Florida loses experienced defender for 2024 season due to injury, Billy Napier announces
Florida suffered a notable blow to its defensive line depth over the weekend.
Billy Napier shared in his Monday press conference that DL Jamari Lyons is out for the 2024 season. Lyons was injured in the Gators’ first scrimmage of fall camp over the weekend.
“Jamari Lyons broke his ankle, and he’ll be out for the season,” Napier told reporters. “Obviously, our thoughts and prayers are with him.”
“We got all 132 (players) on the spot there to support him as he was carried off the field,” the third-year head coach added.
Lyons, listed at over 6-3 and 304 pounds on the Florida roster, is entering his third season in the program. A Cocoa, Florida, native and Viera High School product, he signed with UF as part of Napier’s first class after Dan Mullen’s dismissal.
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In 2022, Lyons, made just three appearances, allowing him to take a redshirt.
Last season, as a redshirt freshman, Lyons appeared in all 12 games for the Gators. He recorded 20 total tackles, including 10 solo stops and 2.5 for loss.
It’s the second time this fall camp that a regular Florida contributor’s health has made headlines. Earlier this month, UF starting running back Montrell Johnson was revealed to be considered week-to-week after having his knee scoped.
Napier has long been dealing with hot seat chatter as the Gators are just 11-14 in his tenure. Florida plays one of the nation’s toughest schedules in 2024, and Napier’s squad will face a big challenge right off the bat.
The Miami Hurricanes, ranked No. 19 in the preseason AP Top 25, come to Gainesville on Aug. 31 for a 3:30 p.m. showdown in The Swamp. The Gators and Hurricanes last met in Orlando, a 24-20 game that went Florida’s way. UM’s last trip to The Swamp came in the 2008 season, a 26-3 win for Urban Meyer’s Gators over Randy Shannon’s Canes. Miami leads the all-time series 29-27.
Ouch, the beatings will continue until morale improves. I HATE it for this young man. Wishing a full recovery as I don’t think there is such a thing as a speedy one from a broken ankle.
Hump,
Just curious what morale has to do with him getting his ankle rolled and broken? Thanks for the kind words as it is horrible any player has the season ended before playing a down.
I was talking about you and my other poor downtrodden Florida brethren on this site like cojo, nash, doc, marsh, stl and the occasional drive by fans leeland and lilpo (oh, and sisten GFA and delandman as well), I certainly wasn’t trying to imply that the poor kid who got injured was in need of a morale of the story scenario, gf8115. Injuries are the ugly side of football no matter what team we’re talking about. Cheers
I’m not sure your list of “down-trodden” Gators would agree with you that they occupy such a low morale position on the other-than-objective Leghumper scale, but nice try anyway.
I tried. Thought for sure if I twisted morale of the fanbase into a story with morals I could pull it off. Obviously I’m drinking alone tonight…lol
Either way, next man up, nature of the beast..
Ty Hump, it deff seems like a dark cloud is over the football program in g ville. Hopefully some sunshine will
Creep in soon
Dunno bro if I should thank you for placing me first on your special list but “downtrodden” aint the right word to describe the fine folk on that list and what a fine list that is so much so that I am honored to be included in such company so much so that I can keep going on and on with this run on sentence but hope you get my drift and as always if you aint a Gator you’re Gator bait
I wish everyone would take the curse of the G8rB8 ban chant as seriously as you and I do palley. The G8rs have been in a downward spiral ever since that fateful woke day…say it loud,say it proud mi compadre!
Leghumper, curious why I’m grouped together with delandman?? We have different philosophies:)
Greetings GFA, philosophy aside both of you have great husbands it seems…
lol mine definitely is :D
8115 – Next man up, he can be useful from the sidelines while he recovers. Tough break, but not the end of the world.
It’s a tough enough game without losing kids for the season before it even starts. Hopefully he’ll return healthy, stronger and meaner next season.
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I sure hope this doesn’t affect the outcome of what I said about Florida beating Tennessee and LSU this season.
That sucks. I hope he comes back with a vegeance next year. Get better soon!
1. Prayers for a complete recovery and as fast as possible
2. ?Why do we need to put any more bad mojo on this by hooking up to what is good or bad for Coach Napier?
3. Every college football program has rivalries and you can be sure that Miami has a full training room every day as well. There should be more of a personal health privacy ethic in sports…. Otherwise we would be even more clearly unethical by wanting to know how many Miami athletes are hurt and how bad? See how bad those manners are? Well that where you went!
Al these games are team outcomes. You could ask “how much combined playing time do these two rivals have in their depth chart by position?” Even if nobody is hurt , maybe it’s just a very hot day, or raining hard, depth can win a game. See how that down plays the need to know if someone might have a trick ankle. One more time in God’s ear. Thank you for football. Protect these young men. Protect the personal hearts of these athletes and coaches from a gladiator media and gladiator media consumers.
Amen.
Praying for a full recovery, he must be so frustrated.