Without suspended winger Brandon Hagel in the lineup, the Tampa Bay Lightning stormed back to defeat the Florida Panthers 5-1 on Saturday, cutting their deficit in this Eastern Conference first-round series to 2-1 on the strength of five unanswered goals.

Florida has had at least one player taken in the NFL Draft every year since 1952, the second-longest streak in FBS, behind only Michigan and USC, who are tied for first. Last year, UF had just one player selected, wide receiver Ricky Pearsall, who went in the first round (31st overall) to the San Francisco 49ers.

The Broncos used the final pick of the sixth round on a punter. Denver selected Florida's Jeremy Crawshaw with the 216th overall pick. Matt Haack, who punted for the Giants in four games last season,

Florida football's former massive nose tackle finally found a home with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers shortly after the 2025 NFL draft passed by.

Former Florida defensive tackle Desmond Watson, a 6-foot-6, 464-pound prospect, is signing with his hometown Tampa Bay Buccaneers as an undrafted free agent