Five defensive backs who were on the depth chart in the season finale against Florida State left for Power Five schools. See Full Boxscore. Really proud of the character of these guys. Florida would end the game with 31 straight points, turning a close contest into a runaway. Leak received second-team All-SEC honors. With the game already decided, the PAT was not tried and the Gators walked away with a 4537 victory. Floridas potential rides on Anthony Richardsons potential.. Attrition is healthy to some degree.. The Montreal Alouettes went on to win the Grey Cup in 2010. [1] The Scout.com recruiting service ranked Leak as a five-star prospect and the third-best quarterback in the 2003 recruiting class. Henderson seems a likely candidate to test defensive down the field, David said. He finished his Gators career with 87 catches, 1,138 receiving yards and six touchdowns. The Gators were seeking revenge for last seasons's only loss (a 2717 setback at Auburn) when the Tigers visited The Swamp. [11] Tennessee still leads the overall series by a narrow 19-18 margin. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Senior day in the Swamp saw the Gators start strong, scoring four touchdowns and a field goal on their first five possessions en route to a 4512 victory over the in-state rival Florida State Seminoles. During his freshman season in 2006, Cooper served as the "gunner" on special teams and played in 13 of the 14 games for the Gators. That sequence would set the tone for the rest of the game. Riley Cooper (born September 9, 1987) is a former American football wide receiver who played six seasons in the National Football League (NFL). This was the second of three such games in the 2007 season. We ask that you consider turning off your ad blocker so we can deliver you the best experience possible while you are here. The only player in school history responsible for more in a season is Tim Tebow (55 in 2007). Florida answered on consecutive drives with a 10-yard Tim Tebow pass to Cornelius Ingram and a Tebow to Louis Murphy 66-yard pass to put the Gators up by a touchdown. Charges were not immediately made available for. Only Texas A&M (27), Arkansas (27) and Mississippi (25) lost more players to the portal this cycle than the Gators (23), according to recruiting site On3. Theres a chance these numbers are incomplete. He is considered by some to be the greatest high school quarterback of all time. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. The XFL returned over the weekend to kick off its 2023 season, and there are half a dozen former Gators split across four rosters. He ended the season tied for third in the NFL with 17.8 yards per catch. Hammond signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2020 but was waived during final roster cuts and moved to the practice squad. Nine of 11 starters were replaced from their championship defense. [15][16] Cooper finished the season with 21 receptions off 41 targets for 327 yards and 2 touchdowns. Napier and the Gators are scheduled for the third day. Sources: 2012 Florida Football Media Guide,[2] and GatorZone.com. This was only the second meeting between the two storied programs with the first having taken place a short five seasons ago in the Outback Bowl. Craig Steltz missed an assignment on the play which left Ingram wide open on the post pattern. Of those 109, more have exited via the transfer portal (38) than remain (37). However, he was on the short end of a 3817 score, going 15-for-27 for 135 yards with two interceptions and a fumble. And thats only one wave of departures. With his 262 passing yards and 89 rushing, Tebow set a new school record for most yards of total offense in a season with 3,970, surpassing Rex Grossman's 2001 total. We only know that it will be different. The XFL plays on Saturdays and Sundays through the spring with the playoffs beginning at the end of April. Florida Gators redshirt freshman quarterback Jalen Kitna was booked into the Alachua County Jail at 3:20 pm ET on Wednesday, November 30. Florida Football: UF among 247Sports' top 12 rosters heading into 2023 GatorSports.com Schedule Teams SEC Alabama Arkansas Auburn Georgia LSU Tennessee Texas A&M ACC Clemson UNC Big Ten Iowa. And in this episode of Gators Breakdown, David is joined by Will Miles and Nick Knudsen with Read and Reaction to break down the roster on the offensive side of the ball, going position by position of what they like and what questions need to be answered. Hill also played in the 2020 iteration of the XFL. Two drives later, the Gators mounted a 12-play drive that culminated in a Tim Tebow two-yard pass and an unbelievable catch made by Kestahn Moore to put the Gators up by ten. Gov. Chad Henne finished his career at the University of Michigan with a victory in a bowl game, the first in five seasons, and finished with a career-high in passing yards. This page was last edited