CAREER:

A junior who has played in 17 games at quarterback…Has started 12 games for the Gators…Has thrown for 1,794 yards and 12 touchdowns in his career…Owns the UF single-game record for rushing yards by a quarterback with 177 yards against Vanderbilt.

2012:

Started 12 games for the Gators, 11 at quarterback…Completed 156-of-245 passes for 1,646 yards with 12 touchdowns and five interceptions on the year…Threw a touchdown pass in four-straight games to end the season…Also ran 118 times for 413 yards (3.5 avg) on the season with three touchdowns…His 413 rushing yards rank seventh in school history by a quarterback…Was second on the team in rushing…Completed 14-of-20 passes for a career-best 219 yards and two touchdowns without an interception at Tennessee…He threw a 75-yard touchdown pass to Frankie Hammond for the longest pass of his career…Had a passer rating of 195.0 in Knoxville, the highest for a UF quarterback on the road in a conference game since Tim Tebow had a 202.7 rating at Kentucky in 2007…Was named the SEC Offensive Player of the Week for his efforts against the Volunteers…Rushed 11 times for a career-high 177 yards and three touchdowns at Vanderbilt…The 177 yards rushing is a school record by a Gator quarterback, surpassing Tim Tebow’s mark of 166 yards at Ole Miss in 2007…Threw for a career-best four touchdowns against South Carolina…Finished 11-of-16 passing for 93 yards against the Gamecocks…He was the only FBS player to have four touchdown passes and throw for less than 100 yards in the same game…Had a career-high 18 completions against Kentucky…Completed a pass to 10 different receivers versus the Wildcats…In his first career start at quarterback at Texas A&M, he was 13-of-16 passing for 162 yards and did not turn the ball over…Made his first career start against Bowling Green, lining up at wide receiver then proceeded to play the rest of the game at quarterback…Was 10-for-16 passing for 114 yards including a 50-yard touchdown strike to Hammond.…Threw for 147 yards on 15-of-23 passing at Florida State…Before leaving with an injury against Louisiana, he completed 13-of-16 passes for 98 yards and one touchdown.

2011:

Saw action in five games as a true freshman quarterback (FAU, UAB, Kentucky, Alabama and Auburn)…Completed 16-of-34 passes for 148 yards to own a 71.86 efficiency rating throughout his freshman campaign…Went 2-for-6 for 14 yards in the air against Alabama, and added a 31-yard run, the longest rush against the Crimson Tide in 2011…Played the entire second half at Auburn, throwing a season-long 22 yard pass to Chris Rainey on the last drive of the game, attempting a personal-best 18 throws while completing a career-high nine tosses and totaling 75 yards in the air…Made his Gator debut in the season opener against FAU and his SEC debut against Kentucky…Completed 4-of-6 passes for 42 yards in his first collegiate football game against the Owls for a 92.13 efficiency rating…Dressed for every game of the season, including UF’s victory in the TaxSlayer.com Gator Bowl against Ohio State…Enrolled at UF in January of 2011.

PRIOR TO FLORIDA:

Maxwell Football Club National High School Player of the Year…Gatorade Florida Player of the Year…Rated the No. 1 quarterback nationally according to Scout.com and Rivals.com…Threw for a career 4,844 passing yards and 36 touchdowns and helped lead the Huskies to their first winning season in their fourth year as a varsity program…Had 1,819 yards and 15 touchdowns passing, 1,333 rushing yards with 20 touchdowns and caught two touchdown passes his senior year…Threw for 1,427 yards with 11 touchdowns and ran for 170 yards with five touchdowns his junior year…Participated in the Under Armour High School All-American Game in 2011…Chose Florida over Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Tennessee, Virginia Tech, Ole Miss and Clemson, among others…Coached by Nate Gierke.

DRISKEL’S CAREER HIGHS

Rushes: 14 (Texas A&M, 2012)

Rush Yds: 177 (Vanderbilt, 2012)

Rush TDs: 3 (Vanderbilt, 2012)

Long Rush: 70 (Vanderbilt, 2012)

Pass Attempts: 29 (Louisville, 2013)

Pass Completions: 18 (Kentucky, 2012)

Passing Yards: 219 (Tennessee, 2012)

Passing TDs: 4 (South Carolina, 2012)

Long Pass: 75 (Tennessee, 2012)

Interceptions: 2 (3x, last Louisville, 2013)

CAREER PASSING STATISTICS

CAREER RUSHING STATISTICS