UF coach Dan Mullen knew he needed a kicker.
Good thing for him and the Gators, Mullen knew Evan McPherson.
One of Mullen’s earliest conversations upon his late November arrival was with record-setter Eddy Piñeiro, now with the Oakland Raiders. One of Mullen’s next phone calls was to McPherson, the nation’s top-rated kicker and a Mullen recruit at Mississippi State.
“I met with Eddy pretty early on when I got here and felt pretty confident he was going to leave (for the NFL) after my discussions and meetings with him,” Mullen said Monday. “That put us in a very urgent situation.