Florida Football: 5 questions Gators must answer on offense for 2019

1. Feleipe Franks or Emory Jones?

Feleipe Franks is fresh off his best season with Florida football, but with Emory Jones playing well in extremely limited reps in 2018, the question on everyone’s mind is could he be the quarterback to lead the Gators to that next level?

Don’t get me wrong, Franks looked like a new quarterback under Dan Mullen. He finally played the way he was expected to when he came in as a freshman under Jim McElwain, but is the ceiling just slightly higher for the offense under Jones?

The answer to that question is probably yes as Jones is a more athletic player at the position and he has every bit the amount of arm talent, if not more, that Franks does.

Franks finished the season with over 2,400 yards passing and 24 touchdowns with only six picks, completing 58 percent of his passes, while Jones had just 125 yards and two touchdowns on 16 attempts — completing 12 of those passes. It’s a small sample size, but it could show that Jones may be a more accurate passer.

It’s tough to judge after the Gators just won 10 games, but they averaged just about 214 yards per game through the air. That number could be much higher if Jones is given a shot.

Does Mullen go with the proven Franks or roll the dice (like Dabo Swinney and Nick Saban have) with a younger Jones?