After handling Tennessee last week with relative ease, Dan Mullen has opted to leave the Florida depth chart untouched for a road game at Kentucky.
Losing senior linebacker Ventrell Miller forced the only major shake-up on Florida’s depth chart this year. Mohamoud Diabate has not only assumed Miller’s starting position but he’s taken over the leadership role left empty after the injury as well.
Florida was without another defensive leader last week as Kaiir Elam sat due to injury. He was listed as the starter and scratched hours before the Tennessee game, but Elam should be good to go for Kentucky. Going against Kentucky receiver Wan’Dale Robinson should provide one of the better cornerback-receiver matchups of the weekend.
Although it wasn’t listed last week, kicker Jace Christmann got the opportunities Chirs Howard normally gets against Kentucky. He performed well, and Howard’s last mistake proved to be costly against Alabama. “Howard OR Christmann” is the official listing on this week’s depth chart, but it will be interesting to see how Mullen plays things against a team that should keep the score closer than last week.
Anthony Richardson hasn’t been left off the depth chart since tweaking his hamstring against USF, but he hasn’t played in a game since either. Mullen has said that Richardson is 100% now and he should see some playing time to complement starter Emory Jones.
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