2014 Football Roster
Roster
Jeff Driskel
- Position:
- QB
- Height:
- 6-4
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Redshirt Junior
- Hometown:
- Oviedo
- High School:
- Hagerty
Transferred to Louisiana Tech in the spring of 2015.
2014: Played in nine games and made six starts at quarterback, throwing for 1,140 yards with nine touchdowns on the seasonβ¦ Also had 180 rushing yards and four scores on the groundβ¦ Threw for a career-high 295 yards with three touchdowns in the win over Kentuckyβ¦ Also threw for three scores against Eastern Kentucky, completing 9-of-11 passes for 164 yards, when he entered in relief of the injured Treon Harrisβ¦ Led the team with 59 rushing yards and a touchdown at Alabamaβ¦ Also led the team in rushing against LSU, totaling 71 yards on 21 carriesβ¦ Completed a career-high 31 passes in the season opener against Eastern Michiganβ¦ Earned the Presidentβs Academic Award for his work in the classroomβ¦ 2013: Started three games before suffering a season-ending fracture in his legβ¦ Threw for 477 yards completing 42-of-63 passes in his limited actionβ¦ Had career highs of attempts (33), completions (22) and passing yards (291) at Miami in week twoβ¦ Suffered the injury in the first half of the game against Tennesseeβ¦ Named a captain for the Toledo and Miami gamesβ¦ 2012: Started 12 games for the Gators, 11 at quarterbackβ¦ Completed 156-of-245 passes for 1,646 yards with 12 touchdowns and five interceptions on the yearβ¦ Also ran 118 times for 408 yards (3.5 avg) on the season with three touchdownsβ¦ His 408 rushing yards rank seventh in school history by a quarterback for a single seasonβ¦ Was second on the team in rushingβ¦ Threw a 75-yard touchdown pass to Frankie Hammond at Tennessee for the longest pass of his careerβ¦ Had a passer rating of 195.0 in Knoxville, the highest for a UF quarterback on the road in a conference game since Tim Tebow had a 202.7 rating at Kentucky in 2007β¦ Was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts against the Volunteersβ¦ Rushed 11 times for a career-high 177 yards and three touchdowns at Vanderbiltβ¦ The 177 yards rushing is a school record by a Gator quarterback, surpassing Tim Tebowβs mark of 166 yards at Ole Miss in 2007β¦ Threw for a career-best four touchdowns against South Carolina and was the only FBS player in 2012 to have four touchdown passes and throw for less than 100 yards in the same gameβ¦ Completed a pass to 10 different receivers against Kentuckyβ¦ In his first career start at quarterback at Texas A&M, he was 13-of-16 passing for 162 yards and did not turn the ball overβ¦ Made his first career start against Bowling Green, lining up at wide receiver then proceeded to play the rest of the game at quarterbackβ¦ Missed the Jacksonville State game due to injuryβ¦ 2011: Saw action in five games as a true freshman quarterbackβ¦ Completed 16-of-34 passes for 148 yards to own a 71.86 efficiency rating throughout his freshman campaignβ¦ Went 2-for-6 for 14 yards in the air against Alabama, and added a 31-yard run, the longest rush against the Crimson Tide in 2011β¦ Played the entire second half at Auburn, throwing a season-long 22 yard pass to Chris Rainey on the last drive of the gameβ¦ Made his Gator debut in the season opener against FAU and his SEC debut against Kentuckyβ¦ Completed 4-of-6 passes for 42 yards in his first collegiate football game against the Owls for a 92.13 efficiency ratingβ¦ Enrolled at UF in January of 2011.
PRIOR TO FLORIDA:
Maxwell Football Club National High School Player of the Year⦠Gatorade Florida Player of the Year⦠Rated the No. 1 quarterback nationally according to Scout.com and Rivals.com⦠Threw for a career 4,844 passing yards and 36 touchdowns and helped lead the Huskies to their first winning season in their fourth year as a varsity program⦠Had 1,819 yards and 15 touchdowns passing, 1,333 rushing yards with 20 touchdowns and caught two touchdown passes his senior year⦠Threw for 1,427 yards with 11 touchdowns and ran for 170 yards with five touchdowns his junior year⦠Participated in the Under Armour High School All-American Game in 2011⦠Chose Florida over Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Ole Miss and Clemson, among others⦠Coached by Nate Gierke.
