LOOK: Florida debuts turnover chain in their spring game

When the Miami Hurricanes debuted their turnover chain in 2017, it was one of the most talked about trinkets in all of college football. Not only that, the turnover chain pushed many other teams across college football to develop their own creative ways of celebrating when forcing a turnover.

Ironically enough, Miami will not be using the turnover chain during this fall under their new head coach, Mario Cristobal. On Thursday night, the Florida Gators debuted their own turnover chain in their spring game.

Looks like @GatorsFB forgot to ask the last Florida team how their turnover chain went 🤨 pic.twitter.com/8fHgAGM4eQ

— Elite College Football (@EliteCollege_FB) April 15, 2022

While Florida’s turnover chain made an appearance on Thursday night, it will be the last, according to their new head coach, Billy Napier. The Blue Team came away with three turnovers in the spring game en route to a whopping 34-0 win on Thursday at The Swamp. That third turnover sounds like it’ll be the turnover chain’s final appearance, though.

In 2020, the turnover chain for the Miami Hurricanes weighed two kilograms and was 30 inches long. The “U”–had 1,400 sapphire stones–half-green and half orange. It took roughly three months to build. There are several different versions of the Hurricanes’ turnover chain over the years. Unfortunately for fans of the famous jewelery, Miami’s new head coach Mario Cristobal has retired the turnover chain.

Anthony Richardson looked impressive in Florida’s spring game and Gators legend Steve Spurrier gave him plenty of praise when he was up in the booth with the ESPN plus TV crew.

Anthony Richardson earned All-SEC Freshman honors in 2021

Last season, Anthony Richardson was flat out electrifying for the Gators offense en route to earning All-SEC freshman honors. He served as the backup to Emory Jones. Richardson completed 59.4% of his passes for 529 passing yards, while tossing in six touchdowns and five interceptions through the air. As a runner, he flashed the ability to be one of the most electrifying dual-threat quarterbacks in all of college football. In just 51 rushing attempts, he ran for 401 rushing yards and three touchdowns, while averaging 7.9 yards per attempt.

As a high school prospect, Richardson was one of the nation’s elite signal-callers and was an Elite 11 finalist in 2019. According to the On3 Consensus Rankings for the 2020 class, he was rated as a four-star prospect and the No. 15 quarterback in America.

On3’s Nick Schultz also contributed to this article.