice to run Meyer's spread option offense, Meyer tweaked the offense to tailor it to Leak's abilities after the Gators struggled midway through its schedule. Gators Breakdown: Latest roster and staff moves | Last look at 2021 Watch on David Waters and Will Miles have the latest on players and coaches coming and leaving for Billy Napier's first season. We only know that it will be different. The 49ers cut him from the practice squad after two months, and then he spent time as a reserve for Seattle until May 2017. Henderson was probably held back somewhat by a struggling passing game last season. As players began trickling out in November, Napier noted that many of them wanted to contribute more elsewhere. Johnson has spent most of the last two seasons cheering on teammates from the bench as he remained enrolled in school and on scholarship. Trasks 69 career touchdown passes rank sixth in school history, while his 7,386 career passing yards and 552 career completions rank eighth in school history, and his 813 career attempts rank 10th in school history. The Gators competed in Division I-A of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. From 1999 to 2002, Sheppard snatched eight interceptions six his sophomore year and two his junior year for 186 yards and a touchdown, while also 49 Keiwan Ratliff played during a transitional time in Gainesville, when the "Head Ball Coach" Steve Spurrier handed the baton to the infamous Ron Zook, which was a tumultuous time in Florida football history. As the University of Florida dominated college football for the better half of a decade under Coach Urban Meyer, the Gators accumulated numbers of victories and accolades and championships. According to The New York Times, 41 members of the 2008 Gators have been arrested. Previous Year Next Year. Agree or disagree with something weve said? We present them here for purely educational purposes. He also set a new school record for rushing touchdowns by a QB in a game with 5 breaking the old record held by ex-Florida QB Jesse Palmer. Tim Tebow finished 14-19 passing for 299 yards with 2 TDs and 1 INT and rushed for 62 yards and 2 more TDs, and was awarded as the Walter Camp Foundation national offensive player of the week. A second portal window opens after spring practice, creating the possibility for additional departures. [6] However, Leak only saw playtime during the final game of the preseason, where he completed eleven of sixteen passes for 88 yards, an interception and a touchdown. That 3rd-quarter touchdown was the second rushing TD of the contest for Gator QB Tim Tebow and his 22nd of the year, tying the NCAA Division I-FBS record for most rushing touchdowns in a season by a quarterback. He spent time with New York (Giants), Baltimore (twice), Kansas City (twice), Tennessee and Houston before being released in December of 2022. [12], The Vanderbilt Commodores traveled to Gainesville for the first time since 2005 where they nearly came away with a win in overtime. Despite suffering a fractured hand on that run,[19] he remained in the game and threw his third touchdown pass of the game in the 4th quarter, giving him 5 total TDs in the contest and 51 for the season. Cooper caught his first NFL touchdown in a game against the Tennessee Titans. The first of these five rushing touchdowns broke the school record for most rushing touchdowns. That sequence would set the tone for the rest of the game. The FAU Owls traveled to Gainesville for the first meeting between the two teams. Former NFL star Aaron Hernandez is found dead in his prison cell Watch on Videos you may like FOLLOW US ); : In all, Tebow accounted for all 4 Gator touchdowns and 427 of his team's 507 total yards. Florida School History; Schedule & Results; Roster; Game Logs; Splits; . He put it inside the 20-yard line 90 times and booted the ball over 50 yards just as many times. He was drafted again in 2009 - in the twenty-fifth round,[7] the seven-hundred and fifty-fourth player chosen that year - after which he signed a deal to play baseball for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball but decided to delay his MLB career and returned to play football for the Gators football team in 2009. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. 1998 - 2023 University Athletic Assoc., Inc., FOX Sports Sun & IMG College. All rights reserved. You can catch up on previous episodes of Gators Breakdown at News4JAX.com/GatorsBreakdown or click one of the following to tune in: Megaphone | Apple Podcasts | YouTube | Google Podcasts | Stitcher. February 19, 2023 7:06 pm ET. [13] [4] Instead, Meyer publicly endorsed Leak as the starting quarterback and confirmed Tim Tebow would be the back-up. In 2016, Hill was suspended 10 games for failing a drug test. . While they happened to have America's Golden Boy, they also had a roster full of trouble-makers. He was hired as the head coach of the football team at Edgewater High School in Orlando, Florida, in February 2016. This was the 82nd meeting between the two teams, with the Tigers bringing their record in the UF-Auburn series to 42382 all-time. Florida leads the all-time series 31-19-2. Very, very somber locker room, obviously. Part of the recruiting process for them was to identify within their own roster whos on board and whos not, Luginbill said. After short stints with Kansas City, Atlanta and Cleveland, Taylor played for the Orlando Apollos in the Alliance of American Football and was coached by Steve Spurrier in 2018. [20] In October 2016, the 16-year-old victim declined to press charges and the investigation was closed. READ MORE: Floridas Johnson gets ceremonial start on senior day vs UK. Spurrier's new team upset his old team in 2005, and only a blocked last-second field goal kept him from repeating that feat in Gainesville in 2006. He was a full-time starter in his sophomore year (2011) and