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Gator Fan
The Florida Gators may not be as well represented at this year's NFL Draft as in year's past (last year nine players were drafted), but none the less at least four Gators should have their names called over the course of the next three days.
Mike Pouncey is projected to go in tonight's first-round which will air on ESPN and the NFL Network beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
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Meanwhile, safety Ahmad Black is a wild card, he could find himself anywhere from the 3rd-5th rounds. Safety Will Hill is a 5-7th round guy, while tackle Marcus Gilbert is a 3rd -4th round pick.
Pouncey himself has said he would like to be drafted by the Dallas Cowboys, who have the ninth pick. Others have thought the Steelers might find a way to get him, though they hold the 31st pick and would likely have to trade up in order to have Mike play with his brother Maurkice.
A very strong possibility for Pouncey is the New York Giants at N0. 19, according to the New York Daily News.
-One thing to watch for in the Draft is the number of SEC players taken in the Top 10 or first round. Some analysts think as many as six from the conference could go in the Top 10.
-Men's Basketball attendance numbers for Division-1 were released this week. Florida ranked 42nd in the Nation with an average of 10.086 fans per game and a total of 173,158, which ranked 7th in the SEC.
-Atheltic Director Jeremey Foley said this week that Will Muschamp made the decision to kick Janoris Jenkins off the team completely on his own.
And from everything we're hearing Muschamp really wanted to keep Jenkins on the team, but they mutually agreed to "part ways".
Jenkins has a different story, we'll get to that in a moment.
Muschamp told an audience Tuesday night that Jenkins was "not a bad kid" but "a kid who made a poor choice and decision."
The coach added, "There are a lot of things that can go wrong when you make a poor choice and decision. There’s nothing more frustrating to me than to see a young man make a poor choice and somebody says he must be a bad kid."
Jenkins told the Orlando Sentinel "The only thing he said was I was dismissed as soon as I walked in the room. He washed his hands of me."
Jenkins also said that Muschamp did not give an option to re-join the team or give his side of the story and that "there was nothing else I could have done and said."
Jenkins' attorney told the Sentinel that when they go to court it will be revealed Jenkins did nothing wrong.
You have to imagine that Muschamp has had several conversations with his team about off-the-field issues. Given the talk surrounding the program in terms of player arrests, it might be zero tolerance for a while, though with Jenkins it was his third arrest.
And it could be that if Jenkins "rehabilitation" back on to the field, was going to be a major distraction as the new staff tries to define their environment, and the benefits of keeping Jenkins, albeit with a suspension, was not worth it.
Mike Pouncey is projected to go in tonight's first-round which will air on ESPN and the NFL Network beginning at 8 p.m. ET.
ICON Sports Media
Meanwhile, safety Ahmad Black is a wild card, he could find himself anywhere from the 3rd-5th rounds. Safety Will Hill is a 5-7th round guy, while tackle Marcus Gilbert is a 3rd -4th round pick.
Pouncey himself has said he would like to be drafted by the Dallas Cowboys, who have the ninth pick. Others have thought the Steelers might find a way to get him, though they hold the 31st pick and would likely have to trade up in order to have Mike play with his brother Maurkice.
A very strong possibility for Pouncey is the New York Giants at N0. 19, according to the New York Daily News.
-One thing to watch for in the Draft is the number of SEC players taken in the Top 10 or first round. Some analysts think as many as six from the conference could go in the Top 10.
-Men's Basketball attendance numbers for Division-1 were released this week. Florida ranked 42nd in the Nation with an average of 10.086 fans per game and a total of 173,158, which ranked 7th in the SEC.
-Atheltic Director Jeremey Foley said this week that Will Muschamp made the decision to kick Janoris Jenkins off the team completely on his own.
And from everything we're hearing Muschamp really wanted to keep Jenkins on the team, but they mutually agreed to "part ways".
Jenkins has a different story, we'll get to that in a moment.
Muschamp told an audience Tuesday night that Jenkins was "not a bad kid" but "a kid who made a poor choice and decision."
The coach added, "There are a lot of things that can go wrong when you make a poor choice and decision. There’s nothing more frustrating to me than to see a young man make a poor choice and somebody says he must be a bad kid."
Jenkins told the Orlando Sentinel "The only thing he said was I was dismissed as soon as I walked in the room. He washed his hands of me."
Jenkins also said that Muschamp did not give an option to re-join the team or give his side of the story and that "there was nothing else I could have done and said."
Jenkins' attorney told the Sentinel that when they go to court it will be revealed Jenkins did nothing wrong.
You have to imagine that Muschamp has had several conversations with his team about off-the-field issues. Given the talk surrounding the program in terms of player arrests, it might be zero tolerance for a while, though with Jenkins it was his third arrest.
And it could be that if Jenkins "rehabilitation" back on to the field, was going to be a major distraction as the new staff tries to define their environment, and the benefits of keeping Jenkins, albeit with a suspension, was not worth it.
