CBS Sports predicts 1,000-yard receiver for Florida football in 2025 season

It's been more than two decades since a Florida football wide receiver eclipsed the 1,000-yard mark in a single season.

That streak could come to an end in 2025.In a recent roundup of bold SEC predictions, CBS Sports' Brad Crawford projected that Florida's offenseled by quarterback DJ Lagwayis poised to break the program's longest-standing offensive drought.

Crawford believes this fall could mark the first time since Taylor Jacobs' 1,088-yard campaign in 2002 that a Florida receiver reaches the milestone.For head coach Billy Napier, 2025 represents a potential turning pointnot just for the team's record, but for its identity on offense.

Lagway will be working with a wide receiver room that blends veteran experience with high-upside newcomers.

Eugene "Tre" Wilson III returns as the top target for Lagway and the Gators offense, UCLA transfer J.

Michael Sturdivant brings production and size while Aidan Mizell carries elite speed.

Two of the top wide receiver recruits in the nationDallas Wilson and Vernell Brown IIIround out the Gators' new-look group of wide receivers.With multiple legitimate options on the perimeter and Lagway's arm talent anchoring the offense, Florida's passing game could be positioned for its most dynamic season in recent years.Here is everything Crawford wrote about Florida football having a potential 1,000-yard receiver in 2025.What CBS Sports said about the Gators"Offense produces first 1,000-yard receiver since 2002: Taylor Jacobs remains the last Florida pass catcher to eclipse the 1,000-yard mark, finishing with 1,088 yards more than two decades ago.

The Gators are expected to air it out this fall with D.J.

Lagway under center, and this unit features several receivers capable of reaching a milestone that only Ricky Pearsall, Kadarius Toney, Riley Cooper and Dallas Baker have come close to matching since Jacobs."Whether it's Eugene Wilson, transfer J.

Michael Sturdivant or one of Florida's two elite freshmen in Vernell Brown III or Dallas Wilson someone from this group has a strong chance to finally break through."Follow us @GatorsWire on X, formerly known as Twitter, as well as Bluesky, and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida Gators news, notes and opinions.This article originally appeared on Gators Wire: CBS Sports predicts 1,000-yard receiver for Florida football in 2025.

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