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Former Florida track and field star to participate in football pro day

A former Florida Gators track national champion will join the football team at their upcoming Pro Day, showcasing their talents in front of NFL scouts, coaches, and executives.

NFL scouts, coaches, and executives will be in Gainesville on March 30 to witness first-hand what former Florida football players have to offer. In addition, one former Florida athlete will also be in attendance.

[autotag]Dedrick Vanover[/autotag], a former member of the Florida Gators track team in 2021 and 2022, will be the only athlete not part of the Gators football team to participate in Pro Day activities. Despite finding success on the track, Vanover is no stranger to playing football. Before stepping foot on campus in Gainesville, Vanover was an all-SIAC defensive back for Moorhouse College in Atlanta. In 2019, he recorded a team-high four interceptions and nine pass breakups, and was third on the team in total tackles with 31.

As a track star for the Orange and Blue, Vanover played a vital role in the Gators’ 2022 national outdoor track national championship, serving in the leadoff position in Florida’s 4×100-meter relay. That team’s 38.52 time won them the title, but it was their 38.47 time earlier in the season that ranks as the fourth-fastest time in Florida track history. He also was the co-SEC champion in the outdoor, individual 100-meter sprint.

The 2022 all-SEC Outdoor and Indoor First Team athlete will join Florida football players [autotag]Anthony Richardson[/autotag], [autotag]O’Cyrus Torrence[/autotag], [autotag]Amari Burney[/autotag], [autotag]Brenton Cox[/autotag], [autotag]Ventrell Miller[/autotag], [autotag]Gervon Dexter[/autotag], [autotag]Trey Dean III[/autotag], [autotag]Rashad Torrence[/autotag], [autotag]Richard Gouraige[/autotag], [autotag]Justin Shorter[/autotag] and [autotag]Jordan Pouncey[/autotag].

Florida’s Pro Day will take place on Thursday, March 30, and will be broadcast at 10 a.m. EDT on the SEC Network and NFL+.

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Here’s when Florida football’s NFL Pro Day is scheduled

Florida has announced details of its annual Pro Day, with eleven Gators players expected to participate.

The road to the 2023 NFL draft continues for former Florida Gators football players, with the program announcing Monday that the annual pro day will be held on March 30, according to the University of Florida’s official website.

Eleven draft-eligible players from the 2022 Florida Gators football roster will participate in this year’s pro day, including projected first-round draft picks quarterback [autotag]Anthony Richardson[/autotag] and offensive lineman [autotag]O’Cyrus Torrence[/autotag]. Joining them will be linebacker [autotag]Amari Burney[/autotag], linebacker [autotag]Brenton Cox Jr[/autotag]., defensive tackle [autotag]Gervon Dexter Sr[/autotag]., safety [autotag]Trey Dean III[/autotag], offensive tackle [autotag]Richard Gouraige[/autotag], linebacker [autotag]Ventrell Miller[/autotag], wide receiver [autotag]Jordan Pouncey[/autotag], wide receiver [autotag]Justin Shorter[/autotag], and safety [autotag]Rashad Torrence II[/autotag].

Pro day events will include official weigh-ins, bench press, vertical jump, broad jump, 40-yard dash, 60-yard shuttle, and positional workouts. Among those in attendance will be NFL scouts, coaches, and general managers.

Coverage of pro day will take place from the Condron Family Indoor Practice Facility, with the event broadcast at 10 a.m. EDT on the SEC Network. Former Florida football player and current SEC Network analyst [autotag]Chris Doering[/autotag] will report live from Gainesville while Peter Burns, Jordan Reid and Matt Stinchcomb will be in-studio.

There will also be coverage on NFL+, the NFL’s streaming app, with the NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero and former NFL wide receiver Steve Smith Sr. reporting live from the indoor practice facility.

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Florida football to recognize seniors, others in final home game of 2022

The Florida Gators football team will recognize 17 players at its annual Senior Day when South Carolina comes to Gainesville this Saturday.

The Florida Gators will host the South Carolina Gamecocks on Saturday in their last home game of the 2022 season. The game will serve as the football program’s Senior Day, recognizing 17 players in [autotag]Billy Napier[/autotag]’s first season in charge of the Orange and Blue.

The game will also serve as the program’s Salute to Service game, honoring members of the armed forces, veterans, and local first responders throughout the day. The Gators will also honor their 1992 and 1997 football teams.

Those seniors will be doing their part to help the Gators achieve bowl eligibility this season. Making a bowl game would guarantee the Gators additional practices that would go a long way in setting the tone for the 2023 season.

Of the 17 seniors the Gators will honor, only four scholarship players can not return next season: [autotag]Ventrell Miller[/autotag], [autotag]Trey Dean[/autotag], [autotag]Amari Burney[/autotag], and [autotag]Jordan Pouncey[/autotag]. This implies that the Gators will be active in the transfer portal and that Billy Napier’s roster overhaul is nowhere near finished, as explained in my column last week.

