Alex Brown: (1998-2001) – Best-known for his five sacks against Tennessee in 1999. Holds the school sack record (33).
Mike Degory: (2002-05) – Started a school-record 50 consecutive games. One of Steve Spurrier's final signees.
Chris Leak: (2003-Present) – On pace to break Danny Wuerffel's school records for passing yards.
Mike Pearson: (1999-2001) – Former Armwood High star protected QB Rex Grossman's blind side. Now a starter for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

Reidel Anthony: (1994-96) – Led the nation in touchdowns in 1996 with 18. Averaged 18 yards a catch for his career.
Jevon Kearse: (1996-98) Associated Press SEC defensive player of the year in 1998.
Errict Rhett: (1990-93) – Broke Emmitt Smith's school rushing record. Still Florida's all-time rushing leader (4,163 yards).
Danny Wuerffel: (1993-96) – Led the Gators to their only national title and won the Heisman Trophy as a senior. Still Florida's all-time leading passer.

Neal Anderson: (1982-85) Finished his career as the school's rushing leader.
Kerwin Bell: (1983-86) – Finished his career as Florida's all-time leading passer (7,585 yards).
Wilbur Marshall: (1980-83) – Possibly the best defensive player in Florida history. Consensus All-American his junior and senior seasons.
Emmitt Smith: (1987-89) – Finished his Florida career as the school's all-time leading rusher. Finished his NFL career as the league's all-time leading rusher.

WR Cris Collinsworth: (1977-80) — Converted QB became one of the national standard-bearers at his position.
RB-WR Nat Moore: (1972-73) — Junior-college find became a terrific long-term player for Miami Dolphins.
QB John Reaves: (1969-71) — Was NCAA's leading all-time passer and SEC touchdown pass leader when career ended.
DE Jack Youngblood: (1968-70) The only former Gator enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

DB Bruce Bennett: (1963-65) — Set UF career interception record with 13.
WR Charley Casey: (1963-65) — Leading receiver in SEC history at end of his career.
RB Larry Smith: (1966-68) — Set UF career rushing record (2,186 yards) at end of his career.
QB Steve Spurrier: (1964-66) — SEC player of the year and Heisman Trophy winner in 1966.

G John Barrow: (1953-56) — Consensus All-American and SEC lineman of the year in 1956.
RB Rick Casares: (1951-53) — All-around athlete who played every backfield position, then shined in NFL.
QB Doug Dickey: (1951-53) — Extremely intelligent and savvy, setting stage for later coaching career.
QB Jimmy Dunn: (1956-58) — Pound for pound, Coach Bob Woodruff said, his best Gator player.

E Forrest “Fergie” Ferguson: (1939-41) — Set receiving records that stood until the 1960s. Named a first-team All-American in 1941. Wounded during the invasion at Normandy in 1944 and died of his wounds 10 years later.
HB Chuck Hunsinger: (1946-49) First-team All-SEC selection in 1948 and 1949. Inspired a song, “Hunsinger's a Humdinger,” that became popular among Florida students.
C Jimmy Kynes: (1946-49) — Believed to be the last Gator to play 60 minutes in a game. Became the youngest attorney general in state history in 1964.
E Broughton Williams: (1942, 46) — Plant High graduate was named third-team All-SEC in 1946.

T Clark Goff: (1937-39) — Third-team All-SEC in 1939. Played for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1940.
QB Walter ''Tiger'' Mayberry: (1935-37) — Florida's first first-team All-SEC selection (1937) went on to serve in the Marine Air Corps in World War II. He was shot down and captured by the Japanese on Sept. 6, 1943. He died in the Rabaul POW camp.
Welcome Shearer: (1932-34) — One of Florida's first All-SEC selections (third team, 1933). One of only three men to captain Florida's football and basketball teams.
Hal Starbuck: (1932-34) — Also one of the Gators' first All-SEC selections (second team, 1933).

HB Leroy ''Red'' Bethea: (1928-30) — Helped 1928 team lead nation in scoring. Rushed for 218 yards against Chicago in 1930.
QB Carl Brumbaugh: (1927-28) — One of the first ex-Gators to play in the NFL. He played for the Chicago Bears from 1930-34.
QB Clyde ''Cannonball'' Crabtree: (1927-29) — Could throw with either hand and kick with either foot. Played for the Minnesota Vikings in 1930.
HB/P Ark Newton: (1921-24) — Believed to have once punted a ball 92 yards. Captain of the 1924 team.
G/C Carl ''Tootie'' Perry: (1916-21) — Captain of the 1921 team was a two-time All-Southern selection.
E Dale Van Sickel: (1927-29) — Florida's first All-American (first team, 1928). Enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in 1975.

G J. Rex Farrior Sr.: (1913-16) — Hillsborough High graduate went on to law school at Florida. Became a prominent Tampa attorney and one of Florida's first athletic boosters.
William A. Shands: (1907-10) — Became a state senator who helped UF secure its teaching hospital. That hospital now bears his name.
Neal ''Chief Bo Gator'' Storter: (1909-11) — Captain of the 1911 team. Some argue that the rogue student organization he headed (the Bo Gators) was the genesis of Florida's nickname. Storter denied that, attributing the name to a newspaper story.
Earle ''Dummy'' Taylor: (1908-12) — Florida's first star; Taylor was a devastating runner and drop-kicker whose field-goal records stood until the 1970s.