Dallas Wilson celebrates one of his two touchdown catches in the Orange & Blue Game. (UAA file photo)
Gators Report: Freshman WR Wilson Injured, Remembering Barfield and Gallon, More Tidbits
Wednesday, August 6, 2025 | Football, Scott Carter
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By: Scott Carter, Senior Writer
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The Gators continue to grind away in preseason camp and push closer to Saturday's scrimmage – the first of camp – with their eighth practice on Thursday morning.
The first scrimmage of camp is often when clarity starts to emerge in competition battles and overall direction. Still, there's plenty to report and here are some of latest headlines on social media to keep you informed:
—Freshman receiver Dallas Wilson, who flashed his promising talent in the Orange & Blue Game (10 catches, 195 yards, 2 TDs), is sidelined with a lower leg injury; reports surfaced Wednesday afternoon that Wilson is sidelined indefinitely following a strong start to his college career …
BREAKING: The Gators are now down another receiver in training camp.
True freshman Dallas Wilson is out with an injury, according to sources.
—Gators director of strength and conditioning Tyler Miles considers sophomore running back Jadan Baugh the strongest player on the team pound for pound based on the staff's analytics, and others have noticed. Baugh and freshman defensive lineman Jayden Woods earned spots on longtime college football reporter Bruce Feldman's annual Freaks List for The Athletic.
Running back Jadan Baugh runs away from tacklers in last season's win over LSU. (Photo: Jay Metz/UAA Communications)
—Receiver Eugene Wilson III and QB DJ Lagway had different kind of practices on Tuesday in this report from Edgar Thompson of the Orlando Sentinel …
—Florida trailed Georgia 16-14 when head coach Ray Graves sent kicker John Wayne Barfield onto the field to attempt a game-winning field goal in the final seconds. Barfield's 31-yard kick lifted the Gators to a 17-16 win in the 1967 rivalry game in Jacksonville and earned Barfield a spot in the game's lore. A memorial service for Barfield is Friday at Milam Funeral Home in Gainesville. The 78-year-old Barfield died July 15.
—RIP to former UF offensive lineman Russell A. Gallon (1981-82 letterwinner), who died July 7. Gallon was a 6-foot-8, 268-pound lineman who played at Jefferson High in Tampa and signed with the Gators over Ohio State in a big recruiting win for Florida at the time. His brother, former Louisville basketball star Ricky Gallon, was the first Tampa native to be drafted by the NBA. Ricky died in January at 67.
—Sophomore running back Treyaun Webb had surgery on his right hamstring Monday and is out indefinitely reports Graham Hall of 247Sports.com. Webb entered camp behind Baugh and Ja'Kobi Jackson at tailback …
BREAKING: Florida redshirt sophomore RB Treyaun Webb underwent a procedure Monday to repair a hamstring injury in his right leg.
