It wasn't a typo in the final box score after Thursday night's game.
in a 24-11 loss to start the season
That's a pedestrian 3.1-yard average for a supposed strength of a Gators team in transition in Billy Napier's second season with the program. Defensive coordinator Morgan Scalley made sure to change that in the return game to Salt Lake City. Utah dialed up the pressure, recorded five sacks, and made Florida quarterback Graham Mertz uncomfortable for much of the night, all without starters Junior Tafuna and Connor O'Toole in the lineup, as well as a handful of usual contributors on the defense.
Florida was without some key starters, too, namely center Kingsley Eguakun, who was a late scratch to the game. Eguakun was the lone veteran player on the offensive line, so his absence left a void Florida couldn't fill against a defense Whittingham described this year as "Stout. Very stout."
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