Florida Football: Definitive all-time 2-deep Gators depth chart

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18 Sep 1993: Jason Odom of the Florida Gators blocks a Tennessee Volunteers player during a game at Florida Field in Gainesville, Florida. Florida won the game, 41-34. Mandatory Credit: Scott Halleran /Allsport /

Offensive Line

Starting tackles: Lomas Brown, Jason Odom
Backup: David Williams

Jacobs Blocking Trophy (best blocker in the SEC) awardee, consensus First-Team All-American, First-Team All-SEC capped off Lomas Brown’s dominant 1984 season for an offensive line known as “The Great Wall of Florida.” Brown was inducted into UF’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 1995 and has been named the eighth best Gator player of all-time by The Gainesville Sun. Brown also boasts perhaps the most decorated NFL career of any Gator player.

One Jacobs Blocking Trophy just wasn’t enough for Jason Odom, though, who won the award in back-to-back seasons in 1994-95. Combine those awards with an unanimous First-Team All-American honor and appearances in three-straight SEC championship games, Odom earned his spot in Florida’s Athletic Hall of Fame.

David Williams started every game during his Gator career – all four seasons. He served as team captain in 1988 and received multiple All-SEC honors.

Starting guards: Jeff Zimmerman, Mike Degory
Backup: Burton Lawless

Serving as another rock for “The Great Wall of Florida,” Jeff Zimmerman helped lead the Gators to the best record in the SEC in back-to-back seasons from 1984-85. By being named an All-American as a sophomore, Zimmerman became the first lineman in Gator history to receive the honor as an underclassman.

Mike Degory was the very definition of consistency having tied the school record for consecutive starts at 50 games. Degory also served two years as a captain joining his name with just four other Gator players to accomplish that respect.

Burton Lawless made the 1974 All-American team and earned the reputation as perhaps the “best pulling guard ever (to) play at Florida.”

Starting center: Maurkice Pouncey
Backup: Jeff Mitchell

Maurkice Pouncey became and remains the only Rimington Trophy – best center in college football – winner in Gator history. He helped a dominant offensive line that lead the Gators to the 2008 national championship; additionally, he was named First-Team All-SEC and First-Team All-American.

Ranking 41st on The Gainesville Sun’s all-time greatest Gators list, Jeff Mitchell won a national championship in 1996. He helped protect Heisman winner Danny Wuerffel and blocked for some of the most potent offenses in college football history.

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