Florida’s 2019 season began with a blue-chip quarterback and a whole fleet of talented and versatile wide receivers. Its 2020 season dawned with a high school backup at QB and a tight end as its most potent pass-catcher.
But the explosiveness the Gators displayed in overpowering Ole Miss by a 51-29 score in their 2020 season opener on Saturday shows that they might just be in a better place with Kyle Trask throwing to Kyle Pitts as their default play call.
Trask threw for 416 yards and six touchdowns — each school records for SEC openers and the latter tying an SEC mark only just set by LSU’s Joe Burrow in 2019 — while Pitts hauled in eight catches for 170 yards, setting a school record for a tight end, and four touchdowns, matching a school record for any receiver.