The difference between the Florida football team having DJ Lagway under center and not was about as night-and-day as it can get this fall. In all five games that the true freshman took a majority of the snaps, the Gators emerged victoriously — including three straight to end the regular season.
Lagway finished the season completing 93 of 157 pass attempts (59.2%) for 1,610 yards and 11 touchdowns against seven interceptions in 11 total games played. He also ran 46 times for 97 yards (2.1 average) on the ground without a score.
As a result of his efforts, the gunslinger out of Willis, Texas, earned the No. 16 spot in 247Sports writer Clint Brewster’s final top 20 quarterback power rankings for the 2024 campaign. That slots him between the Texas Longhorns play-caller Quinn Ewers at No. 15 and the Clemson Tigers‘ Cade Klubnik at No. 17.
“Quite possibly the nation’s best true rookie signal caller, DJ Lagway threw some incredible passes that a freshman shouldn’t be able to make,” Brewster points out. “At 6-foot-3, 239 pounds, Lagway has the arm and legs to be a marquee quarterback for years to come. He won the last three games for Florida after coming back from injury. He is still not 100% healthy.”
A healthy Lagway, along with a robust recruiting class and more time for the program to mature, means the Gators might be a force to be reckoned with in 2025.
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