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With Luke Del Rio likely to be the starting quarterback for Florida, the biggest question is if he can be as productive as Grier.
“Obviously we kind of expect that. We expect him to take it farther than that,” McElwain said when asked at the Space Coast Gator Club. “That’s kind of what it’s all about. But we’ll see how he leads the team, we’ll see how he takes what the defense gives him and time will tell there.”
Some close to the UF football program, including former tight end Jake McGee, believe an eligible Del Rio could have challenged Grier for the starting job in 2015. At the time, Del Rio had more playing experience and knew Doug Nussmeier’s system better than Grier, a redshirt freshman.
Del Rio generated a lot of buzz last summer with his performance in offseason workouts, and McElwain called him a “sparkplug” in practice. Despite his impressive play, Del Rio came in last year knowing he would sit out.
It's not like I'd expect him to say anything differently but I do get the general impression that Del Rio is going to be much better than many of us expected...
The rest of the article is linked below:
https://www.seccountry.com/florida/...to-be-as-productive-or-better-than-will-grier