Saturday’s matchup against South Carolina is sold out, marking the 4th time the Gators have sold out a football game in Billy Napier’s first season at the helm. Kickoff is scheduled for 4 p.m. EST, with Senior Day activities to precede the kick. The game will be broadcast on the SEC Network.

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Taking a look at Florida’s 2022 football spring roster

Amari Burney and Jordan Pouncey are both using their extra year of eligibility and listed on Florida’s spring roster.

The Florida Gators announced its official spring roster for 2022 on the team website, and two more players appear to be using the extra season of eligibility granted by the NCAA due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Linebacker Amari Burney and receiver Jordan Pouncey are on the spring roster and will be joining the previously announced “super seniors,” linebacker Ventrell Miller and safety Trey Dean III, on the team. Pouncey transferred from Texas in 2020 but has only brought in three receptions for 48 yards and a touchdown. Burney played in all 13 games for Florida in 2021 but struggled at times throughout the season.

With those additional super seniors, Florida’s total number of scholarship players is up to 91, which well exceeds the 85-man limit set by NCAA. Billy Napier expects roster changes in spring, and that includes bringing in transfers to fill holes in the depth chart.

“There’s a delicate balance between the number of players we add and also hitting that 85 number,” Napier said. “So a little bit of this is to be determined. It’s always a big juggling act, a big math problem. You’re adding and subtracting today. Certainly, as we approach May 1 there will be more attrition.”

Spring practices will give Napier an in-person chance to evaluate every player on the roster again, and some players are likely to move on if they don’t get the spot they hoped for. The one-time transfer exception rule has made it easy for players to leave a program when a new staff comes in, and Florida has already seen some of that in the losses suffered over the winter portal period.

Napier will also get a chance to see three of the newest additions to the programs in person. Safety Kamari Wilson, defensive lineman Chirs McClellan and cornerback Devin Moore are on campus as early enrollees.

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WATCH: Gators block LSU punt after opening drive

The block gave the Gators the ball at their own 41-yard line for a tidy starting spot on their first series.

The Florida Gators came through strong after the first possession of their early game against the LSU Tigers in Death Valley on Sunday when redshirt senior Jordan Pouncey blocked a punt by Avery Atkins. The block gave the Gators the ball at their own 41-yard line for a tidy starting spot for their first series.

Here is a look at the play from behind the punter, as the wide receiver snuck around LSU’s three-man protection scheme.

Florida subsequently went three-and-out, failing to capitalize on one if its biggest special teams plays this season.

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Transfer Jordan Pouncey should see a bigger role in 2021

Pouncey didn’t make much of an impact in his first season with UF, but after a lot of turnover at receiver, he should see more action in 2021.

Name: Jordan Pouncey

Number: 86

Position: Wide Receiver

Class: Redshirt Senior

Height: 6’1″

Weight: 208 lbs

Hometown: Winter Park, Florida

High School: Winter Park

Twitter: @_pouncey

2020 statistics:

REC YDS AVG TD LNG
1 27 27 1 27

Overview:

A cousin of former UF star offensive linemen Mike and Maurkice Pounce, Pouncey was a three-star recruit in the 2017 recruiting class. Despite not being a blue-chip recruit, he had a multitude of high-profile offers, including from Alabama, Miami and Notre Dame. However, he chose to commit to the Texas Longhorns, where he redshirted his first year.

He made seven appearances as a redshirt freshman in 2018, but it was mostly on special teams. He didn’t make any catches, but he did set a key block on a 90-yard punt return touchdown against Kansas State.

He made his offensive debut the following year in 2019, and he totaled two catches for 19 yards in five appearances. Following the second year of minimal usage, he entered the transfer portal. Pouncey landed with Florida, who had just signed his brother, defensive back Ethan, in the 2020 recruiting class.

After arriving at Florida, he was once again relegated to a mostly reserve role. He played in five games, but he only made one catch on the year. It was a good one, though, as he snagged a 27-yard touchdown grab in the Cotton Bowl loss to Oklahoma.

Entering into 2021, Pouncey should see more reps on offense. He may be a second-team receiver, but Florida rotates through its pass-catchers often. On a team that has to replace its three leading receivers, it will turn to players like Pouncey for veteran leadership.

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Report: WR Jordan Pouncey’s immediate eligibility waiver granted, joins Gators football

Trask will have plenty of top-tier targets to throw to in his march for the Heisman Trophy this season with the addition of Jordan Pouncey.

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The University of Florida’s football team got some more good news from the transfer portal on Tuesday as former Texas Longhorns wide receiver Jordan Pouncey, who transferred to UF this past offseason, was granted immediate eligibility by the NCAA according to a report by Zach Abolverdi of GatorsTerritory.

