Florida football places 16 players on Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List

Thanks to the NCAA transfer portal and some eligibility tweaks, the Gators have a large number of players on the Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List.

Florida football has 16 players on the 2024 Reese’s Senior Bowl Watch List, according to an announcement made on Wednesday. The Gators who made the list include one graduate, four redshirt seniors, seven seniors, three redshirt juniors and one junior.

The Orange and Blue have steadily increased their presence on the list over the past three years, earning six selections in 2022 and nine in 2023 before nearly doubling that this year. The NCAA transfer portal has provided Florida with more than half of those mentioned on this year’s honor roll.

This will be the second year that all draft-eligible players are included in the talent pool and the first year that underclassmen were included on the watch list. Shemar James is the only third-year player included on Florida’s list.

A total of 116 Gators have participated in the Senior Bowl throughout its 75-year history.

Full Florida Senior Bowl Watch List roster

POS NAME YEAR
QB  Graham Mertz  R-Sr.
RB  Montrell Johnson Jr.  Sr.
WR  Elijhah Badger  Sr.
WR  Chimere Dike  Sr.
OL  Damieon George Jr.  R-Jr.
OL  Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson  R-Sr.
DL  Caleb Banks  R-Jr.
DL  Cam Jackson  Sr.
DL  Joey Slackman  Gr.
LB  Shemar James  Jr.
ILB  R.J. Moten  Sr.
DB  Jason Marshall Jr.  Sr.
DB  Trikweze Bridges  R-Sr.
DB  Asa Turner  R-Sr.
P  Jeremy Crawshaw  Sr.
LS  Rocco Underwood  R-Jr.

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