Florida offensive coordinator Brian Johnson asked to name breakout candidate for next year's Gator offense
For the second consecutive offseason, Florida’s offensive staff will be tasked with replacing some solid production in Gainesville.
That task will be much more difficult this upcoming offseason with the loss of Heisman Trophy finalist Kyle Trask but there were many doubting the ability of Dan Mullen’s coaching staff to replace all the receivers the team lost to the NFL last offseason — the Gators were the only program in the nation that had four rookie receivers make 53-man rosters to start the 2020 NFL season.
While replacing Trask will be an unenviable task, the Gators have an experienced player in Emory Jones that’s been waiting several seasons for his opportunity to lead the program.
During his appearance during the Cotton Bowl press conference, Florida offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach Brian Johnson was asked which Gator was poised to be a breakout candidate next season.
The first name mentioned by Johnson was Jones, followed by freshman signal-caller Anthony Richardson.
“It’s difficult to single out any guy out. One guy that hasn’t played much is obviously Emory,” Johnson said. “I can’t say enough about what he has meant to me the last three years. I’ve had a chance to work with him every single day in practice and seeing how much better he gets every year. I’m really excited for him, really excited for Anthony, those two guys specifically.
“I think they have an opportunity to learn a lot by watching Kyle this year, in how he prepares, how he performs. The habits that he has throughout the week to get himself ready to play.”
The competition should be heated this offseason in Gainesville but it sounds like Jones will be prepared to run with his opportunity should he win the job heading into the 2021 season.
Emory will step right in and do real well with all the skill players he will have at his disposal
BULL!!!!! Every skill player you have is leaving in the NFL DRAFT!!!! Or they think they are. Either way, they are gone!!!! Get used to your usual 2ND PLACE AGAIN!!!! Because it’s not every likely that 70% of the starting defense will be injured next year. Nor is it likely that George Pickens will be out. Along with his replacement and 2 running backs and 2 offensive linemen. Y’ALL GOT HISTORICALLY LUCKY THIS YEAR!!!! YET YOU STILL COULDN’T FINISH!!!! Y’all still are behind UGA in record. Even though we played the toughest schedule!!! Y’all finish behind UGA in record and rank!!!!
And next season. You won’t be facing our 5TH STRING QB!!!! Next season you’ll face either JT Daniels, Carson Beck or some obscure recruit named Vandagriff!!!! Y’all won’t have any place to hide!!!
Try not to lose against OU. After all the talking y’all have been doing. If you lose to OU. Nobody will consider you the TRUE SEC EAST CHAMPIONS with 4 losses!!! After all, y’all never played the real UGA!!! We’re coming to slap y’all around next year!!! Only a matter of months away!!!
I’ll bet y’all thought it was going to be a much more fulfilling season, after you lucked out with UGA’s B TEAM!!! Now your on the verge of dropping 4 games. Your OC is a joke!!!! Everyone knows who really runs your offense. You won’t have much offense or defense next year!!!!
PS. On the other hand. UGA WILL BE LETHAL!!!!
King Negan
Okay :)
Lol just admit you’re a closet gator fan you know so much about our team
Negan, do you use orange or blue hand cream while you jerk off? Seriously, your hard on for the Gators puts Viagra to shame…
The weird obsession and infatuation continues…
My theory.
Negans mom is a georgia fan. BUT his step-dad was a gator fan. His entire childhood, Negan listened to his mom getting pounded out by a gator on the other side of the single wide. From then on, his hatred for the Gators has only grown.
Negan, here you are at it again. Same prediction as last year. Excuses for your’e pathetic “Less w More” coaching staff. Excuses for your players. Excuses for you’re team of choice. Excuses Excuses no trophies no trophies.
“Every skill player you have is leaving in the NFL DRAFT!!!!”
Negan, did you copy and paste this from 2019?
Yea right! You scared bulldogs are going to get the crap beat out of you for the next 10 years and you know it… losers!! When is your last title? 1980… LOSERS!!
Kirby Smutt is just not that smart… Losers!!
I think so, too. He will stress defenses with his ability to run the ball, and the old play action fake to himself will be back in play. It’ll be fun to see who steps up at WR, but we have lots of talent and we have already seen the next generation of TEs make some plays this year.
King Negan, I hope you realize how pathetic your comments are ? UGA fans have trouble admitting when they have been beaten , they just start making excuses . when UGA beats UF we accept and move on , Keep making excuses and see if that will help you guys when more games next year. Man up , lick your wounds and get ready to play next year . what bowl is Georgia playing in again ?
UGA is playing in an NY6 game same as the Gators. The Cotton Bowl doesn’t have much significance since the demise of the SWC. You Gator fans actually remind me of when I lived in Dallas Tx in the mid 80s and the SWC fans used to tell me how much better the SWC was than the SEC. Lol.
