Dooley’s Dozen: 12 great Gators whose performances were wasted

Pat Dooley takes a look at a dozen of the best Florida football players whose noble efforts went for naught on disappointing teams.

This is a tough one.

It’s difficult because I am not sure how to present it.

It’s something I was thinking about the other day because in the history of Florida football, there have been great players on teams that were not so great.

But I don’t want to say their talents were wasted. Or do I? No, in almost every case, that player went on to success one way or another.

Still, these were players that were better than their records.

So, here you have it for the latest Dooley’s Dozen, 12 Gator football players that Florida didn’t get the most out of. Dang, that sounds too negative. OK, 12 players who were great on mediocre teams?

Whatever we want to call it, here it is.