Mike GillisleeHOOVER, Ala. – The reminder is easy to see right on the wall of the meeting room.
Florida tailback Mike Gillislee sees it all the time, and it resonates with the Gators senior.
“I think about it every day,” Florida’s leading returning rusher said Wednesday morning at the Southeastern Conference’s annual media days at the Wynfrey Hotel.
“In the running-back room, we can see all the 1,000-yard backs, and I can just picture myself being up there. That’s the goal. This being my senior year, I’m going to give it all I’ve got.”
Florida might need that effort from a number of its offensive players in 2012. The Gators will have a new quarterback, and speedsters Jeff Demps and Chris Rainey also are gone. The leading returning receiver is tight end Jordan Reed. And the Gators weren’t an offensive juggernaut last season.