GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Florida fans clamoring for a change at quarterback will get it this week against South Carolina, as Gators coach Jim McElwain announced Monday that Luke Del Rio will miss the game with a shoulder injury.
That means that senior Austin Appleby, a grad transfer from Purdue, likely will make his third start this season; he started a loss at Tennessee and a win at Vanderbilt when Del Rio was out with a knee injury.
McElwain said Del Rio was injured in the second quarter of this past Saturday’s 31-10 loss at Arkansas. McElwain said Del Rio kept mum about the injury.