Florida’s run game was one of the relatively few highlights from the 2021 season. After years of underwhelming-at-best results on the ground, the Gators finally returned to excellence in rushing. For about the first half of the season or so, UF was challenging the triple option service academies for the title of best and most prolific running team.
As it turns out, there were three distinct phases to the 2021 rushing attack. To demonstrate this, I broke down each game’s performance by comparing the Gators’ yards per rush to the season-long yards per rush that each opponent allowed.