on 3 November 2022, at 03:54. Tebow also rushed 27 times for 168 yards and 2 more touchdowns, setting new Florida single-game records for rushing attempts and rushing yards by a quarterback and almost single-handedly running out the clock late in the game. Leak became a graduate assistant, helping coach the team's offense. The Gator defense proved unreliable in the first half, allowing the Tigers to get two touchdowns, while Auburn exhibited its own top notch defense. Charge #2: In June 2009 was charged with knowingly driving with a suspended. After a slow start, Cooper put together a solid season with 47 receptions for 835 yards and 8 touchdowns, all career highs. [1] He set North Carolina state records for passing yards in a career (15,593) and completions in a career (1,013), as well as the national record for touchdown passes in a career (185). [12], Though they looked dominant at times early in the season, the 2007 Florida Gator squad was a team that relied on many freshmen and sophomores in key roles. I thought our guys showed incredible resiliency, as they have all season, to put ourselves in a position a couple of different times to steal it after being down big, Florida coach Mike White said. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. This stretched the Gator lead to 18, their largest of the day. His performance was solid throughout the BCS championship game, completing his first nine passes at the start of the game, and finishing with twenty-five completions in thirty-six attempts for 213 yards and one touchdown. He spent the last two seasons as special teams graduate assistant at LSU. The 2007 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2007 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The attrition is most pronounced at the top of the roster. Copyright 2023 News4JAX.com is managed by Graham Digital and published by Graham Media Group, a division of Graham Holdings. The only player in school history responsible for more in a season is Tim Tebow (55 in 2007). The 2008 Florida Gators were a team that went down in the History of College Football. [16], Leak worked in football development and youth outreach for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2015. Most notably, Aaron Hernandez was on the 2008 squad, ended up being convicted of murder during his time in the NFL and committed suicide while in prison. The Gators seemed to lose their offensive rhythm and the point production dried up while Troy QB Omar Haugabook (30-53, 291 yards, 2 TDs) found his own rhythm, helping the Trojans outscore the Gators 2410 over the final two quarters. The roster Napier inherited suffered through a 6-6 regular season, so some attrition is necessary to refresh a locker room that lacked elite talent. Cooper hauled in a career-high and team-best four catches for 122 yards and two touchdowns, including a career-long 59-yard grab in his 2007 debut against Western Kentucky. 1998 - 2023 University Athletic Assoc., Inc., FOX Sports Sun & IMG College. Since, Marshall has split snaps within the Gators' secondary and has given up an impressive completion percentage (in his favor) of 43.3% on 30 targets, per Pro Football Focus. Click here to take a moment and familiarize yourself with our Community Guidelines. For the season opener, the WKU Hilltoppers filled the void left by the UCF Knights, who had decided to back out of the game in December 2006. On May 5, 2011, Leak signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders as a free agent. And Jordan Herald was announced as associate director of creative media, football recruiting. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. He made a one-handed catch for a touchdown against the Dallas Cowboys. [10], Overall, the Gators put together a historically dominating performance. At different points in the game, the young Gators struggled on offense, defense, and special teams. The Rebels put up a valiant effort. It was also the first game in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium after the Gators won their 2006 SEC and national championships. He hauled in a key touchdown, along with a season-high 51-yard reception, that put Florida in scoring position during the SEC Championship Game against Alabama. In the second half, LSU took the ensuing drive but were stopped by the Gator defense. Preseason analysis projected that Florida would have the hardest schedule in the country, including back-to-back games against Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, LSU, Auburn and Georgia. (); : Leak was not selected during the 2007 NFL Draft. This was the fifth game of the season where the Gators played a team led by a former national championship winning head coach. Join our linker program. Elam played at Florida from 2010 to 2012 under Urban Meyer and Will Muschamp. Gator RB/WR Percy Harvin did his part as well, returning from a 2-game absence to