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DRISKELβS CAREER HIGHS
Rushes: 21 (LSU, 2014)
Rush Yards: 177 (Vanderbilt, 2012)
Rush TDs: 3 (Vanderbilt, 2012)
Long Rush: 70 (Vanderbilt, 2012)
Pass Attempts: 45 (Eastern Michigan, 2014)
Pass Completions: 31 (Eastern Michigan, 2014)
Passing Yards: 295 (Kentucky, 2014)
Passing TDs: 4 (South Carolina, 2012)
Long Pass: 75 (Tennessee, 2012)
Interceptions: 3 (Tennessee, 2014)
|
2011 (5 GP/0 GS*) |
Passing |
Rushing |
||||||||||||
|
OPPONENT |
Att |
Comp |
Yds |
Pct |
TD |
INT |
Lg |
Rate |
No |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Lg |
|
|
FAU - 9/3 |
6 |
4 |
42 |
66.70% |
0 |
1 |
20 |
92.1 |
2 |
8 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
|
|
UAB - 9/10 |
1 |
1 |
17 |
100.00% |
0 |
0 |
17 |
242.8 |
2 |
5 |
2.5 |
0 |
5 |
|
|
Tenn - 9/17 |
DNP |
|||||||||||||
|
at Kty - 9/24 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
1 |
0 |
-66.7 |
2 |
-5 |
-2.5 |
0 |
3 |
|
|
#3 Ala - 10/1 |
6 |
2 |
14 |
33.30% |
0 |
0 |
8 |
52.9 |
6 |
18 |
3 |
0 |
31 |
|
|
at #1 LSU - 10/8 |
DNP |
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|
at #24 Aub - 10/15 |
18 |
9 |
75 |
50.00% |
0 |
0 |
22 |
85 |
4 |
-8 |
-2 |
0 |
9 |
|
|
vs. #22 UGA - 10/29 |
DNP |
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|
Vandy - 11/5 |
DNP |
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|
at #15 SC - 11/12 |
DNP |
|||||||||||||
|
Furman - 11/19 |
DNP |
|||||||||||||
|
FSU - 11/26 |
DNP |
|||||||||||||
|
vs. OSU - 1/2/12 |
DNP |
|||||||||||||
|
2011 Totals |
34 |
16 |
148 |
47.10% |
0 |
2 |
22 |
71.9 |
16 |
18 |
1.1 |
0 |
31 |
|
|
2012 (12 GP/12 GS*) |
Passing |
Rushing |
||||||||||||
|
OPPONENT |
Att |
Comp |
Yds |
Pct |
TD |
INT |
Lg |
Rate |
No |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Lg |
|
|
*BGSU - 9/1 |
16 |
10 |
114 |
62.50% |
1 |
0 |
50 |
143 |
3 |
24 |
8 |
0 |
26 |
|
|
*at TAMU - 9/8 |
16 |
13 |
162 |
81.30% |
0 |
0 |
39 |
166.3 |
14 |
8 |
0.6 |
0 |
21 |
|
|
*at #23 Tenn - 9/15 |
20 |
14 |
219 |
70.00% |
2 |
0 |
75 |
195 |
8 |
81 |
10.1 |
0 |
28 |
|
|
*Kty - 9/22 |
27 |
18 |
203 |
66.70% |
1 |
1 |
52 |
134.6 |
8 |
35 |
4.4 |
1 |
38 |
|
|
*#4 LSU - 10/6 |
12 |
8 |
61 |
66.70% |
0 |
0 |
14 |
109.4 |
13 |
1 |
0.1 |
0 |
17 |
|
|
*at Vandy - 10/13 |
20 |
11 |
77 |
55.00% |
0 |
0 |
21 |
87.3 |
11 |
177 |
16.1 |
3 |
70 |
|
|
*#9 SC - 10/20 |
16 |
11 |
93 |
68.80% |
4 |
0 |
39 |
200.1 |
9 |
-5 |
-0.6 |
0 |
12 |
|
|
*vs. #12 UGA - 10/27 |
27 |
15 |
191 |
55.60% |
0 |
2 |
29 |
100.2 |
13 |
-4 |
-0.3 |
0 |
20 |
|
|
*Mizzou - 11/3 |
23 |
12 |
106 |
52.20% |
1 |
0 |
45 |
105.2 |
6 |
31 |
5.2 |
0 |
15 |
|
|
*Louisiana - 11/10 |
16 |
13 |
98 |
81.30% |
1 |
0 |
30 |
153.3 |
12 |
76 |
6.3 |
0 |
24 |
|
|
Jack St - 11/17 |
DNP |
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|
