Florida Gators running back Cam Carroll injured during scrimmage
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Redshirt senior running back Cam Carroll suffered an apparent lower-body injury during the Florida Gators scrimmage on Friday and was carted off the field. The Gators were going through their second and final scrimmage of fall camp when Carroll sustained his injury.
Carroll is a 6-0, 228-pound running back with legitimate speed. He was one of six players on the team to clean 335 pounds. At Tulane, he rushed for 1,638 yards and 19 touchdowns while averaging 5.25 yards per carry.
Carroll enrolled at Tulane in 2018. He appeared in 40 games for Tulane. In 2020, Caroll rushed for 741 yards and 12 touchdowns. He rushed for a total of 1,233 yards and 19 touchdowns across five seasons with Tulane.
Carroll sustained an injury that kept him off the field in 2022. After the season he made the decision to enter the transfer portal.
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“For me entering the portal it was a well-thought-out decision,” Carroll said last week. “Once I entered, Coach Juluke reached out to me. I sent him my transcript. I talked to Coach Napier and it felt like home. Being able to be in a room like Trevor and Montrell it obviously would scare a lot of people. But me personally I took it as an opportunity to not only learn from them but also grow.”
Gators running back room without Cam Carroll
The Gators running back room was one of the deepest and most talented on the team. The Gators return more than 1,500 yards and 16 touchdowns in Montrell Johnson and Trevor Etienne. The duo returns to Gainesville as one of the best tandems in the SEC, if not the entire country. Florida’s running backs room was crowded in 2022 but Johnson and Etienne’s emergence led Nay’Quan Wright and Lorenzo Lingard to transfer. With only one running back signed in the 2023 recruiting class, that left the Gators with just three scholarship running backs. As good as the trio of Jonson, Etienne, and freshman Treyaun Webb can be, a twisted ankle or broken foot would leave the room in dire straights. That led them to take Carroll.
Carroll’s injury makes the late addition of Ja’Kobi Jackson important. Jackson transferred from Coahoma Community College prior to spring camp. Jackson started all nine games for Coahoma last season. He led the team for the second straight season in rushing yards (661), touchdowns (7), and average yards per game (73.44). He also averaged 5.2 yards per carry.
