UF announced Thursday that quarterback Luke Del Rio underwent successful surgery on his non-throwing shoulder and will miss all of spring camp as a result.
Del Rio, the lone quarterback left on Florida's roster with collegiate experience and has two years of collegiate eligibility remaining, missed the final five games of the season with the injury. Graduate transfer Austin Appleby played the final five games of the year, leading UF to a 3-2 record over that span. Del Rio also missed two games after suffering a knee injury against North Texas.
In six games last season, Del Rio completed 56.7 percent of his passes for 1,358 yards and eight touchdowns. He also threw eight interceptions, six of which came in his final three games after returning from the knee injury.
With Del Rio out of commission for the time being, the bulk of the reps in spring practice will go to Feleipe Franks and Kyle Trask, a pair of freshmen who did not see action in their first season at UF.
Franks, a former four-star recruit out of Crawfordville, Florida, served as the Gators' backup quarterback after Del Rio's shoulder injury. Trask, a two-star product from Manvel, Texas, was the third-string signal caller to close out the year.
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