The calendar recently flipped over to June, which means we are on the threshold of the summer months and quickly approaching the upcoming 2025 college football campaign.
While the focus over the next few weeks will primarily be centered on prep recruiting, as programs around the nation welcome top prospects to their campuses for official visits, those who have already joined the program will be working out under the hot summer sun in preparation for the fall season.
At this juncture, the question of what each team needs to work on the most over the next few months has bubbled to the surface, and CBS Sports writer Brad Crawford wasted little time addressing this query in his college football summer agenda column, which assessed each of the top 25 teams in the publication’s preseason rankings.
The Florida Gators are ranked 10th heading into next season by CBS Sports and have this one glaring issue that Crawford thinks they need to address if the Orange and Blue are going to exceed expectations.
Florida football must-do: Establish secondary depth
“Billy Napier’s defense should be strong in the front seven given returning talent at multiple positions, but the Gators will likely rely on several true freshmen at the back end, behind returning junior starters Jordan Castell and Bryce Thornton at safety,” Crawford points out. “Fall camp is going to give new co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach Vinnie Sunseri plenty of film to consider when figuring out a rotation.”
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This article originally appeared on Gators Wire: One area Florida football must address this summer ahead of 2025 season
Reporting by Adam Dubbin, Gators Wire / Gators Wire
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