Feleipe Franks will start for the Florida Gators this week against the Northern Colorado Bears on Saturday.
The redshirt freshman quarterback started his first game last Saturday against Michigan but was pulled in favor of Malik Zaire.
Franks beat out veterans Zaire and Luke Del Rio to earn the start against Michigan in the season opener.
Franks completed a 34-yard pass to Josh Hammond on Florida’s first drive, a perfectly thrown ball, but Franks was only given nine opportunities to pass.
“We felt like going in we could do some things with some shifts and motions and get something out of the run game,” McElwain said when asked why there was such a large discrepancy in the play calling.