The future is bright for Florida with DJ Lagway under center. The true freshman QB put together an impressive 2024 season and is expected to be one of the top QB’s in the nation in 2025! pic.twitter.com/E9HHO4NAk8
— College Football Live (@CollegeFBonX) March 2, 2025
The upcoming college football season is packed with intrigue, no doubt, as the nation’s favorite gridiron gang returns to the field this fall.
From players to head coaches to athletic directors — and even including members of the media — there is no shortage of characters to play lead roles in the 2025 campaign’s dramatic unveiling. With just one week remaining before Week 0’s opening kickoff, The Athletic’s senior writer Joe Rexrode put together his list of the top 25 most interesting college football people.
Among those selected was Florida Gators sophomore quarterback DJ Lagway, who carries the weight of the entire program on his shoulders heading into his first year as a true starter. His late-season heroics last fall helped save Billy Napier’s head coaching job while also snapping a streak of futility for the Orange and Blue.
Expectations remain high for the gunslinger out of Willis, Texas, but injuries have unfortunately ruled the narrative surrounding him of late.
“Unfortunately, some of the intrigue relates to Lagway’s preseason injuries, and he’s had a few of them dating to the hamstring he pulled last season against Georgia,” Rexrode begins. “That’s the only game the Gators lost with him as a starter, winning the other six, and there’s plausible hope that he can turn the Gators into a Playoff contender and cement Billy Napier as the long-term answer in Gainesville.”
“He’s a potentially special player. But he has to play. In less than a month, it’s Florida at LSU, at night,” he concludes.
Rexrode’s colleague Ralph D. Russo at The…
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