The past two days have boded well for Malik Zaire to win the starting quarterback job for Florida.
At Wednesday’s media day, UF coach Jim McElwain called the competition between Zaire and redshirt freshman Feleipe Franks “even” and didn’t put a timetable on deciding who will start when the Gators open the season against Michigan on September 2 in Arlington, Texas. McElwain finally was able to see Zaire in a practice when Florida opened camp on Thursday, and was pleased by the mobility Zaire displayed.
That all favors Zaire, who arrived in Gainesville in July as a graduate transfer from Notre Dame.