GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The University of Florida football program announced the additions of Nick Polk and Benjamin Elsner to the program’s front office on Monday. Polk will serve as Associate Athletic Director/Football General Manager, while Elsner was named the team’s Director of Football Strategy.
Polk will oversee the front office for the Gators and be responsible for revenue share and NIL allocation, student-athlete contract negotiations, football budgets, roster management and work with football personnel. Elsner will assist Polk with management of the salary cap and contracts, but will also lead the program’s efforts in analytics and A.I. for all parts of the organization.
“We are excited about moving forward with building out the front office concept with the addition of Nick Polk,” head coach Billy Napier said. “His leadership and experience will prove to be extremely valuable to the entire organization. Nick has a college football coaching background, as well as extensive NFL experience to go along with representing a number of clients that are in college football and the NFL. This is a huge step forward for the Gators.”
Polk comes to Gainesville with a tremendous amount of experience, including serving 17 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons as Director of Football Administration and Director of Football Operations. Polk’s duties with the Falcons included salary cap management including draft negotiations, contract proposals, player contracts, coaches contracts, cross-check scouting assignments on both college and the NFL, trades and trade value analysis, CBA Compliance, football budgets, league liaison and daily cap monitoring and strategy.
“I am honored and privileged to have this incredible opportunity to be named Associate Athletic Director/Football General Manager for the Florida Gators,” Polk remarked. “I’d like to give a special thank you to Scott Stricklin and Coach Napier for their trust in my abilities to take on this new role. Every successful program has alignment with its leadership and it was evident throughout this process that this is the case here. I am excited to work daily with this football program’s great administrators, coaches, players and staff to build a championship program.”
For his first two years with Atlanta, Polk oversaw the Georgia Force (AFL) each spring, serving as Senior Director of Football Operations, handling all aspects of the Club’s roster management, operations and financial…
Polk will oversee the front office for the Gators and be responsible for revenue share and NIL allocation, student-athlete contract negotiations, football budgets, roster management and work with football personnel. Elsner will assist Polk with management of the salary cap and contracts, but will also lead the program’s efforts in analytics and A.I. for all parts of the organization.
“We are excited about moving forward with building out the front office concept with the addition of Nick Polk,” head coach Billy Napier said. “His leadership and experience will prove to be extremely valuable to the entire organization. Nick has a college football coaching background, as well as extensive NFL experience to go along with representing a number of clients that are in college football and the NFL. This is a huge step forward for the Gators.”
Polk comes to Gainesville with a tremendous amount of experience, including serving 17 seasons with the Atlanta Falcons as Director of Football Administration and Director of Football Operations. Polk’s duties with the Falcons included salary cap management including draft negotiations, contract proposals, player contracts, coaches contracts, cross-check scouting assignments on both college and the NFL, trades and trade value analysis, CBA Compliance, football budgets, league liaison and daily cap monitoring and strategy.
“I am honored and privileged to have this incredible opportunity to be named Associate Athletic Director/Football General Manager for the Florida Gators,” Polk remarked. “I’d like to give a special thank you to Scott Stricklin and Coach Napier for their trust in my abilities to take on this new role. Every successful program has alignment with its leadership and it was evident throughout this process that this is the case here. I am excited to work daily with this football program’s great administrators, coaches, players and staff to build a championship program.”
For his first two years with Atlanta, Polk oversaw the Georgia Force (AFL) each spring, serving as Senior Director of Football Operations, handling all aspects of the Club’s roster management, operations and financial…
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