Dates set for Florida's first practice, spring camp schedule
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida football team reports for spring camp during the first week of March and the first practice will be held on Thursday, March 6, Gators Online has learned.
The Gators will play the 2025 Orange & Blue Game, presented by Florida Victorious, inside Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on Saturday, April 12 at 1 p.m.
That will be the third of three scrimmages for the Gators. They will hold their first scrimmage March 29 and the second scrimmage April 5, both on Saturdays.
Florida will practice on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays during spring camp, except for a Friday session on April 4. The team will be off for spring break, March 16-22.
Multiple publications rank Florida as a preseason top-20 team
The Gators are in the top 20 of three Way-Too-Early Top 25 rankings released this month, including On3.
Top 10
- 1New
Cam Newton
Arch Manning, Saban to Cowboys
- 2Hot
Arch Manning NIL
Texas QB signs with Red Bull
- 3
ACC, ESPN extension
New deal reached through 2036
- 4
John Calipari return
Rick Pitino encourages cheers
- 5
SEC softball poll
Predicted order of finish
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Florida is ranked No. 9 by On3, No. 14 by Athlon Sports and No. 18 by ESPN. Florida quarterback DJ Lagway was a big reason why On3 listed the Gators as a preseason top-10 team for 2025.
On3 college football national writer Ari Wasserman released his rankings Wednesday of the top 10 players returning to college football in 2025, and Lagway made the top three.
Here’s what Wasserman wrote about the Gators signal caller and why he ranked him so high at No. 3:
“There is no question you’ll find more accomplished players on this list, but you could make the case that Lagway is the most important player to his team in college football. Though there are undoubtedly things he needs to work on, it was evident from the second he stepped on the field at Florida that he has a chance to be one of the great ones. His potential is so high, in fact, that he could be the get out of jail free card that eventually leads to Billy Napier being the Gators coach into the future. Lagway is big, strong, physical and has a rocket arm. This may seem too high right now, but it’ll become clear early in the season next year that he’s one of the most sensational talents in our sport.”
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