rush 16 times for a game-high 157 yards and a touchdown and catch 5 passes for another 67 yards. The Orlando Guardians have three former Florida football players on the team, safety Matt Elam, running back Kelvin Taylor and punter Johnny Townsend. A bunch of high-character guys that left it on the line, and, unfortunately, Texas A&M made some huge plays down the stretch, hit a huge shot, obviously.. He also set a career best in passing yards with 338. The Gators ran out to a 286 lead by late in the 2nd quarter on two Tim Tebow touchdown passes and a Tebow touchdown run, along with the opening punt return. [17] Following an 05 start, Leak resigned on October 4. The XFL returned over the weekend to kick off its 2023 season, and there are half a dozen former Gators split across four rosters. Eight transferred, while a ninth, safety Rashad Torrence, made the somewhat surprising decision to declare for the NFL draft after three collegiate seasons. He led the Gators from 2002 to 2004 to a 23-15 record and recruited many of the players that led Florida to a national championship in 2007. Percy Harvin carried the ball 11 times for 113 yards and two touchdowns and also caught 9 passes for 110 yards receiving, becoming the first player in school history to have over 100 yards rushing and receiving in the same game. Spurrier's new team upset his old team in 2005, and only a blocked last-second field goal kept him from repeating that feat in Gainesville in 2006. However, the Tigers were not to be denied. Record: 9-4 (20th of 119) . Video Platform powered by CBS Sports Digital. Leak was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team and Rivals.com's Freshman All-America Team. Once you identify that, youve got to move in another direction.. On the ensuing punt, Brandon James took the return 83 yards for Gator touchdown. Retrieved on June 3, 2008. Leak is remembered for volunteering with children in the Goodwill Gators Program, encouraging them to put school first and avoid drug use. Cooper gained 92 yards on four receptions, three of which went for touchdowns, on the season. The first of these five rushing touchdowns broke the school record for most rushing touchdowns. He was drafted in the fifth round by the Oakland Raiders and was a regular as a rookie before being waived in 2019. None is a quarterback. Kelvin Taylor, the son of Gators legend Fred Taylor, played at Florida from 2013 to 2015. The newly named Michigan head coach, Rich Rodriguez, could be seen during the game along the Michigan sidelines. After another practice squad stint, Hammond was elevated to the active roster for his NFL debut before going through one more round of signing and being cut. LSU immediately countered with a long drive of their own, going 80 yards in 16 plays, scoring on a Ryan Perrilloux option play to cut the Gator lead to 107. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. After missing another relatively short field goal, LSU took advantage of an errant pass by Tim Tebow which hit Ingram in the helmet. He played in the CFL in 2017 and then joined the Apollos in 2018. Do you have a sports website? Moore's fumble early in the game led to Georgia's first touchdown. Agree or disagree with something weve said? After it was announced that Garcia's former backup, Omar Jacobs, would start the next game, Leak was suspended after skipping the following team practice. The Gators answered the LSU drive with a quick 3-play drive to score on a 37-yard Tebow pass to Cornelius Ingram. The only starters from that game who havent left are defensive back Jason Marshall and offensive linemen Kingsley Eguakun and Richie Leonard. He also became the first quarterback in Division I-FBS history to pass for at least 20 touchdowns and rush for at least 20 touchdowns in the same season. Let us know here, and well share our responses to your questions. Lacking start-up capital and with low ticket sales, the AAFL's first season was postponed until 2009 (and later canceled). He also tallied 13 pass breakup, six interceptions, three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery. In December 2004, Urban Meyer replaced Ron Zook as Florida's head coach and introduced Meyer's spread offense to the Gators. According to the New York Times, "a roster on the university's website lists 121 players, 41 of whom were arrested either in college or after, and sometimes both. Derrick Harvey. [18] The next day, it was reported that Leak was under investigation by the Orlando Police Department for possible sexual assault of a minor. Alongside fellow DB Keiwan Ratliff, the talented defenseman from Jacksonville, Florida, terrorized opposing passing games over the course of his three-year tenure and provided a punch on special teams. Roster includes most starters and key reserves. [21] He currently lives in Orlando, Florida, Leak (second from left) and teammates visit President. Ironically, their