DJ Lagway told mom ‘I think God forgot about me’ after 5-interception game against LSU
By Andrew Olson
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The 2025 season was rough for DJ Lagway. One of the lowest points for Lagway last year was when he threw 5 interceptions in Florida‘s 20-10 loss at LSU.
A new profile from Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports includes Nikita Lagway recalling her trip to Gainesville to check on DJ after the Florida-LSU game. The two had quite the exchange:
Upon arriving at DJ’s home in Florida, she found her boy was broken — depressed, angry and using her shoulder on which to cry.
‘God’s got you,’ she told him.
‘Momma,’ he said back, ‘I think God forgot about me.’
DeBraun Hampton, a Baylor receiver who followed Lagway from Florida, said that the former Gator quarterback kept quiet to most about what he was going through during a frustrating 4-8 season for UF. Lagway notably lived by himself and took mostly online courses last year.
“After that LSU game, he came out Monday and acted like nothing ever happened,” Hampton told Dellenger. “What didn’t I hear? Everything negative that you can imagine. Everything. In Gainesville, it’s hard when you’re not winning.”
Nikita was “disgusted” with Florida fans’ criticism of Lagway, per Dellenger, noting that he played through multiple injuries and was never fully healthy with the Gators.
“That’s not a crybaby. That’s a baller,” she said.
“It bothered me to hear people say he’s weak or injury-prone,” Nikita said. “I just want people to know, this season right here is going to be the first of my son’s career since 10th grade where he’s healthy and injury-free.”
A 12-game starter, Lagway completed 63.2% of his passes last season at 6.7 yards per attempt, throwing for 2,264 yards (188.7 yards per game), 16 touchdowns and 14 interceptions.
Lagway and the Baylor Bears face Auburn to open the 2026 season.
Andrew writes about sports to fund his love of live music and collection of concert posters. He strongly endorses the Hall of Fame campaign of Fred Taylor.
