WATCH: Jaydon Hill picks off Brady Cook, scores opening touchdown vs. Missouri

Through a litany of injuries throughout his career, Florida‘s Jaydon Hill picked off Missouri quarterback Brady Cook for a touchdown in the first quarter of the Gators’ homecoming matchup vs. the Tigers. The pick-six was the first interception of Hill’s career.

👀🐊J-A-Y, he not so shy. Jaydon Hill takes his first career interception to the house with a 50-yard Pick Six for the Florida #Gators.pic.twitter.com/OQGgjjPhm6

— OnlyGators.com: Florida Gators news (@onlygators) October 8, 2022

Hill suffered a torn ACL in preseason camp last year, which forced him to miss the entire 2021 season and earn a medical redshirt. He was non-contact through spring ball this offseason, but then had another setback during the summer.

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He started his first game since 2020 earlier this year against Eastern Washington, and has proved his worth ever since.

Here’s another exciting angle.

First-career interceptions don’t get much better than this.

What a freakin’ moment for #Gators CB Jaydon Hill. pic.twitter.com/0cD7TJt9pb

— Zach Goodall (@zach_goodall) October 8, 2022

Billy Napier praises Ventrell Miller for hurricane awareness effort

On Wednesday, Florida linebacker Ventrell Miller decided to use the Millerville Foundation, which he founded, to help victims of Hurricane Ian in Southwest Florida. This is the first project for his foundation, which he says, “is a non-profit that will utilize the opportunity of NIL to ensure that I do my part in giving back to the respected communities in need of urgent support.” 

In response to the move by Ventrell Miller, he has received praise from all corners of the college football world. That includes his head coach, Billy Napier. 

“It doesn’t surprise me,” Billy Napier said. “You know, Ventrell is as good a human being as I’ve been around.”

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“He’s got–really, what makes him special to me is he actually has a significant care for other people. I mean, he’s walking around living life and he’s got enough wisdom and perspective to realize that there’s other people out there, and he’s not consumed with himself. He’s actually thinking about other people around him. So, he’s doing good things for other people now. He’s making a difference now. He’ll do that the rest of his life. That’s who he is.”