Before the Florida Gators began churning out great quarterbacks (this current nadir excluded), there was John Reaves.
Three years after Steve Spurrier won the Heisman, Mr. Reaves began having his own tremendous success in Gainesville. The former Robinson High star left UF as the NCAA's all-time passing leader and broke the SEC's career passing touchdown record. Mr. Reaves was found dead yesterday in his South Tampa home. He was 67.
Even though the Spurrier and Urban Meyer days led to new, eye-popping statistics, Mr. Reaves' name still appears 44 times in UF's record book, including.