Florida has had at least one player taken in the NFL Draft every year since 1952, the second-longest streak in FBS, behind only Michigan and USC, who are tied for first. Last year, UF had just one player selected, wide receiver Ricky Pearsall, who went in the first round (31st overall) to the San Francisco 49ers.

After trading up to the No. 197 pick, the Houston Texans selected Florida QB Graham Mertz to close out the sixth round. Mertz should replace Case Keenum, who left this offseason to sign a one-year deal with the Chicago Bears.

Florida football's former massive nose tackle finally found a home with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers shortly after the 2025 NFL draft passed by.

Former Florida defensive tackle Desmond Watson, a 6-foot-6, 464-pound prospect, is signing with his hometown Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent

Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 33 shots and the Tampa Bay Lightning came back to beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 to cut their deficit in the first-round series to 2-1

Without suspended winger Brandon Hagel in the lineup, the Tampa Bay Lightning stormed back to defeat the Florida Panthers 5-1 on Saturday, cutting their deficit in this Eastern Conference first-round series to 2-1 on the strength of five unanswered goals.