2025 Florida Football Postgame Notes

2025 Florida Football Postgame Notes

Blue 38, Orange 32

April 12, 2025 |Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, Gainesville, Fla.

THE OPENING DRIVE

• RB Ja’Kobi Jackson (Blue) set an Orange and Blue game record in rushing yards with 198 yards on
  10 rushing attempts.
  o The Pensacola Fla. native scored three times, tying the program record set by Ciatrick
  Fason in 2004.
  o He also broke away for a 90-yard touchdown scamper, the longest in Florida spring game
  history.
  o Jackson also led the game in scoring with 18 points (23-yard rushing TD, 40-yard rushing TD,
  90-yard rushing TD).
• All four of the new Gator wide receivers caught a pass in today’s game with true freshman Dallas
  Wilson leading all pass catchers with195 yards. Wilson caught a 22-yard pass as time expired to tie
  the Florida spring game receiving record.
  o Dallas Wilson (Orange) 10 receptions for 195 yards and two scores. Tabbed the most
  receptions and tied for most receiving yards in Orange and Blue game history.
  o Naeshaun Montgomery (Orange) Three receptions for 70 yards.
  o Vernell Brown III (Blue) Four receptions for 34 yards.
  o J. Michael Sturdivant (Blue) One reception for 29 yards.
• QB Harrison Bailey (Orange) set an Orange a Blue game record with 363 passing yards and three
  TDs on 29 completions.
  o Finished with a completion percentage of 67% and a QB rating of 156.7.
• Team Blue’s 251 combined yards rushing are the most by a team in spring game history surpassing
  the previous record by nearly 90 yards (160 by Orange in 2010).
• With a combined score of 70 points the 2025 iteration of the Orange and Blue game becomes the
  second-highest scoring Florida spring game of all-time.
• S Drake Stubbs (Blue) notched the only turnover of the game, picking off Bailey on Blue’s first
  defensive possession.
  OFFENSIVE NOTES
  Blue
• QB Aidan Warner led a seven play, 70-yard drive to open the game, ending with an 8-yard
  touchdown pass to TE Hayden Hansen.
• RB Ja’Kobi Jackson set an Orange and Blue game record in rushing yards with 198 yards on 10
  rushing attempts.
  o The Pensacola Fla. native scored three times on the ground, tying the program record set
  by Ciatrick Fason in 2004.
  o He also broke away for a 90-yard touchdown scamper, the longest in Florida spring game
  history.
  o Jackson also led the game in scoring with 18 points (23-yard rushing TD, 40-yard rushing TD,
  90-yard rushing TD).
• Team Blue’s 251 combined yards rushing are the most by a team in spring game history surpassing
  the previous record by nearly 90 yards (160 by Orange in 2010).
• RB Jadan Baugh led the game in YAC with 52 yards after the catch.
  Orange
• Orange was awarded 3 points prior to todays game, on account of competitions won during
  Thursday’s practice.
• QB Harrison Bailey set an Orange a Blue game record with 363 passing yards and three TDs on 29
  completions.
• WR Dallas Wilson 10 receptions for 195 yards and two scores. Tabbed the most receptions and tied
  for most receiving yards in Orange and Blue game history.
• Team Orange set Orange and Blue game records for first downs (24) and rush attempts (25) in
  todays contest.
• Converted an Orange and Blue game best 11/18 third down attempts (61.1%).

DEFENSIVE NOTES
Blue

• S Drake Stubbs notched the only turnover of the game, picking off Bailey on Blue’s first defensive
  possession.
• True freshman LB Ty Jackson led team Blue with 11 total tackles (three solo), adding a sack and
  two TFLs.
• Team Blue collected five sacks, led by transfer DE Kofie Asare who led the game in sacks totaling
  two and a QB hurry.
• Three of the Blue squads four PBUs came via defensive linemen (DE Kamran James, DL Stephon
  Shivers and DL Tavorise Brown)
  Orange
• LB Myles Graham and LB James Robinson led team Orange with eight tackles apiece.
  o Graham – Eight total tackles (five solo) and one TFL
  o Robinson – Eight total tackles (three solo), one TFL and one pass breakup.