The infatuation continues…
You lost 44 or 42 to something in the 20’s… 46-28?? Losers!! (So bite it king negan and ugagrad417!!)
It seems like this kid Emory has been at the school waiting in the wings forever. I guess with this year he gets another year to figure it out. Good for him.
No 417, good for you.
what was the Georgia / Alabama score ? UGA Got the brakes beat off of them …
Attempting to throw shade by referencing another game your team didn’t play in, while also implying a moral victory of the better loss to Bama, is interesting.
Box, interesting is not the word. I’m thinking revealing.
All these LOSER bulldog fans trolling the Mighty Gator article. We are top 10 academically and beat your puppy butts 46-28 on the field. Learn to lose!!
Mighty gators Yeesh…
Pushing back on a Florida fan attempting to talk trash via another team’s game has nothing to do with learning to lose. Though perhaps you could “learn to win” and not be a goofy loudmouth over a single (and only quality) win.
Ole King Neagen, it’s not even 2021 yet and here you are making your foolish predictions again. You would think that as many times you’ve made predictions this year and weren’t any good at it you would be humbled just a little bit. Please don’t use the excuse about the fifth string playing against the Gators. All of the 4 and 5 stars on our roster. We should be like Bama and be able to plug the next guy in and not skip a beat. Not to include we were up 14-0 on Fla Quite early. I know that was without JT Daniel’s , but i feel we need to see Daniel’s against real competition , not against teams like Miss St. and Mizzo. I would really like to start 2021 not having to call you KING CRYBABY.
Another Gator article with half the comments from UGA fans…SMH. The infatuation continues.
The obsession is real. I have some puppies working for me. Great people and friends. But completely devoted to the demise of the Gators. I’ve heard, “this is our National championship year” for at least 30 out of the last 40 years.
Always the same result. After the first loss it’s depression and blaming the off coordinator or head coach.
Math isn’t one of your strengths, is it? 18 comments by Gators, 5 by Dawgs. Last I checked 18 is a lot more than 5, right?
Perhaps taking into account when the comment was posted might help make the math work. 5/6 were UGA comments as of the time of Marsh’s posting.
Correction: 5 of 11.
Perhaps using the right post would help you. It was 2Bits post, not Marsh’s an hour later…
They happened about the same time (according to SDS’s highly accurate chronometer)so the numbers still work. Negan has the ability to tilt the numerator pretty quickly.
I stand corrected. After I wrote this, the highly accurate chronometers switched from being identical to an hour apart. Garbage in, garbage out. 7 out of 12 responses were Gators, the rest, UGA.
What do you care UK? This is a football post… not a basketball post… since when did you care about football?
4-Star Emory Jones is not the answer, just as 4-Star Treon Harris was not the answer. That Jones has played so little despite all the hype he received; that Jones was never allowed to throw in critical situations; this all tells me there is a “learning the system” problem.
I’m more excited to see what Richardson can do than jones. but jones was allowed to sling it a couple times last year against auburn when trask went down… and he wasn’t bad
and again, I’m not sold on jones, but any time the starter goes down in a big game its a “critical situation”.
I personally just won’t be counting jones out until he shares a camp with just himself and Richardson
Your point of the training camp is true. Even then, it can be difficult to pick the right QB. Looking at “talent level” or the number of stars can be misleading. Let’s not forget that a Heisman-caliber QB was kept on the bench from High School through his Jr season at a good football program in the SEC because his talent level – his supposed ceiling – wasn’t as high as others like Franks.
On the other hand, Fromm is an example in the other direction – a QB with reasonable talent was given the nod ahead of a player with a higher ceiling because he was winning games and got them to a championship game his freshman year. The consensus is now that Fields>Fromm.
I say give all your QBs an equal chance to show what they can do and judge them on how they handle it rather than the number of stars, but even then, the coaching staff needs to keep their heads on a swivel and be willing to change if the information changes.
I think we are in great shape with Jones but you never really know with a QB until they get into a game… I thought our season was over when Felipe went down but look how it turned out. I am SOLD on Emory Jones and look out Heisman!!
Lots of difference in talent level between Jones and Harris.
Scribe, are you sure you are a Gator fan. I can understand your negativity toward Grantham, but criticizing Jones is silly because you have no evidence of how he’ll perform when he gets his chance and he’s being coached by Mullen every time he comes to the sideline. He’s been backing up a guy who just became a Heisman finalist, so I don’t think we can place too much weight on the fact that he hasn’t started yet.
I have two degrees from UF. You tell me.
That said, I’m not negative. I’m objective. And based on my observations, I’m not sold on “stars” assigned in high school. See: Treon Harris (4), Feleipe Franks (4) , Kyle Trask (2), Emory Jones (4). Add to that the very limited playing time and plays called for Jones, I see an issue.