last bowl game win came against the Ron Zook coached Gators following the 2002 season. Leak led the Florida Gators to their second consensus national championship with a 41-14 victory over the Ohio State Buckeyes on January 8, 2007, taking home the offensive Most Valuable Player (MVP) award for the game. This excessive celebration was known as the "Gator Stomp", and that play was only the first of three TDs in the game that ended in penalties for excessive celebration, with Georgia's Mohamed Massaquoi and Florida's Wondy Pierre-Louis drawing the other flags. Florida leads with a lopsided 3092 record and has won the last 17 games in a row. (); : He was hired as the head coach of the football team at Edgewater High School in Orlando, Florida, in February 2016. [15] Leak was promoted to the position of wide receivers coach in May 2014. In addition, they won a school-record 13 games and the school's seventh official SEC title. "Hamilton Tiger-Cats sign former Florida Gators quarterback Chris Leak," Canoe.com (June 3, 2008). Urban Meyer and the Gators were looking to carry their momentum from the second half of the season with Heisman-winning sophomore Tim Tebow into the bowl game. The roster the Florida Gators will bring to Utah for next seasons opener will be almost completely unrecognizable from the one Billy Napier inherited 13 months ago. He started the season used mostly for blocking, rather than for his receiving ability. He was the first Gator freshman wide receiver to have three touchdown catches in a game since Jabar Gaffney accomplished the feat in 2000. Cooper saw action in Florida's triumphs over Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky, mostly on special teams. Heading into his 2005 junior season, Leak had to learn his third offensive scheme in as many years, but was touted as a possible Heisman Trophy candidate. The Gators fell 71-63 to Kentucky in their regular-season finale, but we dont want the loss to overshadow this special and emotional moment to begin the game. Join our linker program. With 3:28 left in the game, Kentucky opted to kick off instead of onside kick. Trask was responsible for 46 touchdowns (43 passing, 3 rushing), tying him for sixth on the SEC single-seasonrecord list. Cooper amassed 261 total yards on 18 receptions, three of which were touchdowns. Then theres safety Will Hill on the Arlington Renegades. Very different. He totaled 28 yards on two receptions in the BCS National Championship Game, including a crucial 17-yard catch from Tim Tebow on 3rd-and-12. Over the course of the four seasons he spent in Gainesville, he set school records for punt return yards with 860, interceptions in a season with nine and interceptions in a single game with three. Townsend was Floridas punter from 2013 to 2017. LSU moved the ball right before the half, but kicker Colt David missed a 43-yard field goal. The result was successful with the team winning its last two games against ranked competition. The Gator offense compiled 541 total yards to the Seminoles' 287, and were often able to finish drives with touchdowns while Florida State was forced to settle for field goals. Over the course of his career, Hilliard amassed 2,214 yards on 126 receptions with 29 touchdowns in the air and also ran the ball seven times for 46 yards while at UF. Of those 109, more have exited via the transfer portal (38) than remain (37). With the loss, the Gators are now set to miss the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016. That number . The sophomore quarterback completed 20 of 34 passes for 262 yards and 2 touchdowns and no interceptions. Video Platform powered by CBS Sports Digital. Most Recent Games and Any Score Since 1869. Both teams traded punts before Woodson found Lyons for the third time on the day on a 6-yard TD pass. [18] Cooper then spent the entire 2016 season out of football. Brandon Taylor was named gamechanger - graduate assistant. He was scheduled to get a physical and receive half of his $250,000 signing bonus on January 17, but declined and told the Rangers that his focus was football, thus voiding his baseball contract. College Football at Sports-Reference.com Blog and Articles. [5] Cooper batting for the Florida Gators baseball team Elam has spent time playing in the XFL, Indoor Football League and Canadian Football League since leaving the NFL. Christopher Patrick Leak (born May 3, 1985) is an American football coach and former gridiron football quarterback. The Gators finished with 498 yards on offense against what had been the 14th best defense in the nation. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. On the final drive, Florida gained 30 yards, but Tebow's hail mary pass as time expired was batted down by Chad Jones, sealing the LSU victory. Read more about our data coverage. All rights reserved. Do you have a blog? Leak worked as a host on SiriusXM College Sports Coast-to-Coast multiple nights each week during the 2012 college football season, along with co-host Chris Childers. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. [11] On June 25, 2011, Leak was cut from the Roughriders. READ MORE: Floridas Johnson gets ceremonial start on senior day vs UK. [10] The Montreal Alouettes went on to win the Grey Cup in 2009. But as the clock in VaughtHemingway Stadium ticked down to 00:00, the Gators had done enough to earn a tighter-than-expected 3024 victory.[15]. With the victory, Florida leads the series 40-17-0 and has beaten Kentucky twenty one consecutive years in football, the third longest active streak in Division I-FBS. Leak began his career at Florida as a freshman, seeing playing time in the first few games, and taking over as the starter in the game against the Kentucky Wildcats. Trask finished second nationally in passing yards per game (356.9). He established a then-career-high with three receptions (all touchdowns) in the romp over Western Carolina. This year would also be the first time former Gator coach Steve Spurrier would coach against his alma mater. Find out more. Leak again received second-team All-SEC honors. Some school's results have been altered by retroactive NCAA penalties. Florida forward Keyontae Johnson, who collapsed during a game in December 2020 and hasnt practiced or played since, got a ceremonial start on senior day in front of a sold-out home crowd. That has been clear for months, but the closing of the transfer portal Wednesday gave us a chance to quantify the makeover underway in Gainesville. The Gators took an early lead by kicking a field goal on their first drive. In all, Tebow accounted for all 4 Gator touchdowns and 427 of his team's 507 total yards. As the University of Florida dominated college football for the better half of a decade under coach Urban Meyer, the Gators accumulated numbers of victories and accolades and championships. Brandon James was the SEC special teams player of the week for his 193 yards and a touchdown on kick returns. The schedule for the Gators played in their favor this season, as they faced their toughest opponentssuch as Tennessee, Auburn, and Florida Stateat home in Ben Hill Griffin Stadium. The Gators roster listed 109 players for their 2021 SEC finale at Missouri UFs last game under Dan Mullen. Again the Gators responded, mounting a 6-minute drive that spanned the third and fourth quarters, culminating in a Percy Harvin 24-yard touchdown run. Alabama had 5 victories vacated by the NCAA in 2010. [4] Lindsey is married to former University of Florida linebacker and current Detroit Lions linebacker Alex Anzalone. We dug ourselves a huge hole, of course, in the first half. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Very, very somber locker room, obviously. If you need help with WJXTs or WCWJ's FCC public inspection file, call (904) 393-9801. GAME RECAP: Diarras 3 spoils Gator comeback, A&M wins 83-80 in OT. Florida Gators Main Navigation Menu. This loss was coach Urban Meyer's first in Gainesville, as well as his first loss since last year's loss to Auburn. Deonte Thompson. All Rights Reserved. All rights reserved. He was drafted again in 2009 - in the twenty-fifth round,[7] the seven-hundred and fifty-fourth player chosen that year - after which he signed a deal to play baseball for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball but decided to delay his MLB career and returned to play football for the Gators football team in 2009. But before we get to that and other football news, lets touch on the tough loss for the Gators mens basketball team Florida suffered a crushing defeat in the second round of the Southeastern Conference tournament on Thursday when Texas A&M guard Hassan Diarra hit a 3-pointer with 0.4 seconds left in overtime to lift the Aggies past the Gators, 83-80. When the final whistle blew, Florida came away with a 5931 victory. On September 26, 2011, it was announced that Leak would sign with the ArenaBowl XXIV champion Jacksonville Sharks to replace star quarterback Aaron Garcia, who joined the San Antonio Talons for the 2012 Arena Football League season. Suddenly, the entire Bulldog bench rushed onto the field resulting in two separate 15-yard penalties, both assessed on the ensuing kickoff. (); : The outcome was never in doubt; the Gators 2nd half lead was always greater than 20 points. Record: 9-4 (20th of 119) (Schedule & Results), Bowl Game: Lost Capital One Bowl 41-35 versus Michigan, Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Wednesday, March 1, 11:34AM. The Gators mounted a long drive to start the second half, but freshman Volunteer cornerback Eric Berry picked off a Tim Tebow pass (his first interception thrown in 2007) and returned it 93 yards for another Tennessee touchdown. He was signed to a four-year contract on July 13, 2010.