Florida football: Top 10 all-time passing leaders in Gators history
By Will Thomas
Florida football passing leaders – No. 9: Wayne Peace, 7,206 yards
At number nine on our list is Wayne Peace, who quarterbacked the Gators from 1980 to 1983, where he was the starting QB all four years.
Peace wasted no time announcing himself as one of the premier passers in the league, leading the SEC in passing yards per attempt and throwing for the third most yards in the conference in his freshman season.
He also led the SEC in completion percentage in 1982 and 1983, efficiency rating in 1983, and interceptions in 1981.
That 1982 campaign was so good in fact that his completion percentage was the best in the country, and he had the second-most passing yards in the conference.
Wayne also featured as the team’s punter a whopping one time, booting one 39 yards during his sophomore season.
Like Doug Johnson, Peace was unable to translate his college success into a solid NFL career. He was drafted in the first round of the 1984 NFL Supplemental Draft and played just one year for the Tampa Bay Bandits in the USFL.
He struggled that year with a 41.9% completion rate, just five yards per attempt, and a 1:4 TD-to-INT ratio.
But you don’t throw for 7,000 yards in the 1980s by just lucking your way into some throws. Peace was a heck of a talent and served the Gators well during his time.