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12/01/20 - *Kyle Pitts, Jr/2021, Florida + More +

What might be the best passing combination in college football has been three years in the making. Quarterback Kyle Trask and tight end Kyle Pitts spent 2018 working on the scout team or the second unit, mastering their skills, awaiting their chance and developing an unmistakable synergy. "We obviously go way back.," Trask said. "So chemistry's always been building. " Two seasons later, college football is struggling to break their bond. Trask and Pitts hooked up for three touchdowns against Kentucky, giving them 11 during just 22 quarters in 2020 - a TD pace no tandem in the game can match. The Wildcats' SEC-leading pass defense had no answer for the 6-foot-6, 240-pound Pitts, who finished with five catches for 99 yards. Welcome to the club, Kentucky.

The only thing to slow down Pitts this season was a vicious hit by Georgia safety Lewis Cine that led to his ejection and a concussion for Pitts. The tight end also required nose surgery because his helmet raked across his face and fractured his septum. When he returned to practice Monday, Pitts and Trask went back to work to make sure they were up to speed by Saturday. It was an example, Pitts said, of the commitment of the two players to the Gators and each other. "I can't even describe it for you," Pitts said of his bond with Trask. "But I can just say there's just days like, I feel like it was this whole week, where every day me and him stayed after practice...just getting the plays that we missed and just making sure when we came out here to the game we didn't miss that throw." - Sun Sentinel

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TE *Kyle Pitts, Florida
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11/30/20 - Kadarius Toney, Sr/2021, Florida + More +

NOV 30 SEC CO-SPECIAL TEAMS PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kadarius Toney, PR, Florida,...Toney returned a punt 50 yards for a touchdown which proved to be the decisive score in the game as Florida defeated Kentucky, 34-10, on Saturday...With the Gators trailing 10-7 late in the first half, Toney's return for a touchdown flipped the game's momentum back to Florida, giving them a 14-10 edge at halftime, which was a lead that the Gators wouldn't lose again...Toney is the third Gator since at least 1996 to score a passing, rushing, receiving and punt return touchdown in a career, joining Jacquez Green and Antonio Callaway...Toney's 50-yard punt return touchdown was the Gators' first punt return touchdown since Freddie Swain's 85-yarder for a touchdown against Colorado State on Sept. 15, 2018. - SEC Football

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WR Kadarius Toney, Florida
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11/28/20 - Kyle Trask, rSr/2021, Florida + More +

Florida's Kyle-to-Kyle connection returned in a big way after a two-week hiatus and put the sixth-ranked Gators on the verge of the Southeastern Conference championship game. Kyle Trask found Kyle Pitts for three touchdowns, including a 56-yarder in which the star tight end ran away from a cornerback, and Florida overcame a sluggish start to beat Kentucky 34-10 Saturday in the Swamp. It was Pitts' first game since suffering a concussion and breaking his nose on a vicious hit against Georgia. Trask wasted little time reconnecting with his favorite and most talented target.

Trask has 34 TD passes this season, moving him past 2007 Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and into a tie for third on the school's single-season list. Only Danny Wuerffel (39 in 1996, 35 in 1995) is ahead of him. Rex Grossman also threw 34 in 2001. Trask did break one of Wuerffel's records Saturday. He became the first player in school history with at least three TD passes in eight consecutive games, topping Wuerffel's mark of seven set in 1996. Trask is on pace to pass Wuerffel for TDs, too, and it could happen in his final two regular-season games. More importantly for Trask and the Gators (7-1), though, is they can clinch the East Division with a victory at Tennessee next week. - Florida/AP College Football

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QB Kyle Trask, Florida
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11/26/20 - Kyle Trask, rSr/2021, Florida + More +

Everyone has their Heisman Trophy favorite, including back-up Florida quarterback Emory Jones. His is the guy in front of him - Kyle Trask. "I don't think anybody in the country is playing the way he is right now," Jones said. "Just the way he's operating and managing the game, I feel like that's the guy who's going to actually win the Heisman. The things he's doing are crazy. I don't think anybody is playing that well. It's pretty exciting."

