Starting Friday, Gators fans will be able to purchase merchandise featuring Jack Youngblood and Emmitt Smith, two program legends that comprise the six-man Ring of Honor, an exclusive group of all-time UF players, as part of the new Ring of Honor merchandise collection.
The collection is intended to highlight two players a year for the next three years and features branded apparel and non-apparel items, such as a collectible jersey. The gear will be featured on Fanatics and other university-partnered retailers.
The selected players will also be honored by the school throughout the football season.
The first set of players in the collection are perhaps the two best professional football players to ever come out of the UF program in Youngblood and Smith. Youngblood, who played at Florida in the late 60s and early 70s, went on to have a lengthy NFL career, becoming the first Gator to be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Smith, perhaps the most prolific UF athlete not named Tim Tebow, dominated at the next level after his tremendous college career, and he still holds the NFL career records in rushing yards and rushing touchdowns.
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