Florida quarterback Will Grier plans to appeal his year-long suspension.

Last Monday, the NCAA suspended Grier for one year after the Gator quarterback tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. Grier said he took a supplement without realizing it contained a substance that was banned by the NCAA.

Grier has retained Morgan and Morgan, a prominent Orlando-based law firm, to represent him in his appeal to the NCAA. One of his attorneys will be Clay Townsend, whose son Johnny is a punter for the Gators. Townsend is an experienced lawyer, who has worked cases involving Steven Spielberg, Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys, Harlem Globetrotters legends Curly Neal and Meadowlark Lemon, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, among others.

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Grier, a redshirt freshman from Davidson, N.C., passed for 1,204 yards and 10 touchdowns in six games for the Gators before his suspension. Without Grier, the eighth-ranked Gators (6-1) suffered their first loss on Saturday, falling 35-28 to No. 6 LSU in Baton Rouge, La.