Florida Football: 6 potential landing spots for Feleipe Franks

Feleipe Franks has decided to forgo his senior season with Florida football to explore his options in the NFL draft or transfer to another program.

Per a report from 247Sports’ Florida site “Swamp 247” writer Thomas Goldkamp, Feleipe Franks will not return to compete to be the starting quarterback of the Florida Gators.

Franks missed most of this season with a severe ankle injury and junior quarterback Kyle Trask has filled in more than admirably this season for the Gators throwing for over 2,600 yards and 24 touchdowns. This clears up the quarterback room exponentially for head coach Dan Mullen and the Gators.

Trask is returning to Florida and redshirt freshman Emory Jones is on the roster. They will battle it out next season for the starting gig, and four-start local talent Anthony Richardson coming in next season will round out the quarterback room for the Gators.

Where does that leave Franks? He’s leaving his options open. One of those options is the NFL, but he’s very raw as a quarterback so there’s no guarantee he’d even be drafted. He has every measurable NFL scouts salivate over: 6-6, 214 pounds and a big-time arm. What scares you about Franks in the pros is what’s between the ears, and his mechanical flaws.

There’s a much better chance that he transfers to another program to play as a senior.

Before committing to Florida and then coach Jim McElwain, Franks had no shortage of suitors. According to his 247Sports profile, Franks was either offered, visited, or attended camps for 18 different universities including Alabama, Clemson and LSU.

Our list of possible landing spots begin with the schools he was offered or visited.