The season is finally over for the Florida Gators, and for the 2nd time in three years, the Gators will not be in a bowl game. Florida came into the season with hopes of a playoff berth and instead wound up with one of the worst seasons in the program's modern history.
The offense was shockingly bad, given the talent that it felt like existed on paper. Perhaps one shouldn't have been surprised with Billy Napier in charge, but even then, it was on track to be Florida's worst offense since 1979 until the FSU game.
So with that in mind, these are our end-of-season report card grades for the Gator offense in 2025. For the purpose of this report card, a player must have taken at least 200 snaps.
So a player like Dallas Wilson is not included in this list.
A
- Jadan Baugh
- Jake Slaughter
Not much surprise here, as Jadan Baugh was the workhorse for the Gators all season long. Looking back at the preseason, it does feel wild that Baugh had to carry the load as much as he did, given how deep we felt the running back room was going to be.
Jake Slaughter is an interesting case study because his PFF grade dropped from last year, but he cut the number of pressures he gave up in half.
B
- Austin Barber
- Vernell Brown III
Austin Barber had a rough front half of the season, in particular against Miami and Texas A&M. But if one was actually paying attention during the backend of the season, Barber had a solid second half and gave up zero sacks over his final seven games.
Vernell Brown III missed three games due to injuries and was still able to eclipse 500 yards receiving for his freshman campaign. Combined with his punt return ability, it's enough to earn a B.
C
- Tony Livingston
- Aidan Mizell
- Eugene Wilson III
- Knijeah Harris
The two wide receivers on this list, Mizell and Wilson III, get tricky to evaluate because they missed so much time due to injuries and Billy Napier's offense did them no favors. We give them a passing grade because we feel like they were held back by Napier.
Tony Livingston was a better pass blocker than most Gator fans probably want to give him credit for, and he did wind up north of 100 yards receiving on the season.
Harris wasn't amazing, but he was just competent enough to earn a C.
D
- DJ Lagway
- J. Michael Sturdivant
- Damieon George Jr.
There is no getting around the fact that DJ Lagway took a massive step backward in 2025. His footwork was awful, and it looked like he spent his offseason doing anything but watching film. If it wasn't for the interceptions, we could justify a C.
Sturdivant was the one "big fish" the Gators landed in the transfer portal, and we expressed our concerns all offseasonabout the wide receiver from UCLA. He had 411 yards with a reception rate of 54%. One could blame Lagway or Napier for these stats, but these track with the metrics he had at UCLA.
George Jr. felt like he regressed this season and has a liability in the passing game and wasn't a road grater in the run game.
F
- Bryce Lovett
- Caden Jones
- Hayden Hansen
The two rotational tackles for Florida just looked lost all season long, with Jones barely looking like he would survive in the Sun Belt. Lovett was at least better in pass protection, but was awful in run support, and given that he was supposed to be a starter this year and lost his job in two games, he too earns an F.
Hansen became a bit of a punching bag as he was emblematic of Napier's two-tight-end scheme. Beyond offering next to nothing in the passing game, it became woefully obvious that Hansen was offering zero support in the screen games Napier wanted to run.