*at #10 FSU - 11/24 |
23 |
15 |
147 |
65.20% |
1 |
0 |
21 |
133.3 |
11 |
-15 |
-1.4 |
0 |
31 |
|
|
*#21 Louisville 1/2/13 |
29 |
16 |
175 |
55.20% |
1 |
2 |
26 |
103.4 |
10 |
4 |
0.4 |
0 |
10 |
|
|
2012 Totals |
245 |
156 |
1646 |
63.70% |
12 |
5 |
75 |
132.2 |
118 |
413 |
3.5 |
4 |
70 |
|
|
2013 (3 GP/3 GS*) |
Passing |
Rushing |
||||||||||||
|
OPPONENT |
Att |
Comp |
Yds |
Pct |
TD |
INT |
Lg |
Rate |
No |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Lg |
|
|
*Toledo - 8/31 |
22 |
17 |
153 |
77.30% |
1 |
0 |
26 |
150.7 |
8 |
19 |
2.4 |
0 |
10 |
|
|
*at #24 Miami - 9/7 |
33 |
22 |
291 |
66.70% |
1 |
2 |
46 |
138.6 |
9 |
19 |
2.1 |
1 |
12 |
|
|
*Tenn - 9/21 |
6 |
3 |
33 |
50.00% |
0 |
1 |
21 |
62.9 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
|
at Kty - 9/28 |
DNP |
|||||||||||||
|
Ark - 10/5 |
DNP |
|||||||||||||
|
at #10 LSU - 10/12 |
DNP |
|||||||||||||
|
at #14 Mizzou - 10/19 |
DNP |
|||||||||||||
|
vs. UGA - 11/2 |
DNP |
|||||||||||||
|
Vandy - 11/9 |
DNP |
|||||||||||||
|
at #11 SC - 11/16 |
DNP |
|||||||||||||
|
GS - 11/23 |
DNP |
|||||||||||||
|
#2 FSU - 11/30 |
DNP |
|||||||||||||
|
2013 Totals |
61 |
42 |
477 |
68.90% |
2 |
3 |
46 |
121.1 |
17 |
38 |
2.2 |
1 |
12 |
|
|
2014 (9 GP/6 GS*) |
Passing |
Rushing |
||||||||||||
|
OPPONENT |
Att |
Comp |
Yds |
Pct |
TD |
INT |
Lg |
Rate |
No |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Lg |
|
|
*EMU - 9/6 |
45 |
31 |
248 |
68.90% |
1 |
0 |
42 |
122.52 |
1 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
|
|
*Kty - 9/13 |
43 |
25 |
295 |
58.10% |
3 |
1 |
51 |
134.14 |
6 |
17 |
2.8 |
0 |
7 |
|
|
*at #3 Ala - 9/20 |
28 |
9 |
93 |
32.10% |
1 |
2 |
28 |
57.54 |
11 |
59 |
5.4 |
1 |
18 |
|
|
*at Tenn - 10/4 |
23 |
11 |
59 |
47.80% |
0 |
3 |
15 |
43.29 |
14 |
30 |
2.1 |
0 |
16 |
|
|
*LSU - 10/11 |
25 |
14 |
183 |
56.00% |
1 |
2 |
73 |
114.69 |
21 |
71 |
3.4 |
1 |
10 |
|
|
*Mizzou - 10/18 |
19 |
7 |
50 |
36.80% |
0 |
2 |
17 |
37.89 |
5 |
-29 |
-5.8 |
0 |
4 |
|
|
vs. #9 UGA - 11/1 |
DNP |
|||||||||||||
|
at Vandy - 11/8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0.00% |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
10 |
2.5 |
1 |
6 |
||
|
SC - 11/15 |
DNP |
|||||||||||||
|
EKU - 11/22 |
11 |
9 |
164 |
81.80% |
3 |
0 |
38 |
297.05 |
4 |
8 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
at #3 FSU - 11/29 |
DNP |
|||||||||||||
|
ECU - 1/3 |
17 |
8 |
48 |
47.10% |
0 |
0 |
12 |
70.78 |
3 |
7 |
2.3 |
0 |
9 |
|
|
2014 Totals |
212 |
114 |
1140 |
53.80% |
9 |
10 |
73 |
103.52 |
69 |
180 |
2.6 |
4 |
18 |
|
|
Passing |
Rushing |
|||||||||||||
|
Career Totals |
Att |
Comp |
Yds |
Pct |
TD |
INT |
Lg |
Rate |
No |
Yds |
Avg |
TD |
Lg |
|
|
29 GP/21 GS |
552 |
328 |
3411 |
59.40% |
23 |
20 |
75 |
117.8 |
220 |
644 |
2.9 |
9 |
70 |
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