Trask is clearly one of the Heisman leaders at this point. If the Gators keep winning and he keeps producing like he has, he very well could end up being the guy. "You're seeing players that are winning awards are on really good football teams," UF coach Dan Mullen said. "So, it's pretty easy to just keep the focus on the team, the team winning. If we keep winning and we're successful, Kyle's going to be putting up pretty good numbers. And he'll have the opportunity to get some individual awards. "He won't be the only one. Hopefully, there's other guys on the team that certainly have the opportunity with individual awards as well. But you increase your chances of that as long as the team does good." - Gainesville Sun

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QB Kyle Trask, Florida
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11/25/20 - Kyle Trask, rSr/2021, Florida + More +

The Florida quarterback's big break came last season in Lexington. Pressed into action after Feleipe Franks was injured, Trask rallied the Gators from 21-10 down after three quarters to victory. The performance established Trask as UF's starting QB. This year, the 6-foot-5, 240-pound product of Manvel, Texas, has emerged as, arguably, the Heisman Trophy favorite. Trask leads the nation in touchdown passes (31), is fourth in passing yards per game (364.8) and sixth in pass efficiency rating (197.1). - Herald Leader

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QB Kyle Trask, Florida
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11/25/20 - *Kyle Pitts, Jr/2021, Florida + More +

Florida tight end Kyle Pitts may have looked at the scoring production by teammates in the position room and decided it was time to return to the lineup. Pitts, injured in the first half of the Georgia game, will play Saturday against Kentucky, UF coach Dan Mullen announced Monday. Pitts was injured late in the first half of the win over Georgia on Nov. 14 after being hit by defensive back Lewis Cine while attempting to catch a pass over the middle. Pitts left the field with a concussion, and Cine was disqualified for targeting on the play. In his stead at tight end, Kemore Gamble has caught three touchdown passes and Keon Zipperer two. "He wanted to go play this past weekend," Mullen said of Pitts, who had nose surgery before last week. Pitts has 24 catches for 414 yards and eight touchdowns through five games. - Times Union

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TE *Kyle Pitts, Florida
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11/24/20 - Graham Mertz, rSr/2025, Florida + More +

After dealing with little to no on-the-field adversity while leading the University of Wisconsin football team to victories in his first two career starts, the redshirt freshman quarterback's inexperience showed Saturday afternoon against a terrific defense. Mertz turned the ball over four times - three interceptions and a fumble - in the No. 10 Badgers' 17-7 loss to No. 19 Northwestern at Ryan Field. It didn't help matters that Mertz didn't have his two best wide receivers on the field with him, and there was plenty of blame to go around on a UW offense that couldn't get out of its own way. But on a day when the Badgers needed their young star to be great, he instead took a step back. "I do believe what drives him is doing all he can for this team, and when you're not able to do that or do it enough, it's a growing situation," UW coach Paul Chryst said. "This one was painful for a lot of us, and we've got to learn from it. We've got to take away what you can from it and go forward.

"I don't know if there's many quarterbacks that play that don't go through those highs and those lows. You've got to find a way to continue to work through and be consistent when things are going well and when things aren't going well." Mertz completed 74.4 percent of his passes during his first two starts - sandwiched around a positive COVID-19 test that sidelined him for two weeks - but he went just 23 of 41 for 230 yards against the Wildcats (5-0). He attempted 64 passes without throwing an interception dating to his debut last season, but his first career pick came in the second quarter and that was followed by two more. "Northwestern's a great, veteran defense," Mertz said. "They knew what was coming with our progressions, so obviously there were some that I'd like to get back. But now it's just taking it as a learning experience and grow from it." - Journal Sentinel

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QB Graham Mertz, Florida
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11/23/20 - Kyree Campbell, Sr/2021, Florida + More +

NOV 23 SEC CO-DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Kyree Campbell, DE, Florida,...Kyree Campbell led Florida's defense in tackles with nine on Saturday in the Gators' 38-17 win at Vanderbilt...Campbell had a career-high with his nine tackles (previous high was seven at Tennessee in 2018)...Campbell helped lead a defense that is ranked No. 1 in sacks per game (3.0) and No. 2 in tackles for loss per game (6.43) in the Southeastern Conference. - SEC Football

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DT Kyree Campbell, Florida
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11/21/20 - Kyle Trask, rSr/2021, Florida + More +

