EA Sports College Football Ratings: Where Florida football players are ranked
No surprise, Ohio State football wide receiver Jeremiah Smith came in as the No. 1-rated player overall with an overall rating of 98.
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Beyond that, only one Florida football player cracked the Top 100. Two-year Florida Gators starting center Jake Slaughter, an All-American last season, came in at No. 47 with a player rating of 93 and a strength rating of 90.
Florida football sophomore quarterback D.J. Lagway, who appeared on the Deluxe Cover, did not crack the Top 100 but ranked 10th among college football quarterbacks with a player rating of 90. Lagway posted a 6-1 record as a starting quarterback for UF as a true freshman, passing for 1,915 yards with 12 TDs to nine interceptions.
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Kevin Brockway is The Gainesville Sun's Florida beat writer. Contact him at kbrockway@gannett.com. Follow him on X @KevinBrockwayG1. Read his coverage of the Gators' national championship basketball season in 'CHOMP-IONS!' — a hardcover coffee-table collector's book from The Sun. Details at Florida.ChampsBook.com
This article originally appeared on The Gainesville Sun: Player ratings for Florida football players in EA Sports College Football 26
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