FLORIDACamp start: Aug. 6Opener: Sept. 3 against Florida Atlantic at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (7 p.m. on ESPNU)Fun fact: The Gators have won 208 games since 1990, the most of any team nationally. Their record in the Swamp during this stretch is 117-16.
Deonte Thompson entered the University of Florida fully expecting to be that next great Gators receiver.
He’s got one more shot.
Thompson signed as one of the nation’s top 50 prospects in 2007, two years after receivers Louis Murphy and David Nelson signed with Florida and a year after the trio of Percy Harvin, Riley Cooper and Brandon James. Now a redshirt senior, the 5-foot-11, 200-pounder from Belle Glade has been decent but nowhere close to dynamic.
“I think it’s going to happen this year,” Thompson said. “I think it’s a matter of getting the confidence going and just getting the quarterback’s confidence going and the whole offense, and everything should fall into place.”