Whenever someone questions the belief that quarterback is the most important position in football, point them to the Florida Gators. Florida has everything a team could dream of having when pursuing a national championship.
The one thing holding the Gators back has been a near decade of inconsistency at quarterback.
Since Tim Tebow completed his final season in Gainesville in 2009, the Gators have struggled to find a reliable option at quarterback. They’ve come up short with Austin Appleby, John Brantley, Jacoby Brissett, Luke Del Rio, Tyler Murphy, Jeff Driskel, Will Grier, and Treon Harris.
According to Edward Aschoff of ESPN, an anonymous SEC head coach cited the Gators’ inconsistency at quarterback as the reason they have a ceiling.