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The Florida Gators have released their depth chart for Saturday's game with Kentucky. The most important change is the one we knew they had to make: In the wake of Jeff Driskel's season-ending leg injury, Tyler Murphy is now the Gators' starting quarterback.
Offensive Depth Chart
| Position | First Team | Second Team | Third Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarterback | Tyler Murphy | Skyler Morhninweg | |
| Running back | Matt Jones | Mack Brown | |
| Fullback | Hunter Joyer | Gideon Ajagbe | |
| X receiver | Quinton Dunbar | Demarcus Robinson | |
| Z receiver | Solomon Patton | Ahmad Fulwood | Chris Thompson |
| F receiver | Trey Burton | Mike McNeely | |
| Tight end | Clay Burton | Tevin Westbrook | |
| Left tackle | D.J. Humphries | Max Garcia | |
| Left guard | Max Garcia | Trip Thurman | |
| Center | Jonotthan Harrison | Kyle Koehne | |
| Right guard | Jon Halapio | Kyle Koehne | Ian Silberman |
| Right tackle | Tyler Moore | Trenton Brown |
Other than Murphy and Mornhinweg moving up in Driskel's absence, the only change on offense is the deletion of Colin Thompson, who was listed as the third-string tight end last week, from the released depth chart. Of note: Latroy Pittman, listed on the Florida depth chart for Toledo as the Gators' third-string Z receiver before his three-game suspension was announced, is not listed on the depth chart here.
Defensive Depth Chart
| Position | First Team | Second Team |
|---|---|---|
| End | Jonathan Bullard | Bryan Cox, Jr. |
| Nose | Leon Orr | Damien Jacobs |
| Tackle | Dominique Easley | Darious Cummings |
| Buck | Dante Fowler, Jr. | Alex McCalister |
| Sam | Ronald Powell | Darren Kitchens |
| Mike | Antonio Morrison | Michael Taylor |
| Will | Neiron Ball | Darrin Kitchens |
| RCB | Loucheiz Purifoy | Vernon Hargreaves III |
| LCB | Marcus Roberson | Vernon Hargreaves III |
| Safety | Jaylen Watkins | Marcus Maye |
| Safety | Cody Riggs | Jabari Gorman |
| Nickel | Brian Poole | Vernon Hargreaves III |
| Dime | Marcus Maye | Cody Riggs |
No changes were made on defense, though with Poole's ineligibility for the first half of the Kentucky game after being ejected for a targeting penalty against Tennessee, Hargreaves is even more a de facto starter than he has already been for his first month as a Gator.
Special Teams Depth Chart
| Position | First Team | Second Team |
|---|---|---|
| Kicker | Austin Hardin | Brad Phillips |
| Punter | Kyle Christy | Johnny Townsend |
| Kick returner | Solomon Patton | Loucheiz Purifoy |
| Punt returner | Vernon Hargreaves III | Marcus Roberson |
| Holder | Tyler Murphy | Kyle Crofoot |
| Long snapper | Drew Ferris | Kyle Crofoot |
Changes abound on special teams: Freshman Townsend replaces walk-on Justin Vogel at second-string punter, a likely message to the surprisingly inconsistent Christy; Hargreaves becomes Florida's starting punt returner despite not being listed in the first three strings last week, while Roberson slips to second-string and Trey Burton and Poole are removed from the depth chart; Purifoy is listed as the second-string kick returner for the first time in 2013, replacing Valdez Showers, despite suffering a thigh contusion on his lone kick return against Tennessee and being held out of the game after that return, likely because of the injury.
What do you think of this depth chart? Are you (once again) surprised by Hargreaves being everywhere on it? Worried about Mornhinweg as Murphy's backup? Surprised Florida's been able to remain immutable on defense? Let's discuss it in the comments.
Andy Hutchins is Alligator Army's managing editor. Follow Alligator Army on Twitter and Facebook.