2016 Florida Gators football team

2016 Florida Gators football
Conference	Southeastern Conference Eastern Division
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 SEC)
Head coach	Jim McElwain (2nd year)
Offensive coordinator	Doug Nussmeier (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator	Geoff Collins (2nd year)
Co-defensive coordinator	Randy Shannon (2nd year)
Home stadium	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

2016 SEC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
Florida		0	–	0					0	–	0
Georgia		0	–	0					0	–	0
Kentucky		0	–	0					0	–	0
Missouri		0	–	0					0	–	0
South Carolina		0	–	0					0	–	0
Tennessee		0	–	0					0	–	0
Vanderbilt		0	–	0					0	–	0
Western Division
Alabama		0	–	0					0	–	0
Arkansas		0	–	0					0	–	0
Auburn		0	–	0					0	–	0
LSU		0	–	0					0	–	0
Mississippi State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Ole Miss		0	–	0					0	–	0
Texas A&M		0	–	0					0	–	0
Championship: December 3, 2016
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Florida Gators football team will represent the University of Florida in the sports of American football during the 2016 college football season. The Gators will play their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida, and compete in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They will be led by second-year head coach Jim McElwain.

Schedule

Florida announced its 2016 football schedule on October 29, 2015. The 2016 schedule consists of seven home, five away, and one neutral site games in the regular season. The Gators will host SEC foes Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, and South Carolina, and will travel to Arkansas, Tennessee, and Vanderbilt. Florida will play Georgia in Jacksonville, Florida.^[1]

The Gators will travel Arkansas for the first time since 2008. The team will host three of its four non–conference games, including Massachusetts, North Texas from Conference USA and Presbyterian from the Big South Conference. At the end of the season Florida will travel to Tallahassee to play in–state rival Florida State from the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result
September 3		UMass*		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL
September 10		Kentucky		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL
September 17		North Texas*		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL
September 24		at Tennessee		Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, TN (Rivalry)
October 1		at Vanderbilt		Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN
October 8		LSU		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL (Rivalry)
October 15		Missouri		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL
October 29		vs. Georgia		EverBank Field • Jacksonville, FL (Rivalry)
November 5		at Arkansas		D.W.R. Razorback Stadium • Fayetteville, AR
November 12		South Carolina		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL
November 19		Presbyterian*		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium • Gainesville, FL
November 26		at Florida State*		Doak Campbell Stadium • Tallahassee, FL (Rivalry)
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Schedule source:^[2]

Personnel

Roster

2016 Florida Gators roster
Quarterbacks 11 Kyle Trask – Freshman 12 Austin Appleby – Senior 13 Feleipe Franks – Freshman 14 Luke Del Rio – Sophomore 37 Harry Gornto V – Freshman Running Backs 24 Mark Thompson– Junior 25 Jordan Scarlett – Sophomore 32 Jordan Cronkrite – Sophomore 33 Tyriek Hopkins – Freshman 36 Case Harrison – Junior 37 Mark Herndon – Senior Lamical Perine – Freshman Wide Receivers  3 Treon Harris – Junior  4 Brandon Powell – Junior  5 Ahmad Fulwood – Senior  9 Dre Massey – Junior 10 Josh Hammond – Freshman 16 Freddie Swain – Freshman 18 C.J. Worton – Junior 43 Glenn Jarriel – Freshman 46 Isaac O'Neal – Freshman 81 Antonio Callaway – Sophomore 85 Chris Thompson – Senior 87 Kalif Jackson – Freshman 88 Ryan Sousa – Sophomore 89 Alvin Bailey – Junior Tyrie Cleveland – Freshman Rick Wells – Freshman Tight Ends 16 Brian Fallace – Sophomore 30 DeAndre Goolsby – Junior 39 Ryan Ferguson – Sophomore 80 C'yontai Lewis – Sophomore 82 Moral Stephens – Sophomore 84 Camrin Knight – Sophomore Punters 19 Johnny Townsend – Junior 97 Jon Gould – Freshman		Offensive Line 51 Antonio Riles – Junior 53 Kavaris Harkless – Sophomore 54 Cameron Dillard – Junior 59 T.J. McCoy – Freshman 60 Zach Shinn – Sophomore 64 Tyler Jordan – Sophomore 66 Nick Buchanan – Freshman 67 Brandon Sandifer – Freshman 68 Richerd Desir-Jones – Freshman 69 Marcus Givens – Freshman 71 Nick Villano – Freshman 72 Stone Forsythe – Freshman 73 Martez Ivey – Sophomore 74 Fredrick Johnson – Sophomore 76 Marcel Benalcazar – Senior 77 Andrew Mike – Sophomore 78 David Sharpe – Junior Brett Heggie – Freshman Jawaan Taylor – Freshman Defensive Line 17 Jordan Sherit – Junior 42 Jordan Smith – Freshman 54 Khairi Clark – Sophomore 55 Thomas Holley – Sophomore 57 Caleb Brantley – Junior 62 Andrew Ivie – Freshman 70 Forrest Palmore – Sophomore 91 Joey Ivie – Senior 92 Jabari Zuniga – Freshman 93 Taven Bryan – Sophomore 94 Bryan Cox Jr. – Senior 95 Keivonnis Davis – Sophomore 96 CeCe Jefferson – Sophomore 97 Justus Reed – Sophomore 98 Luke Ancrum – Freshman Antonneous Clayton – Freshman Jachai Polite – Freshman Placekickers 15 Eddy Pineiro – Sophomore 34 Neil MacInnes – Senior 98 Jorge Powell – Sophomore		Linebackers 13 Daniel McMillian – Senior 25 Matt Rolin – Junior 28 Kylan Johnson – Freshman 33 David Reese – Freshman 34 Alex Anzalone – Senior 40 Jarrad Davis – Senior 41 Darius Singletary – Freshman 44 Rayshad Jackson – Freshman 45 R.J. Raymond – Sophomore 46 Will Thomas – Freshman 52 Steven Stipe – Junior 56 Cristian Garcia – Junior 58 Jahim Lawrence – Freshman Vosean Joseph – Freshman Jeremiah Moon – Freshman Defensive Backs  6 Quincy Wilson – Junior  7 Duke Dawson – Junior  8 Nick Washington – Junior 14 Chris Williamson – Sophomore 20 Marcus Maye – Senior 21 McArthur Burnett – Freshman 23 Chauncey Gardner – Freshman 26 Marcell Harris – Junior 30 Garrett Stephens – Junior 31 Jalen Tabor – Junior 36 Eddie Giles - Sophomore 39 Michael Iorio – Senior 43 Mark Norvelis – Senior Quincy Lenton – Freshman Christopher McWilliams – Freshman Jeawon Taylor – Freshman Joseph Putu – Junior Long Snappers 41 Ryan Farr – Sophomore 47 Jonathan Haney – Senior 49 Devin Grimm – Sophomore 49 Jacob Tilghman – Freshman

Coaching Staff

Name	Position	Joined Staff
Jim McElwain	Head Coach	2015
Doug Nussmeier	Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks	2015
Geoff Collins	Defensive Coordinator	2015
Greg Nord	Tight Ends / Special Teams	2015
Tim Skipper	Running Backs	2015
Kerry Dixon II	Wide Receivers	2015
Mike Summers	Offensive Line	2014
Randy Shannon	Associate Head Coach / Linebackers	2015
Chris Rumph	Defensive Line	2015
Torrian Gray	Defensive Backs	2016
Mike Kent	Director of strength & conditioning	2015

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP
Coaches'
CFP	Not released															Not released

References

1. "Gators Release 2016 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of Florida Department of Athletics. October 29, 2015. Retrieved November 3, 2015.
2. "2016 Florida Gators Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved November 3, 2015.