Snap counts and participation reports from the Florida Gators win over Tennessee

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Florida Gators beat the No. 11 Tennessee Volunteers 29-16 on Saturday night. The Gators were nearly a touchdown underdog at home and the Vols struck first. The Gators stuck to their game plan and scored on their next four possessions to build a healthy 26-7 lead at halftime.

“If you look at the analytics, if you’re down at halftime against this crew — now, it’s a different Tennessee team, but I think just in general the importance of starting fast. We emphasized that,” Billy Napier said after the game. “And I think they were ready to play early. Although we didn’t get points in the first possession, we were ready to play. And then defensively, after that first possession, we kind of settled in. And we chewed up some clock. Not only did we score — I don’t know how many play drives those were, but we were able to be efficient and rush the ball, convert on third down and have a pretty good lead. We found a way to win.”

The Gators took their foot off the gas in the second half, something Napier admitted in his post-game press conference, but the defense held on and Florida was able to ride out its running game to upset Tennessee at home.

Florida’s defense held Tennessee to just 64 plays run — their fewest of the season and the third-fewest plays run under Josh Heupel.

Here are the complete snap counts and participation report for the Gators from a wild night at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.

Florida Gators’ snap counts

Offense

(Florida played 71 offensive snaps in the game)

Austin Barber — 71
Damieon George — 71
Micah Mazzccua — 71
Graham Mertz — 71
Ricky Pearsall — 69
Richie Leonard — 68
Caleb Douglas — 55
Jonathan Odom — 45
Jake Slaughter — 39
Montrell Johnson — 36
Trevor Etienne — 34
Kingsley Eguakun — 33
Hayden Hansen — 30
Kahleil Jackson — 23
Dante Zanders — 18
Arlis Boardingham — 15
Marcus Burke — 14
Eugene Wilson — 13
Treyaun Webb — 3
Knijeah Harris — 3

Defense

(Florida played 66 defensive snaps in the game)

Jordan Castell — 66
Miguel Mitchell — 66
Jaydon Hill — 66
Scooby Williams — 66
Shemar James — 61
Jason Marshall — 59
Princely Umanmielen — 54
Jalen Kimber — 42
Chris McClellan — 37
Tyreak Sapp — 30
Caleb Banks — 29
Cam Jackson — 29
Devin Moore — 23
Jamari Lyons — 22
Kelby Collins — 20
T.J. Searcy — 16
Desmond Watson — 12
Jack Pyburn — 10
Ja’Keem Jackson — 8
Mannie Nunnery — 6
Kamran James — 5
Teradja Mitchell — 5

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