Three players with vastly different experience levels will represent Florida football at the SEC Media Days next Wednesday in Atlanta.
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Florida Gators football will be represented by QB DJ Lagway, OL Jake Slaughter, and DL Caleb Banks at SEC Media Days in Atlanta.Sophomore QB DJ Lagway is considered one of the SEC’s top quarterbacks and appeared on the cover of NCAA Football 26.Senior Jake Slaughter is a top offensive lineman and a preseason All-American.Redshirt senior Caleb Banks is a key player on the Gators’ defensive line.
Next Wednesday, Florida football will show itself off to the SEC world at the conference’s media days in Atlanta.
The Gators will do so with a diverse package of players.
The conference announced Tuesday that QB DJ Lagway, OL Jake Slaughter and DL Caleb Banks will represent UF in Atlanta. Media days will run from Tuesday, July 15-Friday, July 18. The three players – along with head coach Billy Napier – will speak Wednesday, along with Alabama, Mississippi State and Oklahoma.
Lagway is the national draw of the Gators this season. The sophomore is being ranked as one of the SEC’s top QBs and appeared on the deluxe cover of NCAA Football 26. He threw for 12 TDs and 1,915 yards in the 2024 season in 12 games played.
Slaughter, a senior and Ocala native, is one of the nation’s top offensive lineman. A first team All-American in 2024, Athlon Sports and Walter Camp named him preseason for the same title in 2025.
Banks, a redshirt senior, amassed 21 tackles in the 2024 season. He helps lead a revamped Gators defensive line that will be relied on heavily in the 2025 season.
Follow the Sun for live coverage of Florida’s appearance next Wednesdy.
UF kicks off its 2025 season August 30th at home vs. Long Island University.
Noah Ram covers Florida Gators athletics and Gainesville-area high school sports for The Gainesville Sun, GatorSports.com and the USA TODAY Network. Contact him at nram@gannett.com. Follow him on X @Noah_ram1. Read his coverage of the Gators’ national championship basketball season in “CHOMP-IONS!” — a hardcover coffee-table collector’s book from The Sun. Details at Florida.ChampsBook.com