2008 Florida Gators Criminals List (2024)

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How many players from the 2008 Florida Gators went to jail? ›

Of the 121 players on that roster, 41 have been arrested. Even with the run-ins with the law, Florida was still littered with talent across the board. Tebow.

They capped their season by defeating the Oklahoma Sooners in the BCS National Championship Game 24–14. The Gators finished the season ranked No. 1 in the AP Poll and the Coaches' Poll. Of the team's 120-player roster, 30 members went on to have stints in the NFL.

Aaron Hernandez's murder conviction and Urban Meyer's hospitalization are among the series' omissions. The key word in Netflix's documentary series on the Florida Gators — “*ntold: Swamp Kings” — is the first one. Untold.

Michai Boireau, 18, was pulled over by police on Saturday night in Monroe County, Georgia, after going 86 mph northbound on Interstate 75, according to the Monroe County Reporter, citing a police report. That is when, though, the defensive lineman turned off his lights and then traveled 150 mph to evade the police.

Kitna, who was a backup quarterback for the Gators, was arrested on five child p*rnography charges in November 2022 after police received a tip that a user had distributed an image of child sexual abuse material on the social media platform Discord.

Florida linebacker Diwun Black was dismissed from the football program Wednesday, first reported by Zach Abolverdi. The former top-rated junior college player in the country is no longer listed on the Gators roster. Black is the second player to be dismissed from the team after linebacker Brenton Cox Jr.

They finished with an undefeated 12–0 regular season, their first since 1995, but the Gators' 32–13 loss to the Alabama Crimson Tide in the SEC Championship Game derailed their national title hopes, and forced them to settle for a berth in the Sugar Bowl.

Over 400 players have been drafted in the National Football League Draft, with 29 of them making a Pro Bowl, and 2 of those players making it to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Despite reaching this milestone, the season was a difficult one for the Gators, and their 7–5 regular-season record was the worst in Meyer's tenure at Florida. On December 8, 2010, Meyer again announced his retirement from coaching for much the same reasons he mentioned in December 2009: his family and his health.

Additionally, quite a few incidents were left out including Carlos Dunlap's DUI arrest that kept him out of the 2009 SEC Championship game, the Sporting News report about Percy Harvin's alleged fight with a wide receiver coach, Newton's aforementioned laptop incident and Hernandez's aforementioned rampant marijuana use ...

How much did Urban Meyer make at Florida? ›

Florida initially paid him $14 million before upping that to $24 million. Since then, Meyer has been employed by Fox Sports where he makes around $7 million per year. A product of Cajun country in south Louisiana, Jeff played football through high school, and baseball through college and beyond.

'Swamp Kings' Relives the Florida Gators' Journey from Flop to Unstoppable Force. In this UNTOLD series, teammates remember what it took to completely turn the college football program around.

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Of course, the 08' Gators are remembered for going 13-1 and defeating the Oklahoma Sooners in the national championship game that season. But today, it's mostly known as the Gators team that had the likes of Aaron Hernandez, Riley Cooper and Percy Harvin on the roster.

Florida Gators' stadium, officially named Ben Hill Griffin Stadium but popularly known as "The Swamp," is where they play football. It's at the University of Florida in Gainesville. The stadium can hold a massive crowd of 88,548 fans.