2010 Florida Gators football team

The 2010 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida in the sport of American football during the 2010 college football season. The Gators competed in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), and played their home games at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus. The season was the sixth and final campaign for coach Urban Meyer, who led the Gators to a 37–24 Outback Bowl victory over coach Joe Paterno's Penn State Nittany Lions, and an overall win–loss record of 8–5 (.615).

2010 Florida Gators football
Outback Bowl champion
Outback Bowl, W 37–24 vs. Penn State
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	Eastern Division
Record	8–5 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach	Urban Meyer (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Steve Addazio (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Defensive coordinator	Teryl Austin (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Captain	Ahmad Black A.J. Jones Duke Lemmens Mike Pouncey Justin Trattou
Home stadium	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

2010 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Division
No. 22 South Carolina x		5	–	3					9	–	5
Florida		4	–	4					8	–	5
Georgia		3	–	5					6	–	7
Tennessee		3	–	5					6	–	7
Kentucky		2	–	6					6	–	7
Vanderbilt		1	–	7					2	–	10
Western Division
No. 1 Auburn x$#		8	–	0					14	–	0
No. 12 Arkansas %		6	–	2					10	–	3
No. 8 LSU		6	–	2					11	–	2
No. 10 Alabama		5	–	3					10	–	3
No. 15 Mississippi State		4	–	4					9	–	4
Ole Miss*		1	–	7					4	–	8
Championship: Auburn 56, South Carolina 17
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions * Ole Miss vacated all wins due to NCAA violations. Rankings from AP Poll

Preseason

In the annual Orange and Blue Spring Game, the blue team won 27–24. Quarterback John Brantley was 15/19 and threw for 201 yards and two touchdowns. Trey Burton was 12/18 for 120 yards, 1 INT, 1 TD, 123 yards on 10 carries with 2 TDs.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 4	Miami (OH)*	No. 4	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	ESPN	W 34–12	90,178
September 11	South Florida*	No. 8	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	SECN	W 38–14	90,612
September 18	at Tennessee	No. 10	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN (rivalry)	CBS	W 31–17	102,455
September 25	Kentucky	No. 9	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	ESPNU	W 48–14	90,547
October 2	at No. 1 Alabama	No. 7	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	CBS	L 6–31	101,821
October 9	No. 12 LSU	No. 14	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL (rivalry)	ESPN	L 29–33	90,721
October 16	Mississippi State	No. 22	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	ESPNU	L 7–10	90,517
October 30	vs. Georgia		EverBank Field Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)	CBS	W 34–31 OT	84,444
November 6	at Vanderbilt		Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	SECN	W 55–14	33,848
November 13	No. 22 South Carolina	No. 24	Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	ESPN	L 14–36	90,885
November 20	Appalachian State*		Ben Hill Griffin Stadium Gainesville, FL	ESPN3	W 48–10	90,119
November 27	at No. 22 Florida State*		Doak Campbell Stadium Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)	ABC	L 7–31	82,324
January 1, 2011	vs. Penn State*		Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL (Outback Bowl)	ABC	W 37–24	60,574
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Sources: 2012 Florida Football Media Guide, and GatorZone.com.

Rankings

See also: 2010 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	4	8	10	9	7	14	22	—	RV	RV	24	—	—	—
Coaches	3	6	7	8	7	12	22	—	—	RV	24	—	—	—
Harris	Not released						22	RV	RV	RV	23	—	—	—		Not released
BCS	Not released							—	—	—	22	—	—	—		Not released

Game summaries

Miami (OH)

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	3	3	3	3	12
#4 Gators	0	21	0	13	34

South Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	7	0	7	0	14
#8 Gators	0	7	21	10	38

Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
#10 Gators	0	7	17	7	31
Volunteers	3	0	7	7	17

Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	7	7	0	14
#9 Gators	14	7	13	14	48

Alabama

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Gators	0	3	3	0	6
#1 Crimson Tide	3	21	7	0	31

LSU

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Tigers	3	17	0	13	33
#14 Gators	0	14	0	15	29

Mississippi State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	10	0	0	0	10
#22 Gators	0	0	7	0	7

Georgia

First College Football overtime game in Jacksonville, Florida

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Gators	0	21	0	10	3	34
Bulldogs	0	7	3	21	0	31

Vanderbilt

	1	2	3	4	Total
Gators	7	34	14	0	55
Commodores	0	0	7	7	14

South Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
#22 Gamecocks	9	6	7	14	36
#24 Gators	7	0	0	7	14

Appalachian State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	0	0	3	7	10
Gators	21	7	14	6	48

Florida State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Gators	7	0	0	0	7
#22 Seminoles	3	21	7	0	31

Personnel

Depth chart

(revised 10–30–10)

Defense
FS Will Hill Josh Evans ⋅		WLB MLB SLB ⋅ Jon Bostic ⋅ Brandon Hicks Jelani Jenkins ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅					SS Ahmad Black Matt Elam ⋅
CB Janoris Jenkins Joshua Shaw Jaylen Watkins		DE DT DT DE Duke Lemmens Terron Sanders Omar Hunter Justin Trattou William Green Jaye Howard Lawrence Marsh Earl Okine Ronald Powell Dominique Easley Sharrif Floyd Lerentee McCray						CB Jeremy Brown Moses Jenkins Cody Riggs
Offense
WR Deonte Thompson Carl Moore ⋅	WR Omarius Hines Andre Debose ⋅	LT LG C RG RT Xavier Nixon Carl Johnson Mike Pouncey Maurice Hurt Marcus Gilbert Matt Patchan Maurice Hurt Sam Robey Jon Halapio David Young ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ ⋅					TE Jordan Reed Desmond Parks Gerald Christian	WR Carl Moore Frankie Hammond Jr. ⋅
				QB John Brantley Trey Burton Jordan Reed
					RB Jeffery Demps Emmanuel Moody Mike Gillislee		Special teams PK Caleb Sturgis PK Chas Henry P Chas Henry P David Lerner KR Jeffery Demps PR Janoris Jenkins LS John Fairbanks H Chas Henry

Roster

2010 Florida Gators roster
Quarterbacks 12 John Brantley – Junior 8 Trey Burton – Freshman 10 Tyler Murphy – Freshman 18 Ryan Parrish – Freshman 14 Chandler Carr – Freshman Running backs 2 Jeff Demps – Junior 21 Emmanuel Moody – Senior 23 Mike Gillislee – Sophomore 33 Mack Brown – Freshman 44 Ean McQuay – Junior 86 Phillip Bellino – Freshman 28 Deandre Goins – Freshman 37 Ben Sams – Freshman 20 Malcolm Jones – Freshman Fullbacks 42 Steven Wilks – Junior 45 T. J. Pridemore – Sophomore Wide receivers 3 Chris Rainey – Junior 2 Cameron Parker – Freshman 5 Chris Dunkley – Freshman 6 Deonte Thompson – Junior 7 Justin Williams – Senior 9 Carl Moore – Senior 18 T. J. Lawrence – Sophomore 81 Robert Clark – Freshman 82 Omarius Hines – Sophomore 83 Solomon Patton – Freshman 84 Quinton Dunbar – Freshman 85 Frankie Hammond Jr. – Sophomore 87 Josh Postell – Sophomore 89 Stephen Alli – Freshman Tight ends 11 Jordan Reed – Freshman 32 Gerald Christian – Freshman 86 Will Hiler – Freshman 80 Desmond Parks – Freshman 88 Micheal McFarland – Freshman		Offensive line 50 Sam Robey – Sophomore 55 Mike Pouncey – Senior 57 Carl Johnson – Senior 58 Nick Alajajian – Sophomore 60 William Steinmann – Junior 62 Tucker Blanton – Freshman 63 Cole Gilliam – Freshman 64 Kyle Koehne – Freshman 66 James Wilson – Junior 67 Jon Halapio – Freshman 71 Matt Patchan – Junior 72 Jonotthan Harrison – Freshman 73 Xavier Nixon – Sophomore 74 Maurice Hurt – Senior 75 Chaz Green – Freshman 76 Marcus Gilbert – Senior 77 Ian Silberman – Freshman 78 David Young – Sophomore Defensive line 6 Jaye Howard – Junior 7 Ronald Powell – Freshman 34 Lerentee McCray – Junior 44 Duke Lemmens – Senior 47 Brandon Antwine – Senior 48 Neiron Ball – Freshman 57 Samuel Johnson – Sophomore 65 Glen Watson – Sophomore 58 Dominique Easley – Freshman 61 Gary Beemer – Senior 68 Leon Orr – Freshman 70 Shawn Schmeider – Senior 73 Sharrif Floyd – Freshman 85 Lynden Trail – Freshman 90 Lawrence Marsh – Senior 91 Earl Okine – Sophomore 92 Terron Sanders – Senior 93 Kedric Johnson – Freshman 94 Justin Trattou – Senior 96 William Green – Junior 99 Omar Hunter – Sophomore		Linebackers 13 Dee Finley – Sophomore 16 A. J. Jones – Senior 23 Chris Martin – Freshman 25 Gideon Ajagbe – Freshman 26 Lorenzo Edwards – Senior 33 Scott Peek – Sophomore 40 Brandon Hicks – Senior 43 Jelani Jenkins – Freshman 46 Michael Ross – Sophomore 49 Darrin Kitchens – Freshman 51 Micheal Taylor – Freshman 95 Hygens Succes – Sophomore 45 Christian Estevez – Freshman 59 Osmanny Gomez – Freshman 52 Jon Bostic – Sophomore Cornerbacks 1 Janoris Jenkins – Junior 14 Jaylen Watkins – Freshman 23 Corey Henderson – Junior 8 Jeremy Brown – Sophomore 29 Joshua Shaw – Freshman 31 Brian Biada – Freshman 31 Cody Riggs – Freshman 36 Moses Jenkins – Senior 37 Brandon Sanders – Freshman Safeties 10 Will Hill – Junior 22 Matt Elam – Freshman 24 Josh Evans – Freshman 35 Ahmad Black – Senior 21 Brenden Bice – Junior 34 Tim Clark – Freshman 42 Miguel Carodine – Senior		Punters 17 Chas Henry – Senior 40 David Lerner – Sophomore Kickers 19 Caleb Sturgis – Junior 47 John Crofoot – Freshman 86 Eric Strack – Freshman 98 Zack Brust –Junior Long snappers 50 Cody Hampton – Sophomore 59 Christopher Guido – Freshman 59 John Fairbanks – Senior

Coaching staff

Name	Current Responsibilities	Joined Staff	Alma mater
Urban Meyer	Head Coach	2005	Cincinnati
Steve Addazio	Offensive coordinator Offensive line	2005	Central Connecticut State
Zach Azzanni	Wide Receivers	2010	Central Michigan
Stan Drayton	Running backs	2010	Allegheny
D. J. Durkin	Outside linebackers Special Teams	2010	Bowling Green
Teryl Austin	Defensive Coordinator	2010	Pittsburgh
Chuck Heater	Co-defensive coordinator Defensive backs	2005	Michigan
Scot Loeffler	Quarterbacks	2009	Michigan
Dan McCarney	Assistant head coach Defensive line	2008	Iowa
Brian White	Tight ends	2009	Harvard
Coleman Hutzler	Special teams coordinator Linebackers	2010	Middlebury

Players drafted into the NFL

See also: 2011 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL Club
1	15	Mike Pouncey	C	Miami Dolphins
2	63	Marcus Gilbert	OT	Pittsburgh Steelers
5	151	Ahmad Black	S	Tampa Bay Buccaneers
7	217	Maurice Hurt	OT	Washington Redskins