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- August 31, 2022 at 6:08 pm #19862
Coming up at approximately 6:30 p.m., Billy Napier and select players will be meeting with the media to preview Saturday’s game against Utah. Follow along for live coverage.
- August 31, 2022 at 6:42 pm #19863
Napier is here.
On prep for Utah: “Hay’s in the barn to some degree.”
Says most of what’s left is mental work and preparation.
- August 31, 2022 at 6:43 pm #19864
Confidence level: “I think confidence comes from preparing the right way.”
Says he believes that the staff has a good grip on game prep in a new environment. Says it’s important to stay in the moment.
- August 31, 2022 at 6:45 pm #19865
On preparing Anthony Richardson: Says that by Wednesday, they should figure out what the quarterback likes and dislikes after a few days of general game prep.
Says that dialogue goes up until game time.
- August 31, 2022 at 6:46 pm #19866
On the players being excited for game day: “We’ve been beating up on each other for a long time.”
Says this week has been about educating the players on game prep while preparing for a big game.
On injuries: Says Ricky Pearsall and Jason Marshall Jr. are good to go for Saturday and have been participating the last two practices.
- August 31, 2022 at 6:48 pm #19867
On captains: Says it may vary from week-to-week as far as representation. Being named the actual team captain won’t come until the end of the season.
Says there’s still a ton of leadership to be developed.
Adds that game day captains are picked on Tuesday, team captains are voted on by the players at the end of the season.
- August 31, 2022 at 6:49 pm #19868
On leading the players out of the tunnel: “I’m out in front, but I try to get out of the way.”
- August 31, 2022 at 6:52 pm #19869
On tackling: Says it feels like they have worked on it for a while. Says it took a lot of research to prepare for practice to give the defense game-like situations, but they won’t truly know how good of a tackler a player is until game day.
- August 31, 2022 at 6:53 pm #19870
On Dante Zanders: “Where would we be without the guy right now?… What a great kid to be around.”
Says Zanders’ story about thinking of transferring in spring but deciding to stay and switching back to tight end is an incredible story.
Said he made the transition easy and is able to process being a tight end well.
- August 31, 2022 at 6:54 pm #19871
On Patrick Toney: Says the two of them are playing chess throughout the year when it comes to preparation. He lets Toney coach the defense, but they work together in game prep.
“He’s a very bright coach.”
- August 31, 2022 at 6:55 pm #19872
On Anthony Richardson being a local hero: “Have nothing but great things to say about Anthony.”
Said they didn’t know truly how special he was until they met him.
Adds that he remembers AR making a few good plays in the Cotton Bowl two years ago and knowing that he was going to be special.
- August 31, 2022 at 6:57 pm #19873
“It’s unique in the fact that he’s from right here.”
Says the players actions both on and off the field make an impact on the community whether intentionally or unintentionally.
Says Richardson is making the most of his opportunity.
Napier is done.
- August 31, 2022 at 7:02 pm #19874
DB Tre’Vez Johnson is here
On Utah’s tight ends: Says that it won’t necessarily be a challenge, but it will be more physical.
- August 31, 2022 at 7:02 pm #19875
On game week: Says his excitement is through the roof.
On the opportunity to make plays at STAR: Says he’s excited for the opportunity to make plays.
- August 31, 2022 at 7:05 pm #19876
On the new defensive scheme: “I think we’re very comfortable. We’ve been doing this since spring, since before spring.”
On Patrick Toney and Billy Napier calling plays against each other in practice: “It was a lot of competing.”
On playing for Patrick Toney: “I can’t wait. I get chills talking about it.”
Says the new scheme helps him play faster due to it being easier to understand.
- August 31, 2022 at 7:07 pm #19878
On this team’s hunger after two bad seasons: “I can speak for the team, we’re tired of talking about it.”
“6-7, it can’t happen.”
Says it’s about going out and dominating.
- August 31, 2022 at 7:09 pm #19879
On tackling: Says they do a tackle circuit every day, and the team has improved because of it. A lot of it has to do with Ventrell Miller being back.
Despite major leadership in Miller, Gervon Dexter and Brenton Cox Jr. coming back, it’s still about playing hard.
“It’s not the same team it was last year.”
- August 31, 2022 at 7:09 pm #19880
On Mohamoud Diabate coming back, but on the opposing sideline: Said they’ve talked for a bit every now and then, and there’s been some trash talk.
- August 31, 2022 at 7:11 pm #19881
Despite being mainly at the STAR position, he’s been playing some safety, and he’s comfortable there.
- August 31, 2022 at 7:11 pm #19882
Johnson is done.
- August 31, 2022 at 7:25 pm #19883
Anthony Richardson is here
- August 31, 2022 at 7:26 pm #19884
On his progress through fall camp: “I’m very excited first of all.”
Says his focus through fall camp has bee trying to stay healthy while learning the new playbook.
- August 31, 2022 at 7:27 pm #19885
On being a local kid who became the starting quarterback for UF and being an inspiration to the local community: “I tell people, ‘I feel like my purpose on earth was to help people.'”
Says he’s happy for the opportunity
- August 31, 2022 at 7:30 pm #19886
On the locker room attitude: “I feel like everybody’s hyped.”
On being careful running the ball after Jack Miller’s injury: Said one goal this offseason was to stop trying to be the hero while running the ball and make the smart play, and that was before Miller’s injury. Said he’s been practicing sliding and getting out of bounds.
- August 31, 2022 at 7:32 pm #19887
On the comparison between last season’s offense and this season’s: “I feel like they go hand-in-hand. This one may has a little more play-action.”
On the workload between running and passing the ball this year: “I don’t really know. I try not to think about it too much.”
Says he just wants to do what the team needs him to do to win.
On being compared to Cam Newton: Says it’s an honor because that was one of his heroes growing up.
- August 31, 2022 at 7:33 pm #19888
On the picture of the “top-4 QBs in the SEC” in his new locker: “I see stuff like that all the time. I had that stuff in my locker. It’s still in there now.”
Says he uses it as motivation.
- August 31, 2022 at 7:34 pm #19889
On Trevor Etienne: “I love Trevor.”
Says that he’s made great plays in scrimmages, and when those happen, he tells people, “He’s going to be special.”
- August 31, 2022 at 7:35 pm #19890
On how he would describe himself as a leader: Said he used to describe himself as a lead by example guy, but learned that it wasn’t enough. Said he’s tried to be more vocal as a leader.
- August 31, 2022 at 7:36 pm #19891
On the atmosphere of the Swamp: Says he’s looking forward to soaking it in and wants to hear the loudness of the fans and see all the blue shirts in the crowd.
- August 31, 2022 at 7:38 pm #19892
On running out into the Swamp for the first time two-years ago: Said he was starstruck.
On getting tickets for his family for his first home start: Said he had to scramble late to get tickets and asked around 30 guys. Said he only needed 13. Richardson is done at the podium.
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