David Jones

FLORIDA TODAY

GAINESVILLE – University of Florida freshman offensive lineman David Sharpe suffered a high ankle sprain in Friday's scrimmage but the setback is only expected to be temporary. One of the top recruits, he's expected to play right away this season and provide some key depth up front.

"It happened this morning," Gators coach Will Muschamp said. "But he's fine. We'll see him (Saturday) morning. Those high ankles can be two days, they can be a week. We need to get him back. He's a really good football player, he's very athletic, 6-6, 330 pounds, moves his feet extremely well. A guy that's going to help us this year."

Florida held its 15th practice, a scrimmage at The Swamp and will hold its final open practice on Saturday at the stadium before getting down to making some serious decisions before the Aug. 30 opener vs. Idaho.

"I thought it was a solid day," Gators coach Will Muschamp said. "We haven't watched the film yet. With 15 practices, we're at that point in camp where we're a little sore, a little beat up. We did the full operation, coaches in the box. We purposely extended some drives for both offense and defense, get those guys to play a 10-12-14 play drive, which was good. The offense had some drives that were long drives. Really good operation in and out of the huddle. Pretty pleased with today."

Running back Matt Jones is one of the key returners expected today. Jones had two surgeries on his knee in the offseason and has had some swelling. Bryan Cox had an AC sprain in his shoulder but is expected back soon.

Muschamp said he will watch film today and coaches will start sorting through the depth chart and making some decisions where the reps will go from here on out.

"Your tape is your résumé," he said. "The guys that are producing and playing well and doing it the way we want to do it, those are the guys that'll play."

A decision will also be soon about redshirting one of the two freshmen quarterbacks. It's looking like Treon Harris will play, since he's looked very good in the Wildcat position, and Will Grier will sit.

"We would like to go in and have a guy play and redshirt another guy and move forward. But we'll see how that plays out," Muschamp said.

Muschamp said Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday remain part of the preseason camp and preparation for the opener will start on Thursday and Friday. The team will have two days to rest then game week starts the following Monday.

The biggest concerns with two weeks left of camp?

"Depth on both lines of scrimmage, especially on the offensive line," Muschamp said. "I feel really comfortable probably with seven guys right now. We need to have eight or nine. That's a critical issue. Backup quarterback is a concern there."

The secondary also has some work to do.

"I mean right now we got two starters," Muschamp said. "We've got Vernon Hargreaves (at corner) and Keanu Neal (at safety). Past that Marcus Maye has been inconsistent, Jabari (Gorman) has been inconsistent. The other corner position is up and down. Brian (Poole) has done some good things at times. The nickel right now, Marcus would probably have the advantage I would say. But yesterday he was really poor in there. He had some opportunities end-of-game situations. We had about four or five one-minute drives to win the game and he had some opportunities to make some plays and didn't. So we've got to continue to coach those guys up and play well."

Kicker picture

Muschamp said Austin Hardin and Frankie Velez are 1-2 for the place kicking job.

"Austin has a little stronger leg, but Frankie hit one from over 50 I think yesterday or the day before," he said. "Both guys have been very consistent in camp."

Who wins the job?

"Whoever's going to kick it through the upright. I'll have square-toe if I have to," Muschamp joked.