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It’s Florida Football Central Time – Spring Edition

Click this link Florida Football Central Time for the pdf document to download and print.  This document has 2018 schedules for Florida’s three NFL teams and 18 college football teams.

Welcome to Florida Football NFL Draft Picks
The NFL produced 22 new members of Florida’s three teams and 19 players from Florida colleges were drafted. The Jacksonville Jaguars and Miami Dolphins each drafted seven new players and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted eight after making first round trades to end up with three second round picks, between the 38^th and 63^rd overall picks. The New England Patriots selected three players from Florida.

The Miami Dolphins and Tampa Bay Buccaneers begin their pre-season games with an August 9 meeting at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami.  The Jacksonville Jaguars host the New Orleans Saints at EverBank Field on August 9. Week One of the NFL season is the weekend of November 9.

Jacksonville Jaguars 2018 Draft Picks
Round 1, 29^th Overall: DL, Taven Bryan, Florida
Round 2, 61^st Overall: WR, DJ Chark, Louisiana State
Round 3, 93^rd Overall: S, Ronnie Harrison, Alabaman (native of Tallahassee)
Round 4, 129^th Overall: OL, Will Richardson, North Carolina State
Round 6, 203^rd Overall: QB, Tanner Lee, Nebraska
Round 7, 230^th Overall: LB, Leon Jacobs, Wisconsin
Round 7, 247^th Overall: P, Logan Cooke, Mississippi State

Miami Dolphins 2018 Draft Picks
Round 1, 11^th Overall: S, Minkah Fitzpatrick, Alabama
Round 2, 42^nd, Overall: TE, Mike Gesicki, Penn State
Round 3, 73^rd Overall: LB, Jerome Baker, Ohio State
Round 4, 123^rd Overall: TE, Durham Smythe, Notre Dame
Round 4, 131^st Overall: RB, Kalen Ballage, Arizona
Round 6, 209^th Overall: DB, Cornell Armstrong, Southern Miss
Round 7, 227^th Overall: LB, Quentin Polling, Ohio

Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2018 Draft Picks
Round 1, 17^th Overall: DT, Vita Vea, Washington
Round 2, 38^th Overall: RB, Ronald Jones, USC
Round 2, 53^rd Overall: CB, M.J. Stewart, North Carolina
Round 2, 63^rd Overall: CB, Carlton Davis, Auburn
Round 3, 94^th Overall: G, Alex Cappa, Humboldt St.
Round 4, 117^th Overall: S, Jordan Whitehead, Pittsburgh
Round 5, 144^th Overall: WR, Justin Watson, Penn
Round 6, 202^nd Overall: LB, Jack Cichy, Wisconsin

Florida College players in NFL Draft
UCF Knights (2)
Mike Hughes, CB; First Round, Minnesota Vikings
Shaquem Griffin, LB; Fifth Round, Seattle Seahawks

Florida Gators (5)
Taven Bryant, DL; First Round, Jacksonville Jaguars
Duke Dawson, CB; Second Round, New England Patriots
Antonio Callaway, WR; Fourth Round, Cleveland Browns
Johnny Townsend, P; Fifth Round, Oakland Raiders
Marcell Harris, S; Sixth Round, San Francisco 49ers

Florida International Golden Panthers (1)
Alex McGough, QB; Seventh Round, Seattle Seahawks

Florida State Seminoles (6)
Derwin James, S; First Round, Los Angeles Chargers
|Derrick Nnadi, DT; Third Round, Kansas City Chiefs
Rick Leonard, OT; Fourth Round, New Orleans Saints
Josh Sweat, DT; Fourth Round, Philadelphia Eagles
Ryan Izzo, TE; Seventh Round, New England Patriots
Auden Tate, WR; Seventh Round, Cincinnati Bengals

Miami Hurricanes (4)
Chad Thomas DE; Third Round, Cleveland Browns
Chris Herndon, TE; Fourth Round, New York Jets
Mark Walton, RB; Fourth Round, Cincinnati Bengals
Braxton Berrios, WR; Sixth Round, New England Patriots 

South Florida Bulls (1)
Marques Valdez-Scantling, WR; Fifth Round, Green Bay Packers

Spring Games Notes
While the Nebraska Cornhuskers led the way in College Football Spring Games with an announced 86,818 for former UCF coach Scott Frost’s debut in Lincoln, two Florida teams were in the top 10.  For Willie Taggart’s debut in Tallahassee, the Florida State Seminoles were sixth with 60,934 fans.  Dan Mullen’s return to Gainesville as the Florida Gators head coach drew 53,015, for eighth place. 

New Head Coaches Making Debuts this fall
Willie Taggart, Florida State Seminoles
Dan Mullen, Florida Gators
Josh Heupel, Central Florida Knights
Willie Simmons, Florida A&M Rattlers
Greg Ruffin, Edward Waters Tigers

Returning Coaches
Mark Richt, Miami Hurricanes, 2^nd Year
Charlie Strong, South Florida Bulls, 2^nd Year
Butch Davis, Florida International Golden Knights, 2^nd Year
Lane Kiffin, Florida Atlantic Owls, 2^nd Year
Terry Sims, Bethune-Cookman Wildcats, 3^rd Year
Ian Shields, Jacksonville Dolphins, 2^nd Year
Kelly Scott, Webber Warriors, 12^th Year
Joe Patterson, Ave Maria Gyrenes, 3^rd year
Rod Shafer, Warner Royals, 5^th Year
Steve Englehart, Florida Tech Panthers, 5^th Year
Roger Hughes, Stetson Hatters, 6^th Year
Kyle Barefield, Southeastern Fire, 5^th Year
Pete Shinnick, West Florida Argonauts, 2^nd Year

To view 2018 Schedules for Florida’s three NFL teams, 18 college teams and eight college football post-season bowl games Download and Print the latest edition of Florida Football Central . Enjoy Florida Football Central and become more informed about Football in the State of Florida.

Florida Football Central is compiled Nick Gandy. Thanks for reading.  Send suggestions or corrections to media@flasports.com. #floridafootballcentral