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Name: DJ Lagway
College: Florida
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Class/Draft Year: So/2028
40 Low: 4.54 40 Time: 4.64 40 High: 4.73
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Data Scout Notes: X-Future Day 1 Potential/INJ Prone FB Build 5* Dual-Threat Cannon Arm QB/13GP-59.9%-12-9-24 2024: NAC...(+) Coming off 11-02-24 Leg INJ
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DJ Lagway, Florida, Player News
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Florida hired Tulane's Jon Sumrall as its next coach Sunday, settling for its second choice after Lane Kiffin reportedly picked LSU over the Gators. Sumrall finalized a six-year, $44.7 million contract that comes with incentives, according to a person fa miliar with the search. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because financial details were not released. The deal averages $7.45 million annually. The 43-year-old Sumrall will remain with the 22nd-ranked Green Wave for next week's American Conference title game and through the College Football Playoff if Tulane makes the 12-team field. The Gators also are on the verge of signing general manager Dave Caldwell, who won a Super Bowl during his five seasons with the NFL's Phil adelphia Eagles. He also spent eight years (2013-20) with the Jacksonville Jaguars and built a roster that made the AFC title game. Caldwell is expected to help manage Florida's salary cap and evaluate college talent as demands on coaches have expanded w ith the burgeoning transfer portal and name, image and likeness payments. Sumrall played linebacker at Kentucky (2002-04) and returned to his alma mater for a three-year stint before becoming Troy's head coach in 2022. He won consecutive Sun Belt champio nships in two seasons with the Trojans and then enjoyed similar success at Tulane.Sumrall is 19-7 in two years in New Orleans and led the Green Wave to the American championship game both seasons. So he has made four league title games in four yea rs as a head coach. The Gators are hoping he's Urban Meyer 2.0 and not Billy Napier 2.0. "Not many coaches win big at two different non-Power programs, and even fewer do it as quickly as Jon has done it," Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin said. " He joins rare company - coaches like Urban Meyer, Brian Kelly and Willie Fritz - who've delivered immediate success at multiple stops. Jon's track record of rapid turnarounds speaks directly to his leadership and the culture he establishes." Sumrall had been considered a possibility at Auburn, Arkansas and Ole Miss. Florida made a late push when Kiffin's interest in the Gators waned. Florida fans are likely to view him as a consolation prize, another gamble from a Group of Five conference. Sumrall repla ces Napier, who was fired in mid-October and went 22-23 over four seasons in Gainesville. Napier was nicknamed "Sun Belt Billy" because he often looked in over his head in the powerhouse Southeastern Conference. Going back to Louisiana for another G5 coa ch? And a defensive guy to boot? That's a bold move for Stricklin, who is sure to draw the ire of the Florida faithful for failing to land Kiffin. He was roundly booed at a championship celebration to honor men's basketball coach Todd Golden and his titl e-winning team in April. Now, the fan base is calling for his job. - AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) So/2028  QB DJ Lagway, Florida
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Florida has shifted focus from Lane Kiffin in the school's coaching search, as the school has sensed through irregular communication that he is interested in other options, sources told ESPN on Friday. Florida, which is searching for former coach Billy N apier's successor, has interviewed roughly a dozen candidates and is optimistic about the process. Louisville's Jeff Brohm, Tulane's Jon Sumrall and Washington's Jedd Fisch are believed to be among the candidates the Gators are still considering. Florida targeted Kiffin early in the search and offered him a deal to put him among the highest-paid coaches in college football, which included significant incentives.Ole Miss officials told ESPN ahead of Friday's Egg Bowl against Mississippi State in S tarkville that Kiffin is expected to provide them with a decision about his future on Friday night or Saturday. He's also considering a lucrative contract offer from SEC rival LSU. LSU also wants an answer from Kiffin, as the coaching carousel has intens ified the Tigers' search, as well as a potential one at Ole Miss if Kiffin leaves. Missouri's Eli Drinkwitz and Vanderbilt's Clark Lea, two of the top candidates believed to be under consideration at either Florida or LSU, signed six-year contract extens ions with their respective schools in the past 24 hours. If the No. 7 Rebels defeat the Bulldogs on Friday, they'll finish 11-1 and are expected to reach the College Football Playoff for the first time. They would possibly host a first-round game at Vaug ht-Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi, on Dec. 19 or 20. If Kiffin decides to leave for LSU, the Rebels have an interim plan in place. Sources previously told ESPN that former New York Giants interim coach Joe Judge would likely serve as interim he ad coach. - ESPN College Football
(DS#9 QB) So/2028 QB DJ Lagway, Florida
