GAINESVILLE, Fla. – It was a rough week on the injury front for Florida as various reports stated three Gators went down in practice, and coach Jim McElwain confirmed the bad news in Friday’s press conference.
Freshman cornerback Quincy Lenton had surgery on a broken foot, which reporters had gathered from watching his Twitter account.
“Quincy Lenton has kind of the same thing as Brandon Powell had in his foot, very similar,” McElwain said. “The great news there is when it was discovered we were able to go about four hours after the actual, five hours after, when it was discovered and we were able to get that screwed back in there. That speaks volumes for our doctors, taking care of it like we did. That’s at least probably a five- to eight-week (absence) depending on the repair piece.”
OG Antonio Riles, who went down in Monday’s practice, will be out for the year due to a torn ACL.
“Antonio Riles did have a knee situation and he’ll be out. We haven’t gone to surgery yet. You have to let some of these things, swelling, go down and whatever,” McElwain said. “I didn’t do great in that medical class I was in so you guys will have to bear with me on that.”
Freshman CB C.J. McWilliams suffered a similar fate as Riles.
“C.J. McWilliams, same deal,” McElwain said. “We’ll wait for the schedule on that.”
Florida will hold its first scrimmage Friday afternoon.
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