The Florida Gators are scheduled to open the 2025 college football season with a game virtually everyone considers to be a tune-up against the Long Island University Sharks at The Swamp in Gainesville. The game is expected to be an opportunity for coach Billy Napier's team to fine-tune its roster and fundamentals before a more difficult game the following week against the South Florida Bulls and a showdown the next week against Brian Kelly's LSU Tigers. On Tuesday, Napier gave an update on arguably the Gators' most important player as the team continues to make preparations for their August 30 opener.
Florida Coach Billy Napier Shares Revealing Injury Update on Heisman Candidate DJ Lagway originally appeared on Athlon Sports.
The Florida Gators are scheduled to open the 2025 college football season with a game virtually everyone considers to be a tune-up against the Long Island University Sharks at The Swamp in Gainesville.
The game is expected to be an opportunity for coach Billy Napier's team to fine-tune its roster and fundamentals before a more difficult game the following week against the South Florida Bulls and a showdown the next week against Brian Kelly's LSU Tigers.
On Tuesday, Napier gave an update on arguably the Gators' most important player as the team continues to make preparations for their August 30 opener.
"On DJ, what's the concern level for him and how much do you think he'll be able to do (going forward)?" a journalist asked Napier at a press conference Tuesday amid the Gators QB's injury struggles.
"Yeah, I think he'll be, I mean again, he's day-to-day, the good thing is, the good thing is, I think we're about a week removed, so in general he's made a lot of quick progress, so it will be something that we're monitoring, and hopefully as we go his ability to participate in practice will be a little bit more with each opportunity that we get going forward," Napier replied, updating his star QB's status.
Billy Napier on D.J. Lagway's latest injury. pic.twitter.com/1uf57w5EQ8
— Ari Wasserman (@AriWasserman) July 29, 2025
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This story was originally reported by Athlon Sports on Jul 29, 2025, where it first appeared.
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