Florida will start sophomore Treon Harris over redshirt freshman Will Grier in its 2015 season opener against New Mexico State, Gators coach Jim McElwain announced on Wednesday.
Harris and Grier have been locked in a quarterback competition since the spring, with neither player seeming to take a definitive upper hand over the months of practice. Conventional wisdom has held that Grier has held slim leads more than once, however, with a first one opening up after Harris missed time this spring after the death of a relative and another seemingly opening up early this fall, as Grier impressed in the snippets of practice open to media.