For the second time since last season, Florida has added a former Auburn defensive lineman.

This time it’s Tyrone Truesdell, as he joined fellow former Auburn DL Daquan Newkirk on the Gators this fall. At a Monday press conference, coach Dan Mullen addressed why that position became a need to fill this offseason.

Truesdell played in 10 games for the Tigers in 2020, recording 22 tackles (including 2.5 for a loss). In 4 years at Auburn, he had 67 total tackles.

“You’re looking at your depth, and that was a position really to me, it was a little bit of a recruiting gap in the middle that we’ve had from my first and second year here,” Mullen said. “Then you have some injuries and some guys not able to perform. If was somebody that we looked at immediately at the start of training camp. You look at the depth chart, you look at where you’re at and you look at your needs and you’ve got a guy that’s started a lot of games in this league the opportunity for him to come in and I know it’s a late start, but being a guy that’s started in the league, I think he’s going to adapt really quick.”