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Dan Mullen names Feleipe Franks Gators’ starting quarterback

Florida no longer has a question mark at the starting quarterback position.

The Gators released their depth chart for the 2018 season on Monday afternoon, which had redshirt sophomore Feleipe Franks listed as the starter ahead of Kyle Trask and Emory Jones.

It seemed to be a tug-of-war between Franks and Trask for the starting job through much of fall camp. Both quarterbacks showed promising flashes here and there, which made it a tough decision for head coach Dan Mullen and quarterbacks coach Brian Johnson.

But it was Franks’ intangibles - his physicality, size, arm strength and ability to extend plays - that gave him the edge over Trask, according to Mullen.