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Florida football held its fourth spring practice on Thursday at the Sanders Practice Fields. Here are three takeaways from the open portion of practice.
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Florida football held its fourth spring practice on Thursday at the Sanders Practice Field.
In all, the Florida Gators will hold 15 practices, culminating with the Orange & Blue game on April 12 at 1 p.m. at The Swamp.
Florida is coming off its first winning season since 2020, closing the 2024 season with four straight wins to finish 8-5.
Thursday marked the final spring practice for the Gators for 12 days. Due to spring break, Florida will skip practice for the next two Saturdays, as well as Tuesday and Thursday of next week.
Here are three takeaways from the open portion of practice:
Florida football WRs showing their speed
The Gators freshman wide receivers – Naeshaun Montgomery, Dallas Wilson and Vernell Brown III – came onto campus in January known for their speed.
It appeared that way at Thursday’s practice. At drills with WR coach Billy Gonzales, the three showed good speed, especially Brown.
Brown was a two-time state track qualifier at Jones in Orlando.
“He’s got what I can’t coach, alright, and that’s speed, there are a lot of guys too that are just… they’re fast, right,” analyst Joe Houston said. “And like anytime you are just trying to get creative to get your best athlete the ball in the open field and in that position, you are almost guaranteed to get it.”
Among other receiver notes, Eugene Wilson and Khaleil Jackson remained in black, non-contact practice jerseys.
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