Florida tight end Jake McGee has had a nervous few weeks since deciding to apply for a sixth year of eligibility with the NCAA after suffering a broken leg in the season opener for the Gators. A graduate transfer from Virginia, McGee had hoped to play out his final season of eligibility before entering the NFL, but those plans were quickly derailed when he went down against Eastern Michigan.

McGee ultimately decided he wanted to apply for a sixth year, but his case isn't a slam dunk. There's no record of McGee's redshirt year at Virginia in 2010 being due to injury. He has already been involved with a football program for five seasons and played in four. Typically the NCAA requires at least two seasons to be lost to injury in order to grant a sixth year. His lost 2014 season at Florida alone may not be enough unless the NCAA decides it was "an extenuating circumstance" beyond the normal scope of its sixth-year eligibility criteria.

In any case, it doesn't sound like McGee will be waiting much longer to hear back from the governing body. On Friday, he tweeted the following.

finding out my future soon... all up to the @NCAA — Jake McGee (@JakeOvaTheWorld) January 16, 2015



McGee returning would be a welcome boost to the tight end position, which the Gators are desperately trying to shore up in recruiting after losing seniors Clay Burton and Tevin Westbrook. McGee was widely considered Florida's top player there in fall camp despite Burton retaining the starting role going into the 2014 season.