The redshirt junior appeared in 12 career games for the Longhorns and recorded two catches for 19 yards in 2019. A graduate of Winter Park High School in Orlando, Fla., he returns to his home state with two seasons of eligibility remaining. Typically, transfer students are forced to sit out a year in between playing for two different schools, but given the circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has affected collegiate sports, the NCAA presumably granted his transfer waiver in light of the difficulties caused by the virus.

Jordan, the older brother of Florida freshman cornerback Ethan Pouncey — both of whom are cousins of Gators’ legendary offensive linemen Mike and Maurkice Pouncey — joins a stable of wide receivers chock full of talent despite losing four players to the professional ranks last April. He will vie for playing time with incumbents Trevon Grimes, Kadarius Toney and Jacob Copeland as well as fellow transfer Justin Shorter, who also received an immediate eligibility waiver last month.

Along with Kyle Pitts making catches from the tight end position, quarterback Kyle Trask will have plenty of top-tier targets to throw to in his march towards the Heisman Trophy this season with the addition of Pouncey to the receiver room.

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2020 Florida Gators Football Profile Card: Jordan Pouncey

Wide receiver Jordan Pouncey has two more seasons of eligibility post-transfer and he should see action this season as a 2nd-team receiver.

Name: Jordan Pouncey

Number: TBA

Position: Wide Receiver

Class: Sophomore

Height: 6’1″

Weight: 205 lbs

Hometown: Winter Park, Fla.

High School: Winter Park High School

Twitter: @_pouncey

2019 statistics:

G Rec Yds Avg TD
5 2 19 9.5 0

Overview:

The second cousin of former Florida and current NFL offensive linemen Mike and Maurkice Pouncey, Jordan Pouncey originally played for Texas.

A three-star recruit out of Winter Park, he redshirted as a true freshman in 2017, not appearing in a game. As a redshirt freshman in 2018, he appeared in seven games, but his appearances were limited to special teams and he didn’t record any statistics.

He finally got to see the field as a receiver during his redshirt sophomore season. He made his first career catch in the season opener for 11 yards, and he had another eight-yard catch in another game.

Following the season, Pouncey graduated, and he elected to join coach Dan Mullen and the Gators as a graduate transfer. His younger brother, Ethan Pouncey, was a four-star cornerback recruit who signed with UF in the 2020 recruiting class.

Pouncey has two more seasons of eligibility, and he should see action this season as a second-team receiver.

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Former Texas WR Jordan Pouncey announces his transfer

Former Texas wide receiver Jordan Pouncey has announced he will be playing football Florida next season. Pouncey had two career catches.

Former Texas wide receiver Jordan Pouncey and his younger brother Ethan Pouncey have announced they will be playing football at the University of Florida next season. Ethan tweeted out a YouTube video where they said playing together “feels like their dreams have been manifested.”

Jordan is a 6’2, 205-pound wide receiver that committed to playing for the Longhorns in February 2017. He announced he would be leaving Texas in October 2019 so he could get more playing time.

Ethan is a 2020 4* corner that had offers from 21 different schools, including Alabama, Clemson, Georgia, Michigan, and Texas. His commitment to Florida moved them into the top 10 in the 247 2020 rankings.

You can watch their commitment video here:

Jordan Pouncey had a career two catches for Texas, with both coming this season. One was for against Louisiana Tech for 11 yards, the other against Rice for eight yards.

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Four-star CB Ethan Pouncey stays close to home, commits to Florida

Texas graduate transfer Jordan Pouncey will be joined by his brother, 4-star cornerback prospect Ethan, at Florida after the pair committed to the Gators over the holiday weekend.

One of Florida’s top uncommitted prospects, four-star cornerback Ethan Pouncey, picked the Florida Gators on Sunday, shortly after Florida’s victory against in-state rival Florida State.

Pouncey — who was previously committed to Texas — chose the Gators alongside his brother, Jordan Pouncey, who is currently a Texas wide receiver. The younger Pouncey took multiple visits to Gainesville even as a Texas recruit, and the two brothers visited campus together last week before both deciding Florida was their future home, per 247Sports.

One of the key factors to landing the younger Pouncey? The presence of Assistant Director of Player Personnel Keiwan Ratliff, who was Ethan Pouncey’s 7-on-7 coach:

“My 7on7 coach, Coach Rat [Keiwan Ratiff], he’s been like a family friend for a while so I know he will look out for me there,” Pouncey told 247Sports. “It helps a lot having him there. For me, it’s all about being comfortable and the people there. Coach Rat will be there for me so it’s easier to relax.”

The two brothers will be able to play again from Day 1, thanks to Jordan Pouncey’s impending graduation. A graduate transfer, one Pouncey brother could face off against the other in practices next year in Gainesville … something that once seemed possible in Austin.