[10]. Appearing to kick another long field goal, LSU instead ran a brilliant fake with the holderquarterback Matt Flynnwho scooted eight yards for the first down. The Gators would open the season in Gainesville against Wyoming from the Mountain West Conference. The 2005 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2005 college football season.The Gators competed in Division I-A of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville . Never miss out on the latest with the Bucs, Rays, Lightning, Florida college sports and more. [20] In October 2016, the 16-year-old victim declined to press charges and the investigation was closed. 1 Alabama in the SEC title game, and Tebow was dominant: He tossed three TD passes, rushed for another 57 yards, and the Gators advanced to the. It was the third season for head coach Urban Meyer, who led the Gators to a Capital One Bowl berth and an overall winloss record of 94 (.692). After short stints with Kansas City, Atlanta and Cleveland, Taylor played for the Orlando Apollos in the Alliance of American Football and was coached by Steve Spurrier in 2018. It was the same at Miami, which had an ACC-most 19 players enter the portal this cycle. The score stood at 49-7 after two quarters, the Gators having racked up over 350 yards of total offense, Tebow throwing 3 touchdown passes and running for another score in an impressive display of all-around dominating football. Want more of our free, weekly newslettersinyourinbox? Before the beginning of his 2006 senior season, there was speculation that Leak might not be the Gators' starting quarterback due to the emergence of talented freshman Tim Tebow. NIL Value: -. At home in Charlotte, North Carolina, he also worked with the Boys and Girls Club and the Steele Creek Youth Athletic Association, served as an inspirational speaker with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, and spoke at area middle schools encouraging students to stay focused on their goals. Trask set a single-season school record with five 400-yard passing games; he was one of two FBS players this year and one of two SEC players (Mac Jones) since at least 1996 with five such games in a season. Leak suffered an apparent injury early in the fourth quarter and did not return. Florida quarterback Tim Tebow set a career-high in passing yards in the game with 304 yards. He garnered 462 first-place votes and 1,957 points, 254 points ahead of the runner-up, Arkansas running back Darren McFadden. Is he healthy? Woodson hit Jacob Tamme on a 28-yard pass to pull the Wildcats within 11. But on the first play of the possession, Erik Ainge's handoff to running back Arian Foster was mishandled, and Gator linebacker Dustin Doe scooped up the loose ball and took it into the endzone for a Florida touchdown. As such, the official record for Alabama is 26 (14). Leak finished his freshman year with a Southeastern Conference (SEC) record for a freshman, posting a 63 record as a starter, including wins over the eventual national champion LSU Tigers and the rival Georgia Bulldogs. [12] It also marked the fourth win of the season in which the Gators defeated a team led by a former national championship winning coach (Bobby Bowden, Howard Schnellenberger, Phillip Fulmer, and Steve Spurrier being those coaches). Tebow was the first sophomore to win the Heisman Trophy. Florida Gators announce new defensive coordinator, Bucs plan to release running back Leonard Fournette. The 2008 Florida Gators, a team that featured Aaron Hernandez and Tim Tebow, won the BCS championship, but 41 of the 121 players on that roster have been arrested. From 1999 to 2002, Sheppard snatched eight interceptions six his sophomore year and two his junior year for 186 yards and a touchdown, while also 49 Keiwan Ratliff played during a transitional time in Gainesville, when the "Head Ball Coach" Steve Spurrier handed the baton to the infamous Ron Zook, which was a tumultuous time in Florida football history. We present them here for purely educational purposes. [12], at WilliamsBrice Stadium Columbia, South Carolina. [2] Cooper was drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 15th round (457 overall pick) of the 2006 Major League Baseball Draft. Tebow was tied with Emmitt Smith and Buford Long with 14 rushing touchdowns in the season entering this game. The only SEC players with more in a season were LSUs Joe Burrow (60 in 15 games in 2019) and Missouris Drew Lock (44 in 13 games in 2017). This was the 82nd meeting between the two teams, with the Tigers bringing their record in the UF-Auburn series to 42382 all-time. In the 41st meeting between the two, Florida came out early with a 357 lead by the half. The official 2008 Football Roster for the Florida Gators Gators. With backup quarterback Adrian McPherson injured, Leak was on the active roster for the August 21, 2009, match against the Saskatchewan Roughriders, in which he threw his first CFL touchdown pass on his first play.