The Florida Gators have a starting quarterback — and, as expected, it’s redshirt sophomore Feleipe Franks.
Florida made that news official on Monday with the release of its depth chart for this week’s season opener against Charleston Southern, but the expectation through much of the spring and fall was that Franks would hold off fellow redshirt sophomore Kyle Trask to be named the Gators’ signal-caller, with true freshman Emory Jones set to be a third-string quarterback and a possible multi-tool at the position in specialized packages.
Franks appeared to many observers to be Florida’s best quarterback in what was seen of fall practices, with Trask — the only other player listed on Florida’s depth chart at quarterback — lagging behind his classmate while dealing with some unspecified hand injury and Jones producing more flashes than consistency.