Good Morning Gators: One UF player named to Preseason All-SEC team
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Florida placed one football player on the 2022 Preseason All-SEC team selected by USA TODAY Sports Network experts who cover the league.
Alabama led the conference with six players, Georgia had five selections and Tennessee and Texas A&M both placed three players apiece.
The Gators’ lone selection was outside linebacker Brenton Cox Jr., who made the All-SEC team as a defensive lineman. Cox recorded 41 total tackles in each of the past two years at UF, although he was not 100 percent in 2021.
Cox doubled his sack total from 2020 (4.0) last year, leading the Gators with 8.5 sacks and 14.5 tackles-for-loss. He ranked first in the league in TFL among outside linebackers and second in sacks behind Alabama’s Derick Hall.
As a team, the Gators were picked to finish fifth in the SEC East by the USA TODAY Sports Network. Georgia was projected as the division champion, followed by Tennessee, Kentucky and South Carolina, while Alabama was picked to win the West and SEC title.
In other Florida football news
- Four players have changed jersey numbers for the 2022 season, including one of the top returning players on offense.
- The first look at the jersey numbers for Florida football’s new freshmen and transfers who enrolled this summer.
- Florida quarterback Anthony Richardson is moving away from his “AR-15” branding, he announced on Sunday afternoon.
- Game-by-game predictions for the Gators‘ regular season record in 2022 from ESPN’s Football Power Index.
UF recruiting roundup
- Recruiting is now an afterthought for IMG Academy offensive lineman Knijeah Harris, who is locked in with the Gators.
- One of the premier 2024 wide receivers in the Sunshine State, James Randle, has plans to return to Gainesville.
- Elite 2024 running back Kameron Davis breaks down his recent offer from UF and first experience at the Swamp.
- Local 2024 defensive lineman Kendall Jackson set for another up-close look at the Gators later this month.
Gators sports roundup
- Sterlin Thompson was drafted 31st overall by the Colorado Rockies, the highest a Florida outfielder has ever been selected.
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Gators Twitter updates
- Knijeah Harris reiterates his commitment status with the Gators:
- Throwing it back to some Tim Tebow highlights against FSU:
