Florida football: Pre-Season Gators’ defensive depth chart
By Ty Butler
STAR
This happens to be the most interesting position on the field for Florida football.
Chauncey Gardner Johnson truly dominated in 2018, thanks to Grantham’s scheme; however, since then, things haven’t been the same.
The Gators have witnessed many well-equipped, talented players struggle here.
For example, Trey Dean is an outstanding defender that would start on most power five schools, but he couldn’t quite piece together what it took to be successful at STAR.
And he would admit that.
After Dean’s struggles, Marco Wilson stepped in and performed steadily, but Grantham is still seeking the true playmaker that the position needs.
Amari Burney is a strong candidate to take on the role.
It will be near impossible to keep Burney off of the field after seeing his ability to play multiple positions thanks to his size at 6’2, 224 pounds.
It also helps that he ran a 4.48 40 yard dash time in high school. And I’m sure his speed has advanced since.
It’s obvious that he’s a versatile defender that has all of the physical and mental tools to succeed where many others come up short.
However, if things don’t go as planned, I believe that we can expect to see a conservative move from the coaching staff, placing Marco Wilson at STAR and moving Trey Dean to the outside.
Projection
1- Amari Burney
2- Marco Wilson
3- Trey Dean