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The Florida Gators are sticking with struggling quarterback DJ Lagway for Saturday's game at No. 6 Ole Miss. Interim coach Billy Gonzales said Lagway will take first-team repetitions in practice this week but added that "competition is great for everybod y." Gonzales benched Lagway at halftime of last week's 38-7 loss to Kentucky, replacing him with freshman Tramell Jones. Lagway completed 11 of 19 passes for 83 yards with a touchdown and three interceptions. Jones was 9-of-17 passing for 60 yards. Gonza les used a Major League Baseball analogy to explain his rationale for the move. "If a pitcher's struggling in the major leagues, what do you do? You get the next guy in, right?" Gonzales said Monday. "It doesn't mean that he's not a great pitcher. Just m eans that wasn't his day. For some reason or another, it wasn't breaking. For some reason or another, he didn't have the day that he wanted to have. "I talked to him about that. I said, 'So you're a great player, but I'm not going to let somebody just co ntinue to struggle. I wanted to bring you out and let you refocus, let you gather, let you learn, and hopefully it's a learning experience. It's going to make you better this week when we prepare for Ole Miss." Lagway has thrown for 1,762 yards with 11 t ouchdowns and 12 interceptions this season. He has eight TDs and all his picks since beating lower-division Long Island in the season opener.The Gators (3-6, 2-4 SEC) expected Lagway to show steady improvement after he missed most of the offseason while recovering from core-muscle surgery, pain in his throwing arm and then a strained left calm. But that hasn't been the case. He continues to regress after going 6-1 as a starter as a freshman in 2024 and now faces constant questions about his futur e with a program that is searching for its next head coach. The 20-year-old Lagway has declined to commit to Florida beyond this season despite having lucrative name, image and likeness deals with Gatorade, Jordan Brand, Mercedes-Benz of Gainesville, Lam borghini Orlando, T-Mobile, Beats by Dre, Chipotle, Red Bull and others. He signed a promotional deal with Hollister just days before getting benched against the Wildcats. - AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) So/2028 QB DJ Lagway, Florida
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Florida fired coach Billy Napier on Sunday, dumping him a day after an error-filled win against Mississippi State that included more head-scratching calls and offensive lulls like those that marked much of his four-year run with the Gators. Athletic dire ctor Scott Stricklin made the move following a 23-21 victory that looked like it was going to be gut-wrenching loss until defensive tackle Michai Boireau picked off a pass with 21 seconds remaining and the Bulldogs near field-goal range. The game-sealing takeaway energized the Swamp, but the home crowd quickly turned on Napier and booed him as he sprinted off the field.Stricklin had seen enough and pulled the plug on a run that most of the Florida faithful thought lasted longer than it should hav e. "While his influence was positive, it ultimately did not translate into the level of success we expect on the field," Stricklin said in a lengthy statement. Napier went 22-23 in four seasons at Florida, including 12-16 in Southeastern Conference play. He was 5-17 against ranked opponents, including 0-14 away from home, and declined to give up his play-calling role despite calls to do so. Equally damning: his 3-12 mark against rivals Florida State, Georgia, LSU, Miami and Tennessee includes the fewest wins by a Florida coach in such games since the late 1930s. Receivers coach Billy Gonzales is the interim head coach for Florida's remaining five games, beginning against rival Georgia (6-1, 4-1 Southeastern Conference) on Nov. 1 in Jacksonville. The Ga tors (3-4, 2-2) have an off week to regroup from the chaos that often comes with a coaching change. Jettisoning Napier will temporarily quell a frustrated fanbase, but the group won't truly be satisfied until the Gators hire someone with a proven track r ecord at college football's highest level. Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin is expected to top the list, although Stricklin passed on him when he hired Napier from Louisiana-Lafayette in November 2021. Louisville's Jeff Brohm, Missouri's Eli Drinkwitz and N otre Dame's Marcus Freeman also could be targets. - AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) So/2028 QB DJ Lagway, Florida
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WEEK 6 SEC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: DJ Lagway, QB, Florida,...Lagway completed 21-of-28 passes (75.0%) for a season-high 298 yards (third-highest total of career) and two touchdowns...Was a perfect 4-for-4 for 31 yards on Florida's opening drive...H e posted the third-best quarterback rating of his career (180.8) while completing at least 75% of his passes for the second time in five starts this season...Has posted a QB rating above 130.0 in nine of his last 11 games...Lagway delivered a 150.0-plus rating for the eighth time in his career. He has thrown a touchdown in 10 out of his last 12 contests...Lagway's 60-yard connection with WR Vernell Brown III marked his 14th-career completion of 40-plus yards. - SEC Football
(DS#9 QB) So/2028 QB DJ Lagway, Florida
