Tramell Jones connects with Eric Singleton for first TD of Gators’ spring game
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Tramell Jones knows that DJ Lagway is gone to Baylor, and he knows the 2026 season could belong to him as he tries to win the starting job for first-year Florida head coach Jon Sumrall.
That pursuit by Jones officially gets going this spring, as he competes with Aaron Philo for the starting quarterback job in Gainesville. And Jones launched that pursuit with a flourish on Saturday afternoon in the Orange and Blue Spring Game at The Swamp.
Jones put his stamp on the spring game and the runup to the 2026 season by dropping back to pass and finding Auburn transfer Eric Singleton in the end zone for a 38-yard touchdown strike. It got the spring game action rolling on Saturday in Gainesville, and it will no doubt serve Jones well as he tries to make good on his decision to come back to Florida, knowing the starting QB job had come open with Lagway heading to Waco.
Here is the first official highlight of the 2026 Orange and Blue Spring Game, courtesy of Jones and Singleton:
Jones, a 6-foot signal caller who was born in Jacksonville, found Singleton wide open in the front-left corner of the end zone, getting a rise out of those in attendance on the second Saturday of April.
Sumrall is trying to find his first starting quarterback as Florida coach, and Jones certainly put his best foot forward right away as the competition with Philo continues.
Florida will be trying to make a run at an SEC title in its first season under a new coaching regime. This is what the Kalshi market is currently saying about the top teams in the mix to raise that SEC championship trophy come December:
Cory Nightingale, a former sportswriter and sports editor at the Miami Herald and Palm Beach Post, is a South Florida-based freelance writer who covers Alabama for SaturdayDownSouth.com.
