Florida Football: Top 10 quarterback-receiver duos in Gators history

Florida Football QB/REC Duo No. 8: Doug Johnson and Travis McGriff

• Doug Johnson: 1996 – 1999 (7,114 career yards passing, 62 touchdowns)
• Travis McGriff: 1994 – 1998 (2,057 career yards passing, 15 touchdowns)

Following in the footsteps of Danny Wuerffel, Doug Johnson was an adequate QB that often gets forgotten about because his career was sandwiched between Wuerffel and Jesse Palmer.

And it’s not like Johnson was a bad QB, but he never topped 56% completion rate and had double-digit interceptions in 1997 and 1999.

In 1997, Johnson teamed up with Jacquez Green, and Green went for over 1,000 yards receiving. But given Johnson had a 55% completion rate that season, it’s hard to elevate Johnson in this duo.

He also topped that the following season when he team up with Travis McGriff for a magical 1998 campaign. McGriff finished the season with 1,357 yards receiving, which still holds up as the single-season record for Florida football.

Making that year even more unexpected is that McGriff came into the season having just 700 yards receiving over the course of four years in Gainesville.

The Gators went 10-2 that season, with crushing defeats to Tennessee and FSU to prevent another national championship.

McGriff stills pops into Gainesville from time to time and made an appearance at the Spring Game a few years back.