When Michael McNeely reached the end zone on that frigid October afternoon in Jacksonville, he found a chorus of Florida fans waiting. He basked in the chilled sunlight of the moment. A moment he never thought would come.
“If you would have told me growing up that I would play for the Florida Gators and that I would score a touchdown in Jacksonville against the Georgia Bulldogs,” the former walk-on reciever said, “I don’t think I would’ve fully believed you.”
McNeely’s rise to that moment was slow and steady, and it came at the ideal time. The unranked Gators were heavy underdogs against No.