Derrick Harvey needs more pub

The former basketball player, turned defensive specialist, started playing football in his junior year of high school.

"On a Florida defense with a wealth of talent up front, Harvey has become one of the Gators' biggest playmakers. Even though he's started only one game, he's started playing at an All-SEC level. He leads the conference in sacks with seven and he's forced one fumble and recovered two. In the win over Georgia last Saturday, he had a sack and caused the fumble that defensive lineman Ray McDonald returned for a touchdown on the first offensive play of the second half."

With some of our big-name defensive players likely leaving next year, it's good to see the next group of defensive stoppers already making a name for themselves. Harvey is one of them. he is only 250 pds but he is holding his own against opposing big uglies.

"He is playing his technique well," co-defensive coordinator Greg Mattison said. "He is not a real big kid. He is 250 pounds and he is playing over 300-pound offensive tackles. He has held his own in there, and he has really given us a bonus in the run."


Looks like this playmaker will cause opposing offenses problems from here on out.