Florida’s Jamari Lyons returns from a devastating ankle injury that cost him the 2024 season. Now on the 2025 Comeback Player of the Year watch list, the defensive lineman is ready to anchor the Gators’ defense.
GAINESVILLE, Fla.-- There are your regular football bumps and bruises, and then there's what Jamari Lyons suffered over a year ago. The Florida Gators defensive tackle, poised for a breakout 2024 season, nearly saw his career come to an end with a broken ankle suffered in the team's first scrimmage of fall camp on Aug.
GAINESVILLE, Fla.-- Last August, it was announced that Florida Gators defensive lineman Jamari Lyons would miss the entire 2024 season due to a serious lower-body injury he sustained in the team’s first fall scrimmage.
GAINESVILLE, Fla.-- With the Florida Gators opening fall camp on Wednesday, head coach Billy Napier on Tuesday provided injury updates on multiple players.
The Florida Gators continued their fall camp on Tuesday. Media members were allowed to attend for a short portion of that practice. Gators Illustrated was in attendance and spent the time viewing the interior defensive line. Here are the main takeaways.
Few things sting worse than a fall camp injury that takes out an entire season, but that's what the Florida Gators are dealing with after a major injury this past weekend.
After reports from the Florida Gators’ first scrimmage indicated redshirt sophomore defensive lineman Jamari Lyons had suffered a serious lower-body injury , head coach Billy Napier confirmed the reports at his Monday press conference. Lyons will miss the entire 2024 season with a broken ankle, Napier said. “Jamari’s one of our best.
Redshirt sophomore nose tackle Jamari Lyons, who was expected to play a major role in the defensive line rotation, suffered a serious lower-body injury Saturday in the Florida Gators’ first fall scrimmage, according to multiple reports. Lyons had to be carted off the field and donned an air cast.