Billy Napier confirms Eugene 'Tre' Wilson suffered collarbone injury, X-Rays negative

After Florida’s victory over Tennessee Saturday night, Billy Napier confirmed Eugene “Tre” Wilson suffered a collarbone injury. He left the game in the first half of the 29-16 victory and didn’t return.

Napier said Wilson’s X-Rays came back negative, meaning he likely suffered a bruise. As the teams came back from halftime, ESPN’s Holly Rowe initially reported Wilson likely suffered a collarbone injury. Gators Online’s Nick de la Torre also said Wilson was favoring his shoulder on his way to the locker room.

“The most potent weapon in that first quarter for the Florida Gators, Eugene Wilson III, will not return to this game,” Rowe said on the ESPN broadcast. “He has an apparent collarbone injury on the left side of his body. I saw him walk into the tunnel holding that left arm and collarbone gingerly.”

Wilson left the game in the second quarter after hauling in six receptions for 44 yards as Florida jumped out to a commanding first-half lead over Tennessee. In two previous games, he totaled six receptions for 60 yards while adding two carries for 27 rushing yards on the ground.

Eugene Wilson arrived on campus this year as a highly touted recruit, checking in as a four-star prospect and the No. 106-ranked player in the nation from the 2022 cycle, according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies.

So far through the early part of his first season in Gainesville, Wilson has impressed in multiple ways. In fact, de la Torre went so far as to compare him to a Florida icon.

During an appearance with Andy Staples on Andy Staples On3, he likened him to Percy Harvin and how Urban Meyer used him while he played for the Gators. Or, for someone more recent, de la Torre said Wilson could also resemble Kadarious Toney and what he was able to do with Florida.

“I think he’s played nearly 60 snaps but just getting him touches,” de la Torre said. “The way that Urban Meyer used Percy Harvin and Percy Harvin was in the backfield just doing running back counters and running past a bunch of South Carolina Gamecocks. I’m not going to be Urban Meyer right now and say that he’s the next Percy Harvin. But like an upper middle class Percy Harvin right now, just a little bit smaller. But that same giddy up, that same step.”

On3’s Peter Warren contributed to this report.