The final position look at the Gators leading into fall camp:
SPECIAL TEAMS
What to expect
Florida’s special teams were a mixed bag in 2023. Too many miscues ultimately overshadowed the positives in the game’s “third phase” and led coach Billy Napier to hire former New England Patriots assistant Joe Houston as an analyst.
Houston will join forces with analyst Chris Couch after UF committed seven penalties on special teams, some of them costly. A late-game substitution infraction after the field-goal unit ran onto the field as the offense looked to spike the ball led to a 5-yard penalty and a 44-yard missed by Trey Smack during the Gators’ 39-36 overtime home loss to Arkansas.