2019 Football Roster

Adler Garfield
Piper Hansen
Courtney Culbreath

16 Freddie Swain

  • Position WR
  • Height 6-0
  • Weight 199
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Ocala, Fla.
  • Highschool North Marion

Biography


Appeared in 47 career games (10 starts), catching 68 passes for 996 yards and 15 touchdowns… Tallied 1,387 all-purpose yards over his collegiate career… Returned 39 punts for 308 career yards, highlighted by his 85-yard touchdown return against Colorado State in 2018, which tied for the second-longest punt return touchdown in school history. 2019: Played in 12 games (6 starts) at wide receiver and punt returner… Tallied career-highs in receptions, yards and touchdowns… Led Florida’s receiver corps with seven receiving touchdowns…Reeled in 517 yards (43.1 yards per game), good for third on the squad… Posted six catches for a career-high 146 receiving yards in Florida’s 24-13 win over No. 7 Auburn, highlighted by a season-long 64-yard touchdown reception… His 146 yards was the highest single-game total since Demarcus Robinson’s 216 yards in 2014… Caught a career-high eight passes for 91 yards and a touchdown against No. 8 Georgia… Caught two touchdowns (career-best) on Senior Day versus Florida State… Caught touchdown passes in a team-best six games … Was one of four Gators with at least five touchdowns, a first since 2008 season… Member of a Florida receiving corps that was the only FBS team to feature eight pass catchers with 20-plus receptions, 250-plus yards and a touchdown… Led Florida’s punt return unit with 14 returns for 56 yards…Returned two kickoffs for 39 yards. 2018: Played in 11 games as a wide receiver and Florida’s main punt returner… Moved to the slot position on offensive, which led to a breakout season where he doubled his career all-purpose yards (and doubled his career touchdown total) from his first two years at Florida…. Totaled 14 catches for 265 yards and five touchdowns… Recorded 224 punt return yards on 22 opportunities with one 85-yard return for a touchdown… Ranked 19th nationally with a 10.2 punt return average… One of five FBS players with at least five touchdown receptions and a punt return average (qualifying players only) of more than 10.0 yards this season… Became known for making big plays throughout the season, most notably that 85-yard punt return touchdown against Colorado State--tied for the eighth-longest return by an FBS player this year--along with a 65-yard touchdown catch at Tennessee, and a 36-yard touchdown catch that gave Florida a 14-13 lead over Georgia… One of eight FBS players with a punt return touchdown and receiving touchdown of 65-plus yards… Early in the season he became the first Gator since Riley Cooper (Nov. 14-28, 2009) and only the sixth since the start of the 2002 to catch a touchdown pass in three straight games, doing so from Sept. 8-22… 2017: Played in 11 games and recorded four starts… Totaled 8 catches for 96 yards and a touchdown… Returned two punts for 27 yards and a tallied a career-long 17-yard return against Florida State… Caught the game-winning touchdown pass against Kentucky as the Gators overcame a 13-point fourth quarter deficit to win... Recorded a career-best 33 receiving yards against Vanderbilt… 2016: Appeared in all 13 games throughout the season… Tallied eight catches for 118 yards and two touchdowns… Recorded his receiving touchdowns against Kentucky and Tennessee… Returned one punt and one kickoff at Tennessee… Named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll.  
 
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
Named to the 2015 Class 5A All-State Third Team and was a Second Team selection as a junior in 2014… Led his team to a 10-2 record as a senior… Senior Season: 43 receptions for 648 yards and seven touchdowns; also had one carry for 75 yards and a touchdown; also had 202 punt return yards… Junior Season: 52 receptions for 841 yards and six receptions… Sophomore Season: 25 receptions for 581 yards and 6 touchdowns… Played for Coach Stephen Field.

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Historical Player Information

  • 16

    2016Freshman

    WR
    6'0" 186 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2017Sophomore

    WR
    6'0" 194 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2018Junior

    WR
    6'0" 199 lbs
    16
  • 16

    2019Senior

    WR
    6'0" 199 lbs
    16