Gainesville Sun · Aug 3, 2017
Dooley: UF’s Del Rio, a Swamp veteran, ready for another try
Florida quarterback Luke Del Rio talks with reporters Wednesday during the Gators’ media day at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.[Brad McClenny/Staff photographer]
It wasn’t as if Luke Del Rio thought one time that his football career was over.
He thought about it a lot.
The redshirt junior quarterback was a beaten-up man when last season ended and while rumors circulated that he might be finished at Florida because of multiple injuries, he wasn’t ready to dispel them.
“I wasn’t going to come back and play if I wasn’t completely healthy,” Del Rio said. “I was pretty beaten up. I was done.
“But I never officially quit. And then, I started feeling better.”