GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- With the 2018 season in the books, the film reviews are in and the fine folks over at Pro Football Focus have broken down which players finished as the top in the country over the course of the season.

PFF outlined its Top 101 players in a piece on Thursday, and there are a trio of Gators who made the cut.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, two of them are headed off to the NFL Draft early after putting together outstanding junior seasons for Florida. Outstanding rush end Jachai Polite checked in at No. 19, the highest-ranked Gators player on the list. Nickelback Chauncey Gardner-Johnson was the No. 68 overall player in the country, while fellow defensive back CJ Henderson rounded out the list at No. 94.

Polite finished tied for fourth in the country in PFF's grades among edge defenders, turning in a 91.0 grade.

The talented pass-rusher tied a school record with six forced fumbles on the season, while also nearing the school record for sacks in a single season (Alex Brown, 13) by recording 11 in 2018. Here's PFF's writeup on Polite at No. 19:

There may not have been a bigger breakout year from an edge rusher this season than Polite’s time with the Gators in 2018. He finishes tied with the fourth-highest grade as he recorded 41 pressures on just 272 pass-rushes. He won on 18.0% of his pass-rushes and recorded a pass-rush productivity of 20.4, the latter ranking in the top 15 at the position. Of his 28 solo tackles on the year, a whopping 23 of them went down as a defensive stop showing just how disruptive he was on an every-down basis when he was on the field.

Gardner-Johnson made similar improvements as a junior after a sophomore season that saw him the butt of much criticism from the fans. He struggled tackling in 2017 but shored that part of his game up considerably.

Playing inside at nickelback, he was a much bigger presence in the box and was a key difference-maker for the Gators. He finished with a grade of 87.6, ranking 17th among cornerbacks in 2018. Wrote PFF:

CGJ’s 89.9 coverage grade ranked ninth in the country as he limited receivers to just 8.4 yards per reception – a figure that ranks 17th among all cornerbacks who were targeted at least 25 times in 2018. His 45.6 passer rating when targeted from the slot was good enough for sixth-best in the country as well.

Finally, Henderson checked in at No. 94 after turning in a grade of 83.5. He was 27th among cornerbacks in 2018, though he was a huge part of Florida's defense after fellow starting cornerback Marco Wilson was lost for the season with a torn ACL.

Henderson helped keep together a young Florida secondary that improved throughout the season. Wrote PFF: