In college towns across America, the dream for a lot of young men is to play for the hometown school. Other high school kids want to get away from home to spread their wings (some too close to the sun).
Certainly at Florida, there is a rich history of Gainesville Gators, players who were in high school in the city and matriculated a few miles down the road to go to college.
With the recent commitment of [autotag]Creed Whittemore[/autotag], a Buchholz product, to Florida, we started thinking about the players who grew up in Gainesville playing football for the Gators.
Creed’s brother Trent is expected to be a big part of the 2022 Florida football season if he can stay away from injuries and there is nothing like being on a college football team with your brother.
Sometimes, getting the local kid to commit is easy. Sometimes, it takes a lot of effort. Still other times, you don’t know what is right down the road until it slaps you in the face.
Here is one man’s opinion on the 10 best from Gainesville to play for the Gators.