Gators QB Lagway not yet dismissed vs

• Adam Rittenberg, ESPN

  Senior WriterNov 4, 2024, 12:56 PM ET Close College football reporter; joined ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.Florida quarterback

DJ Lagway hasn’t been eliminated for today’s game at No. 5 Texas, as his left hamstring injury is “less significant “than initially feared, coach Billy Napier said.Lagway, a real freshman and ESPN’s No.

8 total recruit in the 2024 class, sustained the injury in the very first half of Saturday’s game versus Georgia. He later appeared on crutches along Florida’s sideline and with a brace on his left leg. Lagway underwent an MRI over the weekend. Florida quarterback DJ Lagway has actually not been eliminated for the Gators’game vs. the Texas Longhorns since the injury is “less considerable”than earlier thought. James Gilbert/Getty Images” The good news is we have actually had positive information on that

front,”Napier stated Monday.”We do believe that the injury is less substantial and there’s course to a healing and return.”Editor’s Picks 1 Associated Napier said Lagway’s status for the Texas game will become clearer by midweek. Lagway had

47 passing

lawns and a goal, plus 18 hurrying yards, as Florida took an early lead against Georgia.Freshman Aidan Warner changed Lagway and finished only 7 of 22 passes for 66 backyards and an interception that established Georgia’s final goal in a 34-20 win. Warner remains in line to begin at Texas if Lagway can not play.Florida currently has lost senior quarterback Graham Mertz for the season with an ACL tear in his left knee. Lagway took over after Mertz was injured.