Still, they have one more game together, and those who remain are eager to show what they can do in Saturday’s Las Vegas Bowl against Oregon State here at Allegiant Stadium.
“Some players need to get more reps because a lot of people have been leaving, but it’s not a bad thing,” running back Montrell Johnson Jr. said. “It’s a good thing. A lot of young players that don’t play are getting those reps, and they need it because they’re going to be playing. The conversation going around is just that we have more than enough players to go get it done in Vegas.”
Gators head coach Billy Napier released the team’s depth chart for the bowl game on Wednesday. In his first season, Napier has a different team than the one that opened the season with a victory over Utah. The Gators are in Vegas without 21 players who appeared in a game during the season.
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The most significant departures are Richardson, linebacker Ventrell Miller, All-America offensive lineman O’Cyrus Torrence and receiver Justin Shorter. The foursome opted not to play in the bowl game to begin preparing for the draft.
Meanwhile, redshirt junior offensive lineman Richard Gouraige and junior defensive tackle Gervon Dexter Sr. are playing. Both players will enter the draft after the season.
“My mom always just told me to finish what you started,” Gouraige said of his decision. “I just always carried that with everything I do.”
Dexter, who received a second-round grade recently from the Draft Advisory Board, wants to finish his career with a victory. Florida became bowl eligible with a 38-6 win over South Carolina last month but lost its final two regular-season games to finish 6-6.
The Gators can clinch a winning season with a victory over the Beavers.
“I felt it was the right thing to do,” Dexter said. “This is what Coach Napier preaches all the time: just be a good teammate. So, I’m just trying to be here to be a good teammate and finish it.”
The most notable movement on the depth chart Wednesday is redshirt freshman offensive lineman Kamryn Waites, listed as the starter at right guard, a spot usually manned by his Torrence. The 6-foot-8, 373-pound Waites transferred from Louisiana and is considered a…
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