For those who think Florida quarterback Kyle Trask has been ridiculously good so far this season, just wait. You ain't seen nothin' yet. At least that's the word from two of his wide receivers - senior Trevon Grimes and sophomore Justin Shorter. "Honestly, (nothing he does surprises me). I see it every day at practice," Grimes said. "He goes out there and does things you guys haven't even seen yet. He is a phenomenal quarterback. He makes throws I've never seen before. He places balls in places that you wouldn't even expect to be able to go to. "So, for me he is not surprising at all. We know what he can do, and he has a lot more to tap into, and I can't wait until he does and shows the world how good of a quarterback he really is and the potential he has. Even though he has done some crazy things already, he has a lot more to go."

Shorter shares the outside receiver spot with Grimes, and he also shares Grimes' take on Trask. "He's just a great guy," Shorter said. "I remember since the first day I met him and we just shook hands and he's just a great guy, all-around dude and I just can't wait to see what he's going to do, literally - like, each game that we played, even in practice some of the throws he makes. I just can't believe that he even makes the throws and fits it in those spots. But, he's been doing that literally since we started throwing over the summer. So, I'm just really happy that he's my quarterback." - Gainesville Sun

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QB Kyle Trask, Florida
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11/21/20 - Kyle Trask, rSr/2021, Florida + More +

Kyle Trask passed for 383 yards and three touchdowns, and No. 6 Florida rallied from an early deficit to beat Vanderbilt 38-17 on Saturday. The Gators (6-1, 6-1 Southeastern Conference) pulled into Vanderbilt Stadium an hour before kickoff already in uniform, hoping to avoid the visitors locker room as a coronavirus precaution. The Commodores (0-7, 0-7) opened the game by driving for a touchdown, but Trask helped get Florida on track for its seventh consecutive win in the series. Trask, a Heisman Trophy hopeful, completed 26 of 35 passes to nine different receivers. He is the first quarterback in SEC history to accrue 30 touchdown passes in seven games.

Vanderbilt drove 75 yards on 11 plays in the opening series, scoring on Ken Seals' 16-yard pass to Chris Pierce Jr. with 10:50 left in the first quarter. The Gators tied it less than three minutes later. Trask found wider receiver Kadarius Toney wide open around the 15-yard line, and Toney carried the ball in the end zone to complete a 27-yard play at 7:47. Vanderbilt countered with Pierson Cooke's 25-yard field goal on the next drive, and the Gators tied it at 10 when Evan McPherson kicked a 33-yarder at 4:13 of the second quarter. Trask threw a 34-yard TD pass to Trevon Grimes with 49 seconds left until halftime for a 17-10 lead, and Dameon Price rushed in from a yard out for a 24-10 advantage early in the second half. With 2:55 left in the third, Trask found tight end Kemore Gamble in the back of the end zone for a 2-yard touchdown pass. - Florida/AP College Football

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QB Kyle Trask, Florida
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11/16/20 - Kyle Trask, rSr/2021, Florida + More +

NOV 16 SEC CO-OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kyle Trask, QB, Florida,...Trask was 23-of-29 for 356 yards passing and six touchdown passes in Florida's 63-35 win over Arkansas on Saturday...Trask also committed zero turnovers against a defense which entered the game with the No. 3 turnover margin (+8) and had the No. 24 passing efficiency defense in the country...The Trask-led Florida offense totaled 593 yards and averaged 7.1 yards per play against the Razorbacks, who entered the game allowing 401.5 yards per game on average.

Under the direction of Trask, Florida posted its first 60-point game against an SEC opponent since a 63-5 win over Kentucky on Oct. 25, 2008...Trask became the seventh quarterback in SEC history to throw for six passing touchdowns multiple times in a career, and the fifth to do it multiple times in the same season...Trask also joined Tim Tebow (2007, 2008) and Danny Wuerffel (1995, 1996) as the only Gators in history to post multiple seasons of 25 passing touchdowns. With six touchdown passes tonight, Kyle Trask broke Tua Tagovailoa's SEC record for the most touchdown passes through the first six games of a season (Tua had 27 in the first six games of 2019). - SEC Football

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QB Kyle Trask, Florida
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11/16/20 - Zachary Carter, rSr/2022, Florida + More +

