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Upbeat TE Jake McGee ready for another first season with Gators

AUG 7, 2015 at 7:15p ET

AUG 7, 2015 at 7:15p ET

Jake McGee's first attempt at his first season with the Gators ended with a broken leg in the first half of the season's first game.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- After about 15 minutes or so of station work Thursday, the bullhorn blasted and the Florida Gators rushed en mass to huddle around Jim McElwain. After a brief chat, the head coach turned his squad loose for its first fall practice under his watch.

When the players broke, they scurried into warmup formation; four lines facing the middle of the field, with one player tabbed by the coaching staff to take center stage as front man for a day and get everyone going with a set of "Swamp Jacks.