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The Florida Gators shuffled into the visitor's locker room at Hard Rock Stadium, mostly quiet, some with their heads bowed. Running back Jadan Baugh, who scored Florida's only touchdown, paused before entering the locker room and shook his head, still ab sorbing the sting of Saturday's 26-7 loss to No. 4 Miami - a game in which the Gators struggled offensively and failed to capitalize on an uneven offensive performance by the Hurricanes. The scene seemed to encapsulate what has been a dreadful season for Florida, which is off to its worst start (1-3) in 39 years despite a talented roster that many picked to be a formidable competitor this season in the Southeastern Conference. The Gators have hardly looked the part in the first four games of the season, which have featured a rout of Long Island University, a collapse against South Florida in a game they were heavily favored, and road losses to No. 3 LSU and Miami. T "We've got work to do," said embattled Florida coach Billy Napier, whose record with th e Gators fell to 20-22.Florida's only scoring drive came on the first possession of the third quarter, when quarterback D.J. Lagway extended the drive with a fourth-down run and Baugh capped it off with a 2-yard rushing touchdown. Lagway, Florida' s sophomore quarterback who was 6-1 as a starter in 2024, was 12 of 23 for only 61 yards and no touchdown passes. "It's very frustrating," Lagway said. "We've got to clean a lot of things up. That's nowhere near the brand of football wen want to play." L agway added that improvement starts with him. He admitted Saturday wasn't his best performance, noting that he just took what the defense gave him and only managed the game. "I'm going to demand greatness from everybody," Lagway said. "We're done with th e playing around stuff. It's time to get serious. And it starts with me. I've got to set the tempo. I set the tone - in practice, in meetings, everywhere. So I know for a fact that it's going to change because it starts with me." - AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) So/2028 QB DJ Lagway, Florida
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Florida quarterback DJ Lagway has gone from appearing rusty to looking lost. It's not what anyone envisioned even though he missed nearly nine months dealing with various injuries. He is dancing in the pocket, leading to off-balance throws that end up sa iling over receivers or spinning into the ground. He is failing to get through his progressions, allowing defenders to lock onto his first read. He is lacking situational awareness - when to audible, when to run and when to slide - and showing little fee l for the game. He is still coach Billy Napier's guy, and that is unlikely to change. Napier is sticking with his turnover-prone starter despite a five-interception performance in a 20-10 loss at No. 3 LSU on Saturday night."DJ's our quarterback," said Napier, now 20-21 in four seasons at Florida. "He's one of the best quarterbacks in the country. He made some good decisions, but he also made some bad decisions." Lots of them. The sophomore threw an interception in every quarter in Death Valley, including back-to-back picks on Florida's final two drives while trailing by 10. The fourth one came with the Gators in field-goal range and prompted a lengthy sideline discussion with Napier. "I'm just excited to get back to work," said Lagway, who was making his first road start in Southeastern Conference play. "I got to get this taste out of my mouth. I played horrible football, and I got to do better." Lagway couldn't recall ever turning over the ball five times in a game before Saturday. Not in hig h school. Not in peewee football. Not in his backyard. "I've never had a performance like that in my life, so it's kind of hard to process it," he said. "But at the end of the day, it's all about how you bounce back and how you respond. And I'm planning on doing so." The Gators, who have now lost consecutive games in each of Napier's four seasons, play at rival and fourth-ranked Miami (3-0) on Saturday night. Florida is winless in eight road games against ranked teams during Napier's tenure. - AP Colleg e Football
(DS#9 QB) So/2028 QB DJ Lagway, Florida
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DJ Lagway threw three touchdown passes, Jadan Baugh ran for 104 yards and a score, and No. 15 Florida opened the season with a 55-0 drubbing of Long Island on Saturday night. The Gators ended their first eight drives with either a field-goal attempt or a n extra point. More than anything, though, facing an overmatched team from the Football Championship Subdivision provided coach Billy Napier with a chance to get Lagway live repetitions for the first time since a December bowl game.Lagway missed m onths of work following core-muscle surgery, a sore throwing shoulder and, most recently, a strained left calf. He was cleared to fully practice last week and looked a little rusty against the Sharks. He was sacked on Florida's first play and threw two e rrant passes early. But he settled down and showed plenty of promise in the rout. The sophomore completed 15 of 18 passes for 120 yards, with TD passes to Eugene Wilson III, Hayden Hansen and J. Michael Sturdivant. Lagway's night ended at halftime, with the Gators leading 38-0. The score would have been more lopsided, but Trey Smack missed two field goals and Florida failed to convert four third downs. Long Island never came close to scoring. The Sharks managed two first downs and finished with more pen alty yards (100) than total yards (86). - Florida/AP College Football
(DS#9 QB) So/2028 QB DJ Lagway, Florida
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