NOV 16 SEC DEFENSIVE LINEMAN OF THE WEEK: Zachary Carter, DL, Florida,...Carter contributed to Florida's 63-35 win over Arkansas on Saturday with a 35-yard fumble recovery for a touchdown and added three tackles and a sack...Carter's fumble return for a touchdown was Florida's first defensive touchdown since Jonathan Greenard's 80-yard fumble return for a touchdown against Vanderbilt last season. - SEC Football

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DT Zachary Carter, Florida
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11/16/20 - Kyle Trask, rSr/2021, Florida + More +

Joe Burrow set the Football Bowl Subdivision record with 60 touchdown passes last year, an incredible feat accomplished in a 15-game national championship season for LSU. The way Florida's Kyle Trask is going, 60 would be very possible for him if not for the COVID-19 pandemic shortening schedules. Trask, after throwing for six TDs for a second time this season in sixth-ranked Florida's 63-35 win over Arkansas, has 28 in six games. If he continues his pace of 4.67 per game, he would throw 56 if the Gators play all 10 of their regular-season games, go to the SEC championship game and play in a bowl. If he carried it through one or two College Football Playoff games, the record would be in sight.

Only four FBS quarterbacks have thrown for more than 50 TDs in a season. Trask had five of his six TDs against Arkansas in the first half, and his 28 TDs are the most through six games in SEC history. The fifth-year senior goes on the road this week to face a Vanderbilt defense that's allowed opponents to throw for 15 touchdowns, third-most in the SEC, and complete better than 72% of their passes. Trask's body of work has overshadowed North Carolina's Sam Howell and Central Florida's Dillon Gabriel. Howell threw six TD passes in a 59-53 win over Wake Forest and has 23 in eight games. Gabriel has had five TD passes in a game twice this season and has 23 in seven games. - AP College Football

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QB Kyle Trask, Florida
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11/14/20 - Kyle Trask, rSr/2021, Florida + More +

Kyle Trask has gone from Heisman hopeful to potential Heisman Trophy front-runner in two months, much of it coming in the last two weeks. Trask threw for 356 yards and six touchdowns, extending his school record for consecutive games with at least four TDs to six, and No. 6 Florida overwhelmed Arkansas 63-35 on Saturday night in the Swamp. Trask repeatedly torched the Razorbacks (3-4), who were without coach Sam Pittman and without much of a chance by halftime. It was the second time this season Trask tossed six TDs in a game. He's the only player in school history to accomplish that feat. "The more success teams have sometimes, the more individual awards come," coach Dan Mullen said. "If we keep being successful as a team, we keep making plays, he's going to have the opportunity to get individual awards."

Arkansas quarterback Feleipe Franks, a three-year starter for the Gators (5-1), was booed early in his return to Florida Field and unable to do much to steal the spotlight from Trask. Florida players and coaches lined up to hug Franks after the game, and the home crowd responded with a warm ovation as he left the stadium for the last time. "It's awesome, man, just to be just to be around those guys and see the excitement they had to see me and me to see them," Franks said. "It's fun. You love the game, that's what you play it for, the relationships you build along the way." Trask, meanwhile, started a new streak by throwing at least four TD passes in the first half for the second straight week. He had five in Florida's first six drives and might have had another had the Gators not failed to convert a fourth-down play at the Arkansas 16. - AP College Football

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QB Kyle Trask, Florida
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11/09/20 - Kyle Trask, rSr/2021, Florida + More +

NOV 9 SEC OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kyle Trask, QB, Florida,...Trask was 30-of-43 for 474 yards passing and four touchdown passes as he led Florida to a 44-28 victory over No. 5 Georgia in Jacksonville on Saturday...Set career highs in passing attempts (43), completions (30) and passing yards (474)...Entering this game, Georgia ranked No. 1 in the SEC in total defense, scoring defense and passing efficiency defense...UGA also ranked No. 3 in the SEC in passing defense...Finished with 474 passing yards, the second-highest total in school history and just eight yards shy of Tim Tebow's single-game school record of 482 set in the 2010 Sugar Bowl...Trask set a single-game school record for passing yards against Georgia by the end of the third quarter, which he finished with 412 passing yards. He is the first player in SEC history with 4 pass TD in 5 straight games. - SEC Football

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