Watch: Gators LB Chief Borders Earns Wuerffel Man of the Month Honor

Photo: Chief Borders; Credit: Zach Goodall

Yesterday, the Florida Gators and head coach Billy Napier announced a new tradition within the GatorMade part of the organization to the Florida football team, the Danny Wuerffel Man of the Month honor. This month, the honor was presented to redshirt freshman linebacker Chief Borders.

The honor is given to "a football scholar-athlete that exemplifies the Gator Standard, demonstrating holistic excellence in leadership, character, service and academics," the Florida football program said via Twitter. The honor is not an on-field achievement, but rather one about the character of the player.

Wuerffel, who was the program's quarterback from 1993-96 met with the media last week to discuss his involvement with the Gators and the GatorMade program.

"I've had a chance to talk with the players at different times, really on the subject of leadership and trying to develop leaders," Wuerffel told the media. "I met with some of them as a group and others individually; it has been really encouraging. I'm really excited to be associated with GatorMade and help really highlight some of the great stuff that they're doing."

The Gators football social media team posted a video of Napier announcing the honor to his team and Borders as the first recipient of the honor. 

"We're starting a new tradition within the GatorMade part of our organization where we're gonna have the Wuerffel Man of the Month," Napier said to the team via the video posted by the Florida football program on Twitter.