The 2012 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2012 college football season. The Gators competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The 2012 season was the Gators' second under head coach Will Muschamp. They finished the season with 11–2 overall, 7–1 SEC. The team was invited to the 2013 Sugar Bowl, where they lost to the Louisville Cardinals, 33–23.
Schedule The 2012 Orange and Blue Debut game was played on April 7 at 1 p.m. and was televised on Sun Sports. Blue defeated Orange 21–20 in front of 38,100 fans.
The October 20 game against South Carolina hosted ESPN's College Gameday. In addition, their road games against Texas A&M and Tennessee were also hosted by College GameDay.
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Rankings
Roster 2012 Florida Gators rosterQuarterbacks 6 Jeff Driskel – sophomore 9 Jacob Guy – freshman 10 Tyler Murphy – sophomore 12 Jacoby Brissett – sophomore 13 Christian Provancha – sophomore 17 Skyler Mornhinweg – freshman 19 Ryan McGriff – freshman
Running backs
16 Scott Peek – senior 23 Mike Gillislee – senior 24 Matt Jones – freshman 32 Chris Johnson – sophomore 33 Mack Brown – sophomore 35 Jessie Schmitt – freshman 37 Mark Herndon – freshman 41 Hunter Joyer – sophomore
Wide receivers 1 Quinton Dunbar – sophomore 4 Eric Rumph – junior 8 Trey Burton – junior 13 Latroy Pittman – freshman 15 Ryan Parrish – junior 30 Michael McNeely – sophomore 33 Chris Maignan – junior 81 Darius Masline – freshman 83 Solomon Patton – junior 85 Frankie Hammond – senior 86 Raphael Andrades – freshman 87 A. J. Mobley – sophomore 89 Stephen Alli – junior
Tight ends 11 Jordan Reed – junior 18 Kent Taylor – freshman 20 Omarius Hines – senior 80 Tevin Westbrook – sophomore 82 Bair Diamond – freshman 84 Colin Thompson – freshman 88 Clay Burton – sophomore Offensive line 50 Sam Robey – senior 62 Cole Gilliam – junior 63 Trip Thurman – freshman 64 Kyle Koehne – junior 65 Tommy Jordan – freshman 66 James Wilson – senior 67 Jon Halapio – junior 68 John Reichardt – senior 70 D. J. Humphries – freshman 71 Matt Patchan – junior 72 Jonotthan Harrison – junior 73 Xavier Nixon – senior 74 Jessamen Dunker – freshman 75 Chaz Green – sophomore 76 Max Garcia – Incoming Transfer 77 Ian Silberman – sophomore
Defensive line 2 Dominique Easley – junior 4 Damien Jacobs – junior 6 Dante Fowler – freshman 7 Ronald Powell – junior 44 Leon Orr – sophomore 57 Dakota Wilson – freshman 58 Nick Alajajian – senior 68 John Reichardt – junior 73 Sharrif Floyd – junior 90 Jonathan Bullard – freshman 91 Earl Okine – senior 93 Kedric Johnson – junior 94 Bryan Cox Jr. – freshman 95 Alex McCallister – freshman 98 Quinteze Williams – freshman 99 Omar Hunter – senior Linebackers 1 Jon Bostic – senior 3 Jelani Jenkins – junior 11 Neiron Ball – sophomore 12 Antonio Morrison – freshman 25 Gideon Ajagbe – sophomore 28 Jeremi Powell – freshman 34 Lerentee McCray – senior 36 David Campbell – junior 48 Wes Owings – freshman 49 Darrin Kitchens – junior 51 Michael Taylor – sophomore 53 Cody Adams – freshman
Cornerbacks 5 Marcus Roberson – sophomore 8 Jeremy Brown – junior 14 Jaylen Watkins – junior 15 Loucheiz Purifoy – sophomore 22 Hugh Miles – freshman 24 Brian Poole – freshman 27 Willie Bailey – freshman 31 Cody Riggs – junior
Safeties 9 Josh Evans – senior 10 Valdez Showers – freshman 20 Marcus Maye – freshman 21 Jabari Gorman – sophomore 21 Evan Schroeder – freshman 22 Matt Elam – junior 26 De'Ante Saunders – sophomore 27 Ben Peacock – freshman 29 Rhaheim Ledbetter – freshman 30 Tim Clark – junior Punters 0 Grant Van Aman – freshman 4 Kyle Christy – sophomore 39 Todd Fennell – freshman 40 Justin Vogel – freshman
Kickers 16 Austin Hardin – freshman 19 Caleb Sturgis – senior 47 John Crofoot – junior 95 Francisco Velez – junior 97 Brad Phillips – junior
Long snappers 43 Kyle Crofoot – freshman 46 Drew Ferris – junior 54 Christopher Guido – senior
Coaching staff Wide receivers coach Aubrey Hill resigned during the offseason, so Pease and graduate assistant Bush Hamdan coached wide receivers. Name Current responsibilities Joined staffWill MuschampHead coach 2011Brent PeaseOffensive coordinator/quarterbacks* 2012Dan QuinnDefensive coordinator 2011D.J. DurkinLinebackers/Special Teams 2010Tim Davisoffensive line/Running game coordinator 2012Brian WhiteRunning Backs 2009Derek LewisTight Ends 2011Travaris RobinsonDefensive Backs 2011Bryant YoungDefensive line 2011
Recruiting class
Season summary
Bowling Green
Texas A&M
Tennessee
Kentucky
LSU
Vanderbilt
South Carolina
Georgia
Missouri
Louisiana-Lafayette
Jacksonville State
Florida State
Sugar Bowl
Players drafted into the NFL
1 23 Sharrif Floyd DT Minnesota Vikings 1 32 Matt Elam S Baltimore Ravens 2 50 Jon Bostic LB Chicago Bears 3 85 Jordan Reed TE Washington Redskins 4 104 Jelani Jenkins LB Miami Dolphins 5 164 Mike Gillislee RB Miami Dolphins 5 166 Caleb Sturgis K Miami Dolphins 6 169 Josh Evans S Jacksonville Jaguars
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