finished with 176 tackles, including 23.5 tackles for a loss through 26 starts and 39 appearances. The official 2008 Football Roster for the Florida Gators Gators. Senior day in the Swamp saw the Gators start strong, scoring four touchdowns and a field goal on their first five possessions en route to a 4512 victory over the in-state rival Florida State Seminoles. Florida has lacked explosive run plays, and Bowman can bring that capability. His NFL career never took off after being drafted in the sixth round by San Francisco. It was also the first game in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium after the Gators won their 2006 SEC and national championships. Eight transferred, while a ninth, safety Rashad Torrence, made the somewhat surprising decision to declare for the NFL draft after three collegiate seasons. "Hamilton Tiger-Cats sign former Florida Gators quarterback Chris Leak," Canoe.com (June 3, 2008). Eleanor Roosevelt Raiders (Greenbelt) EDGE6-526836yrs. He signed a reserve/future contract with the Jags in 2021 but was cut once again at the end of training camp. : (); : He finished his career with over 11,000 yards punted and an average of 46.2 yards per punt. Florida Football: UF among 247Sports' top 12 rosters heading into 2023 GatorSports.com Schedule Teams SEC Alabama Arkansas Auburn Georgia LSU Tennessee Texas A&M ACC Clemson UNC Big Ten Iowa. In December 2004, Urban Meyer replaced Ron Zook as Florida's head coach and introduced Meyer's spread offense to the Gators. [5], As a sophomore, Cooper appeared in 10 games during the year with two starts in home contests against Tennessee and Auburn. Cooper caught eight passes, gaining 182 yards and scoring two total touchdowns in 2007. All Rights Reserved. Theres a chance these numbers are incomplete. He missed games against Georgia and Vanderbilt as a result of a broken finger suffered in the first quarter at Kentucky. He was waived after two years with the team and then signed with the Baltimore Ravens. Who the Gators choose will ultimately determine whether this much attrition was healthy. All rights reserved. The Rebels put up a valiant effort. Lloyd Carr coached his Wolverines for the final time with the announcement of his retirement shortly after his final regular season game against rival Ohio State. There are no statistics available for this player. Leak was listed on the SEC Academic Honor Roll each year he attended Florida, and was a finalist for the Draddy Trophy, also known as the "Academic Heisman" for college football players. Leak suffered an apparent injury early in the fourth quarter and did not return. The Gators would open the season in Gainesville against Wyoming from the Mountain West Conference. However, following a disappointing loss to the unranked Mississippi State Bulldogs and an on-campus confrontation with fraternity members, head coach Ron Zook was fired. 2007 Florida Gators Stats. Leak played professionally for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League (NFL), the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League (CFL), and the Jacksonville Sharks and Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League (AFL). The XFL plays on Saturdays and Sundays through the spring with the playoffs beginning at the end of April. Leak is remembered for volunteering with children in the Goodwill Gators Program, encouraging them to put school first and avoid drug use. During his freshman season in 2006, Cooper served as the "gunner" on special teams and played in 13 of the 14 games for the Gators. "[20] In the aftermath, the Philadelphia Eagles fined Cooper an undisclosed amount, but still allowed him to resume activities with the team.[21]. And Jordan Herald was announced as associate director of creative media, football recruiting. Is he healthy? Visit ESPN to view the Florida Gators team roster for the current season In July 2013, a video surfaced of Cooper being denied backstage access at a Kenny Chesney concert in the previous month. In a tweet first posted by NFL Memes, it was reported that 41 . Hester scored a short touchdown with 1:06 to play in the game, giving the Tigers a 2824 lead. [4] Lindsey is married to former University of Florida linebacker and current Detroit Lions linebacker Alex Anzalone. With the game already decided, the PAT was not tried and the Gators walked away with a 4537 victory. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Before the beginning of his 2006 senior season, there was speculation that Leak might not be the Gators' starting quarterback due to the emergence of talented freshman Tim Tebow. Tennessee's momentum was washed away by the roar of 90,000 Gator fans, and the home team never looked back. The 2005 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2005 college football season.The Gators competed in Division I-A of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville . In his only game in which he played for the Sharks, he completed 21-of-31 passes for 196 yards and five touchdowns in a 5228 victory over the Kansas City Command. [3], 2005 Southeastern Conference football standings, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2005_Florida_Gators_football_team&oldid=1119734172, $ BCS representative as conference champion. [note 1] The special teams chipped in with two blocked punts, and, after allowing an early touchdown, the young Gator defense shut out their opponents for the rest of the half. Woodson then found Lyons again on a 50-yard catch and run. He spent some time with Philadelphia and New England as well. [1] Leak was known for his quiet leadership as a quarterback, and was elected a team captain by his teammates two of his four years as a Gator.[3]. Finally, former Florida football head coach Ron Zook is the defensive coordinator for the Seattle Sea Dragons. 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