re: Top 5 Offenses in SEC 2013

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5: Florida

Muschamp has been quoted as saying the SEC is a line-of-scrimmage league, which is why he has been spending time recruiting kids like 5 star #1 OL DJ Humphries. While he loses several veterans from the offensive line, he's got plenty more where they came from. They entered the 2012 season three-deep at every offensive line position, and Muschamp believes that bigger is better.

Returning quarterback Jeff Driskel (JR), who was a scout 5 star QB with 4.6 speed coming into Florida two years ago, has been less than average since he won the starting position in the Spring of 2012. Despite his numbers, he led his team to an 11-1 regular season record which included wins over highly ranked teams Texas A&M, FSU, and a wholloping of South Carolina.

Florida came into 2012 with 13 wide receivers on the roster. Only 1 senior leaving.

Losing TE Jordon Reed to the NFL hurts, but Muschamp saw it coming and converted 6-5 265# defensive lineman Tevin Westbrook to tight end in the Summer of 2012, playing behind Reed. He'll be a guy to watch if his hands are sticky.

Losing Gillislee at running back isn't as big of a deal to Florida as it could be, because Trey Burton averaged 6.6 yards per carry in his backup role. Burton will be a senior for the 2013 season. The Gators also have 6 more sophomores and juniors at the running back position to choose from, all highly rated guys coming out of high school. Someone is going to step up, there is too much talent on the roster and the current recruiting class for Florida to not have a fantastic running back for 2013.

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I still think there is concern for this unit, but I'm confident in the OL doing okay (we lost some talent, but they weren't that good to begin with and also the additions of Max Garcia and Tyler Moore). The RB position, despite the loss of Gillislee, will be fine too. I want to see how the incoming Freshman WR step up and to see if Driskel can take it to "the next level" , so to speak.