SPECIAL TEAMS NOTES

• K Trey Smack (Blue) drilled a 56-yard field goal in the fourth quarter, the longest FG in Florida spring
  game history.
• WR Tank Hawkins totaled a game-most 64 kick return yards with a long of 30.
  EXPLOSIVE PLAYS
  Blue
  ● (B) Vernell Brown: 15-yard catch, first quarter
  ● (B) J. Michael Sturdivant: 29-yard catch, first quarter
  ● (B) Ja’Kobi Jackson: 23-yard rush resulting in a touchdown, first quarter
  ● (B) Jadan Baugh: 48-yard reception, second quarter
  ● (B) Ja’Kobi Jackson: 40-yard TD run, second quarter
  ● (B) Jadan Baugh: 10-yard rush, second quarter
  ● (B) Aidan Mizell: 24-yard TD reception, second quarter
  ● (B) Ja’Kobi Jackson: 90-yard TD rush, third quarter
  ● (B) Hayden Hansen: 15-yard reception, fourth quarter
  ● (B) Jadan Baugh: 14-yard rush, fourth quarter
  Orange
• (O) Dallas Wilson: 31-yard reception, second quarter
• (O) Dallas Wilson: 24-yard reception, second quarter
• (O) Naeshaun Montgomery: 15-yard reception, second quarter
• (O) Tank Hawkins: 25-yard TD reception, third quarter
• (O) Dallas Wilson: 20-yard reception, third quarter
• (O) Dallas Wilson: 20-yard TD reception, fourth quarter
• (O) Naeshaun Montgomery: 51-yard reception, fourth quarter
• (O) Dallas Wilson: 19-yard TD reception, fourth quarter
• (O) Dallas Wilson: 21-yard reception, fourth quarter
• (O) Dallas Wilson: 22-yard reception, fourth quarter

Fresh Faces
The 2025 Orange and Blue Game marked the first appearances in a Gator Uniform for many of the
game’s participants. Among those making their first appearances in a game were:

• Orange: QB Harrison Bailey, RB Duke Clark, WR Dallas Wilson, DE Jayden Woods, WR Naeshaun
  Montgomery, QB Tramell Jones Jr., DB Evan Jackson, RB Kelvin Jimenez, P Hayden Craig, WR

Vernell Brown III, OL Jahari Medlock, TE Micah Jones, TE Cameron Kossmann, DL Jeremiah
McCloud.

• Blue: WR Vernell Brown III, WR J. Michael Sturdivant, CB Michael Caraway Jr., S Lagonza
  Hayward, DE Kofi Asare, LB Ty Jackson, S Drake Stubbs, DL Jeremiah McCloud, DB Ben Hanks, P
  Tommy Doman, RB Kelvin Jimenez, DB Vincent Brown Jr., DL Jalen Wiggins, DL Stephon Shivers.
  Spring Football Awards:
  CHANNING CROWDER HEADHUNTER AWARD

7 Amir Jackson

8 Aaron Chiles

35 DeBraun Hampton

85 Scott Isacks

CHRIS DOERING I LIKE TO PRACTICE AWARD

0 Sharif Denson

39 Brayden Slade

70 Damieon George Jr.

71 Roderick Kearney

JACK YOUNGBLOOD DEFENSIVE LINEMAN AWARD

93 Michai Boireau

LOMAS BROWN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN AWARD

53 Bryce Lovett

JOE HADEN DEFENSIVE BACK AWARD

14 Jordan Castell

28 Devin Moore

EMMITT SMITH RUNNING BACK AWARD

13 Jadan Baugh

DANNY WUERFFEL MOST IMPROVED PLAYER

16 Aidan Warner

24 Kamran James

63 Caden Jones

86 Tony Livingston

TIM TEBOW LEADERSHIP AWARD

29 Jaden Robinson

66 Jake Slaughter

89 Hayden Hansen

94 Tyreak Sapp

VERNELL BROWN CULTURE AWARD

24 Ja’Kobi Jackson

29 Trey Smack

30 Taylor Spierto

77 Knijeah Harris

88 Caleb Banks

STEVE SPURRIER COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE AWARD

2 DJ Lagway

34 George Gumbs Jr.

42 Rocco Underwood

58 Austin Barber

REIDEL ANTHONY RECEIVER AWARD

3 Eugene Wilson III

WILBER MARSHALL LINEBACKER AWARD

5 Myles Graham

COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD

11 Aidan Mizell

23 Josiah Davis

LOUIS OLIVER OUTSANDING NON-SCHOLARSHIP PLAYER AWARD

37 Javion Toombs

43 Alfonzo Allen Jr.

43 Jaden Edgecombe

59 Hayden Clem

83 Jackson Wade

92 Sebastian Scott

FRED TAYLOR MOST IMPROVED FRESHMAN AWARD

4 TJ Abrams

4 Teddy Foster

21 KD Daniels

25 Cormani McClain

68 Fletcher Westphal

GAME DETAILS
● Florida Game Captains: (Blue) #2 DJ Lagway, #95 Jamari Lyons | (Orange)#14 Jordan Castell #42
Rocco Underwood.
● Coin Toss: Orange won the toss and elected to defer. Blue to defend the North Endzone.
● Attendance: 56,563 (largest since 2009 and fourth largest spring game attendance since 1984)