Tag Archives: Florida Football

UF’s Mark Thompson Motivated For The Fall

Mark Thompson, Florida’s running back, ended the season with scoring an 85-yard touchdown in the Outback Bowl against Iowa.  Thompson wants to continue his strong offensive play into spring practices and into the season. 2016 Season Thompson transferred to Florida from Dodge City Community College in Kansas.  In his first …

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Four-Star DT Elijah Conliffe Commits to Florida

On Tuesday afternoon, in a gymnasium full of friends and family, four-star defensive tackle Elijah Conliffe used blue and orange streamers to announced his commitment to the University of Florida. New Gator Four-star DT Elijah Conliffe (@ElijahPrime) chooses #UF over Tennessee, Penn State pic.twitter.com/vYz1oOo1Os — ESPNGainesville WRUF (@ESPNGainesville) January 31, …

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Surprised Gators Promote Randy Shannon To Defensive Coordinator? You Shouldn’t Be

Florida’s head coach, Jim McElwain, announced Friday morning that Randy Shannon would be making the move to defensive coordinator. The Miami-native coached the Gator linebackers for the past two seasons. Also during that time he was the associate head coach and co-defensive coordinator. He stepped in as the interim defensive coordinator …

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Was The Outback Bowl Randy Shannon’s Campaign To Become Florida’s Permanent Defensive Coordinator?

TAMPA, Fla.—On Monday afternoon, the Florida football team put an exclamation point to the end of its season after defeating Iowa in the Outback Bowl. At the end of regulation, the scoreboard showed Florida-30 Iowa-3. This 27 point win margin marked a new program record for Florida—fewest points allowed in a bowl game. There’s …

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