Three big Gators question marks remain with the opener around the corner

Florida opens its season in less than two weeks
Florida Gators quarterback DJ Lagway (2) throws the ball during fall football practice at Sanders Indoor Practice Facility at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL on Thursday, August 14, 2025. [Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun]
Florida Gators quarterback DJ Lagway (2) throws the ball during fall football practice at Sanders Indoor Practice Facility at the University of Florida in Gainesville, FL on Thursday, August 14, 2025. [Matt Pendleton/Gainesville Sun] | Matt Pendleton / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

The 2025 season for the Florida Gators is less than two weeks away, and we are not at the point of the season when training camp is breaking off and Florida is about to get into their normal week-to-week routine.

One of the aspects of training camp is that while insiders can get brief glimpses here and there of what the Gators look like, no one is going to truly know how things are going to look until Florida takes the field for real against LIU, and even then, we won't see everything until Florida travels to LSU.

So it's with that in mind that these are three things regarding the Gators that are still unknown as Florida gets ready for its first real game.

How much is the missed time going to affect DJ Lagway?

Based on insider reports, Lagway did not participate in either scrimmage the Gators had. While he has been spotting throwing throughout camp, and seems fine based on the clips we have seen, the unknown is how much 11 v 11 work he has actually done since the Gasparilla Bowl last December?

Because it is one thing to hit a receiver in stride against air, it's another to do so when having to factor in 20 other players on the field.

Lagway has been taking "mental reps," but we also know that's not the same as the real thing.

So even if Lagway's calf is good to go against LIU, there still a seed of doubt on whether he has been able to actually progress as a QB this offseason.

Good defensive line or bad offensive line?

It is one of the great camp conundrums that is as old as time, but if the defensive line is looking good, does that mean the offensive line is looking bad?

Among others, freshman Jayden Wood has received a ton of hype this offseason, and it seems every week his name is being brought up.

On paper, Florida's offensive line should be solid in 2025 as it returns four starters from a group that did stabilize towards the end of 2024.

But those who remember last year's camp will remember things were real quiet about the offensive line, just like they have been this year, only for word to start to leak out that the offensive line was having issues.

It turned out that those fears were true against Miami.

So the unknown is whether both units are just two high-level units going against each other or whether the defensive line doing well is a sign of trouble down the road.

Is Florida going to do anything different on offense?

We all know Napier loves to run two tight-end sets 1/3 of the time and three wide receiver sets the other 2/3 of the time.

With Russ Calloway now listed as the "Offensive Coordinator," there has been some hope that Florida might look to sets featuring four or five wide receivers, given all the speed on Florida's roster.

And while Calloway opened camp with a non-answer when asked about the topic of whether Florida's offense would look different, the unknown is whether the Gators are going to look to do anything different in 2025?

If Florida is going to do anything different, we would prefer they don't put it on film until the LSU game, if possible.