Five members of Florida Football who could hold their own in other Olympic sports
![Florida Gators wide receiver Eugene Wilson III (3) stiff arms Florida Gators defensive back Sharif Denson (0) during the first half at the Orange and Blue spring football game at Steve Spurrier Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL on Saturday, April 13, 2024. [Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun]](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,w_2935,h_1650,x_0,y_0/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images%2FImagnImages%2Fmmsport%2F213%2F01j3k65nhe2r42ebh5gn.jpg "Florida Gators wide receiver Eugene Wilson III (3) stiff arms Florida Gators defensive back Sharif Denson (0) during the first half at the Orange and Blue spring football game at Steve Spurrier Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, FL on Saturday, April 13, 2024. [Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun]")
DJ Lagway - Team Handball
At the Tokyo Olympics, the French won the men's team handball goal medal. One of their key players was Nikola Karabatić, and according to Wikipedia he is considered one of the best team handball players of all time.
Karabatic is listed at 6'5" and 225 pounds.
DJ Lagway is listed at 6'3" and 241 pounds, so it is safe to say that Lagway has the size to compete in the sport. While there would be some technical things he would have to learn, he would be almost impossible to stop in a sport that is physical, but you still aren't allowed to physically tackle someone.
Plus, Lagway has no problem throwing dimes from 50 yards away. Is it that hard to envision him being able to pick out a top corner with a tiny ball from six yards away?
Marcus Burke - Rowing
If you look up the ideal requirements to be a successful rower, it will tell you that you want to have long limbs to be able to better sustain power when you take a stroke.
And if you look at the roster for Team USA, almost everyone is around 6'4" to 6'6" and 190 to 210 pounds.
Hey, guess who is 6'4" and 193 pounds on Florida's roster?
Could Marcus Burke actually be a successful rower at the Olympic level? We don't actually know. But he definitely fits the body type needed to give it a much stronger go than anyone else on Florida's roster.