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Which athletes/coaches has your school honored?
Posted on 8/14/26 at 10:41 am
Posted on 8/14/26 at 10:41 am
UF has statues of its 3 heisman winners and a ring of honor for top football players and coaches which include those 3 and 3 others with a new addition coming this fall.
Wilber Marshall - Star linebacker and two-time consensus All-American
Emmitt Smith - Record-setting All-American running back
Steve Spurrier - Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback and national championship-winning head coach
Tim Tebow - Two-time national champion and Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback
Danny Wuerffel - Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback who led UF to its first national title
Jack Youngblood - All-American defensive end and Pro Football Hall of Famer
Urban Meyer - Two-time national championship-winning head coach (induction ceremony set for November 7, 2026)
We need to do more for basketball and baseball, but Walter Clayton was our first ever consensus all american player in basketball.
Wilber Marshall - Star linebacker and two-time consensus All-American
Emmitt Smith - Record-setting All-American running back
Steve Spurrier - Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback and national championship-winning head coach
Tim Tebow - Two-time national champion and Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback
Danny Wuerffel - Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback who led UF to its first national title
Jack Youngblood - All-American defensive end and Pro Football Hall of Famer
Urban Meyer - Two-time national championship-winning head coach (induction ceremony set for November 7, 2026)
We need to do more for basketball and baseball, but Walter Clayton was our first ever consensus all american player in basketball.
Posted on 8/14/26 at 11:00 am to bigDgator
Skip Bertman - statue, baseball field named after him, number retired
Billy cannon - statue, only number retired in football program
Pete Maravich - arena named after him, statue outside arena, number retired
Shaq - statue outside arena, number retired
Seimone Augustus - statue outside bball arena, number retired
Bob Petite - statue outside arena, number retired
Jerseys (not numbers) retired:
Basketball
Rudy Macklin
Chris Jackson
Baseball
Ben McDonald
Todd Walker
Eddy Furniss
Football
Tommy Casanova
Jerry Stovall
Charles Alexander
Bert Jones
Basketball Court is named after Dale Brown and Sue Gunter
Alex Box Stadium is named after a player who was KIA in during WWII
**Wally Pontiff's #31 in baseball has never been worn since he died shortly before the start of his senior school year at LSU in 2002 from a heart abnormality. His number was actually retired by the now defunct New Orleans AAA baseball team. He was from Metarie which is where the stadium was located
Billy cannon - statue, only number retired in football program
Pete Maravich - arena named after him, statue outside arena, number retired
Shaq - statue outside arena, number retired
Seimone Augustus - statue outside bball arena, number retired
Bob Petite - statue outside arena, number retired
Jerseys (not numbers) retired:
Basketball
Rudy Macklin
Chris Jackson
Baseball
Ben McDonald
Todd Walker
Eddy Furniss
Football
Tommy Casanova
Jerry Stovall
Charles Alexander
Bert Jones
Basketball Court is named after Dale Brown and Sue Gunter
Alex Box Stadium is named after a player who was KIA in during WWII
**Wally Pontiff's #31 in baseball has never been worn since he died shortly before the start of his senior school year at LSU in 2002 from a heart abnormality. His number was actually retired by the now defunct New Orleans AAA baseball team. He was from Metarie which is where the stadium was located
This post was edited on 8/14/26 at 11:02 am
Posted on 8/14/26 at 2:15 pm to lsufball19
I totally forgot about our football feild being named after Spurrier and Basketball court being named after Donovan.
Posted on 8/14/26 at 6:23 pm to lsufball19
Colt McCoy
Posted on 8/19/26 at 2:52 pm to bigDgator
We need a few for Basketball but I think Noah should be the first player added
Mike Miller
Walter Clayton JR
Joakim Noah
Al Horford
Vernon Maxwell
Neal Walk
Udon Haslem
Mike Miller
Walter Clayton JR
Joakim Noah
Al Horford
Vernon Maxwell
Neal Walk
Udon Haslem
Posted on 8/19/26 at 3:31 pm to Capn_Bevo
That statue looks like he's fleeing in terror.
Posted on 8/19/26 at 3:38 pm to bigDgator
Posted on 8/19/26 at 3:57 pm to bigDgator
With The Swamp & O'Dome next to each other and plenty of open space between them, we really should create a unified public space that honors the football and basketball greats. We already have a start with the Heisman statues. Plenty of space on the basketball side to do something to honor the '04's or something to that effect.
Hell - they could expand it to all sports and create a champions plaza. Plenty of people worthy of that kind of recognition around UF athletics.
Hell - they could expand it to all sports and create a champions plaza. Plenty of people worthy of that kind of recognition around UF athletics.
This post was edited on 8/19/26 at 4:01 pm
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