Florida Team Preview: 2010 Season

It's LAT (life after Tebow) time at Florida. Just because Tebow is gone does not mean the Gators are not still stacked with talent. John Brantley is the chosen new leader for the Florida offense. He might not be the bruiser runner that Tebow was but his arm makes up for it as he can virtually make any throw on the field. They keep four out of five offensive line starters from last year's team. The biggest problem they have on comes along the defensive line since they lost there top two pass rushers in Jermaine Cunningham and Carlos Dunlap but Florida recruits among the best as any other team in the nation and expect Ronald Powell to come in and play right away. The secondary is the strongest on the defense and is led by Will Hill. Florida might not have the talent level they did last year but that doesn't mean that opponents will not be circling them on the schedule. They might have a "down" year in terms of florida standards for not making it to the Georgia Dome but Florida will still be feared by many.

2010 Schedule and Predicted results:
September 4 Miami (OH)               35-0 W
September 11 South Florida           24-14 W
September 18 @Tennessee             27-3 W
September 25 Kentucky                 28-27 W
October 2 @ Alabama                   10-17 L
October 9 LSU                              28-24 W
October 16 Ole Miss                     38-31 W
October 30 vs Georgia                  45-20 W
November 6 @ Vanderbilt             35-7 W
November 13 South Carolina        14-21 L
November 20 Appalachian State   49-20 W
November 27 Florida State          35-34 W

Predicted Results: 10-2 Overall 6-2 SEC, Second place in East Division.

Projected Depth Chart

Offense
QB- John Brantley (pictured right)
RB- Jeff Demps
WR- Deonte Thompson
WR- Carl Moore
WR- Chris Rainey
TE- Jordan Reed
OT- Xavier Nixson
OT- Marcus Gilbert
OG- Carl Johnson
OG- James Wilson
C- Mike Pouncey
K- Caleb Sturgis

Defense
DE- Duke Lemmens
DE- Justin Trattou
DT- Jaye Howard
DT- Lawerence Marsh
LB- A.J. Jones
LB- Brandon Hicks
LB- Jon Bostic
CB- Janoris Jenkins
CB- Moses Jenkins
FS-Ahmad Black
SS- Will Hill (pictured below)
P- Chas Henry

2009 Stat Leaders
QB- Tim Tebow 213-314 cmp-att 2895-yards 67.8-comp% 21-td 5-int 910-rushing yards
RB- Jeff Demps 99-car 745-yards 7.5-ypc 7-td
RB- Chris Rainey 89-car 575-yards 6.5-ypc 5-td
WR- Riley Cooper 51-rec 961-yards 18.8-ypr 9-td
WR- Aaron Hernandez 68-rec 850-yards 12.5-ypr 5-td

2010 Recruiting Recap

Top 3 Prospects
DE- Ronald Powell      *****
DT- Dominique Easley  *****
DB- Matt Elam             *****