You’re a dumba$$
Well Scribe, you have me beat by one UF degree, but you might want to check the definition of objective. Almost every judgment about a football player — save for measurements like height, 40 yard dash time and vertical leap — is subjective.
Star ratings are a preliminary and highly subjective assessment often overweighted to physical metrics. But they’re not transitive. The fact that Franks was overrated (because he had no fundamentals training) and Trask was underrated (because he didn’t start in high school) has nothing whatsoever to do with Emory Jones. (Treon Harris was a surprisingly sought after high school player but only 5-11 and possibly overrated because he played against 4A competition.)
Emory Jones has a combination of elusiveness and size that will make him a nightmare for defenses next season. And while we haven’t seen a large sample size, Emory clearly has a cannon for an arm. Some of the long balls he has thrown in spring games and mop up duty show exceptional arm strength and touch. He also has a lightning quick release.
Will Jones end up throwing it to the other team too much? Maybe. There’s really no way to predict that until he gets his turn and has enough reps to get comfortable as a starter. But as with all Mullen quarterbacks, we’re likely to see dramatic improvement as his game experience increases.
Nashville, it is a fact that Treon Harris was a 4-star, Feleipe Franks was a 4-star , Kyle Trask was a 2-star, Emory Jones was a 4-star, and the best one of the lot was a 2-star. That’s a factual observation. Add to that the very limited playing time and plays called for Jones – facts – and I see an issue.
Yes, it is a fact that each of the players you cited was given a subjective rating.
Who the heck is Brian Johnson?
First time he’s been mentioned all year, I thought Mullet was HBD and OC, he certainly has gotten all the credit for Gatorbaitors prolific offense and Trask progress…wonder what Johnson is paid to play the fiddle?
Put. Down. The. Weed. Johnson has been discussed all season and interviewed for the USCe head coaching position.
He.was.discussed.by.Mullet for CootU.
Mullet.credit.for.offense.and.trask…not.johnson. Ask any Gator fan on this thread how many times they have mentioned the great job of play calling that Johnson has done…a resounding NOOoooooo.
Gotta a light? And while you’re at it, got a spliff?
For example…22 posts by G8r faithful, not a single Johnson in the bunch…bunch of johnsonless gators is all I see…gummies will do
Probably because our faithful were preoccupied with responding to King Douchebag, hence the numbers. A reminder, Monken wasn’t the talk of the town this season – that honor went to Kirby and the JT Daniels
debaclesituation.I humbly disagree, there were many many articles with humper fans stating how encouraged they were with the play calling this year, perhaps the execution not so much until the QB situation was finally resolved…Monken was credited often in spite of Kirby, Johnson was given zero credit in spite of Mullet. imho of course. Trolling aside, I could not have told you before this article who your OC was without looking it up in google world…but I bet you could have told me ours was Monken…
Oh wait…you just did tell me Monken^… (:
OC changes at top tier programs make headlines. Georgia’s change was discussed at length, both here and in the mainstream sports outlets. Johnson’s promotion to OC during the offseason was broadcast but perhaps overshadowed by the (mis)perception that Mullen called the plays, Trask and Pitts career seasons and the dismal defensive effort. He has done a great job and has not received enough credit this year.
That’s what I’m talking about…well said.
Curious though, if it is a misconception that Mullet is calling the plays, why does he have a playlist in his hands almost all the time when the offense is on the field?
Presumably because he is the head coach with veto power. Or maybe it’s his grocery list.
Bumper, that’s not a play list Mullen is holding. It’s a crossword puzzle he likes to work on between downs.
* Spellcheck goes nuts again, but I kind of like Bumper.
So that explains it then…he has no defensive veto power or he only works on his grocery list when the offense has the ball, interesting concept, no wonder Grantham runs amuck, no adult supervision…bumper out
I wonder how often a head coach should overrule whomever is calling the offensive plays? Maybe that has been an issue for the head coaches with a defensive background? The story that Mullen has told since day 1 is that he called the plays with lots of input from Johnson & Hevesy. This year supposedly changed to Johnson calling the plays with input from Mullen & Hevesy. I personally think Johnson hasn’t gotten enough credit from the start.
And lastly, the best assistant coach on the Gators staff is the relievers coach.
Love when you try to backspace and it submits…lol.
Gators receiver Coach, Billy Gonzales
Leghumper and butt sniffer! 44-28.
Hard to argue with the body of work your receivers coach has provided, your receivers have been phenomenal this year…
Not this dumbass LEG Humper butt sniffing dude!!! Go away!!! Come back after you win a National Championship!! Hopefully another 40 years from now. Loser!! 44-28…
I hear Advance Auto has a sale on head gaskets, buy one get one free…I own you