You’d be hard-pressed to find a college football player in recent years who’s been villainized by his own fans as much as cornerback Marco Wilson has over the past few months.
He’ll always be remembered more for his infamous shoe throw that cost the Gators the game against LSU than anything else he did or didn’t do throughout his career. His name will always be associated with choking a game away by making a boneheaded mistake.
More than three months later, the wounds still run deep among Gators fans. The image of him flinging the shoe 20 yards down the field has become a popular internet meme that you can’t help but see at least once a day.