The way Tim Skipper and Jim McElwain talked just days before the Florida Gators season opener against Michigan you wouldn’t have expected redshirt sophomore Kylan Johnson to play.
Johnson had tweaked his hamstring early on in fall camp but, at the time of the injury, McElwain speculated that Johnson wouldn’t be out for long. Then, as hamstring injuries can and often do, it lingered.
“You kind of have two plans,” linebacker coach Tim Skipper said before the Michigan game. “You’re either subbing him in and out or your not. We have that already built in. we’ll get to game day and see which direction we need to go.