CAREER: Has made appearances in 11 games.
2008: Played in eight games during the season, seeing time in the season-opener against Hawaii, as well as the wins over Arkansas, Kentucky, Georgia, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, The Citadel and Florida State.
2007: Made his collegiate debut against Troy and earned time against Tennessee and Florida Atlantic… Dressed for games against Western Kentucky, Troy, Tennessee, Auburn, Vanderbilt, South Carolina, Florida Atlantic, Florida State and Michigan.
2006: Was named as one of the Scout Team Players of the Week following the preparations for Western Carolina and Florida State… Dressed but did not play versus UCF and USM.
PREP: Rated as the No. 28 lineman in the country according to Scout.com… Selected to participate in the U.S. Army All-American Game… Committed to Florida on June 20, 2005, as a Father’s Day surprise… Played in the trenches on both sides of the ball at Oviedo High School… Listed as one of the five finalists for Gatorade’s Florida Player of the Year Award in 2005… Recipient of the Felix “Doc” Blanchard and Glenn Davis “Army of One” Award for the East, which is given to one player from each squad at the U.S. Army All-American Game who best epitomize the Army’s high standards of excellence in community service, education and athletic distinction… Recorded 64 tackles, including 29 solo efforts, as a junior despite playing in only four games due to an injury… High school coach was Greg Register… Chose Florida over Alabama, Florida State, Georgia and LSU.
PERSONAL: Was born on May 23, 1988… Parents are Randy and Cynthia Hobbs… Father, Randy, played one year of varsity football at the University of North Carolina… Father grew up a Gator fan.
MAJOR: Sociology.
