This evening is a major one for the entirety of the school football players who will get their names called, including Florida junior cornerback CJ Henderson.
Throughout the years, there have been 346 Florida players drafted record-breaking and that number will keep on developing beginning this evening and reaching out as the weekend progressed.
Here are a couple of the draft day accounts of probably the best Gators to put on the orange and blue:
STEVE SPURRIER, 1967
First round, third pick, San Francisco
"I went to my lawyer's office, Willie O'Neal, who was the lawyer for a ton of players. I sat in his office and he got a call. He hung up and let me know,
'You just got drafted by San Francisco.' And I stated, 'What? I never at any point conversed with anyone from San Francisco.' I had conversed with Atlanta however they had exchanged their pick for certain players and I had conversed with the Giants yet they had exchanged for Fran Tarkenton. Good, so it was San Francisco."
Fellow DENNIS, 1969
fifth round, 109th pick, Cincinnati
"We didn't have any sort of a social affair or anything. I just watched only it in my condo. At long last, the telephone rings and it's Paul Brown. 'Is this Guy Dennis? We just drafted you in the fifth round.' And that was it. I truly didn't consider it a great deal. I wasn't anxious or anything. I figured someone would take me. What's more, it turned out truly well."
JAMES JONES, 1983
First round, thirteenth pick, Detroit
"I was at my loft with my sweetheart at the time viewing ESPN. I got a call from a mentor (Monte) Clark to reveal to me I was going to Detroit. There was no large gathering. I had really been hoping to go to Philadelphia, however they took Michael Haddix. I hadn't conversed with anybody at Detroit. Philadelphia had flown me up there and they did a lot of tests, yet then they took Haddix."
KERWIN BELL, 1988
seventh round, 180th pick, Miami
"We didn't have an incredible season my senior year so I kind of didn't have the foggiest idea what would occur. I recall that we snapped a photo (for The Gainesville Sun) at the shopping center with a Dolphins head protector telephone, yet I realized I wasn't going there in light of the fact that they had Dan Marino and Don Strock.
"We had a lot of individuals at my folks house (in Mayo), however the main day passed by and I wasn't taken. It was baffling. I was disillusioned about not getting drafted. I headed to sleep that late evening realizing I needed to get up and trust the following day something would occur.
"I got a call from Lindy Infante (Green Bay's mentor) and he disclosed to me they were contemplating picking me. He needed to ensure I needed to come there. I was all set anyplace. Be that as it may, before it got the opportunity to Green Bay, out of nowhere Miami had a pick and they took me. I was only glad to be drafted."
BRAD CULPEPPER, 1992
tenth round, 264th pick, Minnesota
"I never was welcome to the Combine so the composing was somewhat on the divider. In those days, in the event that you were drafted in the best six rounds you made the group. I didn't have the foggiest idea whether I'd get drafted or not. I was getting hitched to Monica in a week and we watched the look over the base for some time and became ill of it — watching Australian Rules football and hanging tight for the parchment — so we went out on the town to shop for the wedding.
"We maneuvered into my father's home in Tallahassee and he came out and stated, 'I think you got drafted by the Vikings.' So we stayed there and watched the look for 10 minutes until they got to the tenth round and there I was. Dennis Green called me and revealed to me smaller than normal camp was one week from now. Be that as it may, I was getting hitched. He needed to defer it. I took a gander at Monica and stated, 'No.' So I held out of the main smaller than expected camp."
REIDEL ANTHONY, 1997
First round, sixteenth pick, Tampa Bay
"It was somewhat entertaining, however it was likewise nerve wracking. You have seen it for your entire life on TV and you think you are set up for it. Yet, you are most certainly not. It took two hours (to be chosen) and it appeared as though it kept going a whole day.
"I don't have a clue why they give them such a great amount of time to conclude who to pick. I never thought Tampa was going to take me. Dallas had a scout remaining in the inn around the bend and he took me and my father out to supper the prior night. He gave us an alternate wireless and advised us to call him on the off chance that somebody called us. It wasn't a burner telephone. It was one of those large square mobile phones. Be that as it may, at that point Tampa picked me and it was incredible to have such a significant number of companions around to celebrate."
ALEX BROWN, 2002
fourth round, 104th pick, Chicago
"It was the most exceedingly terrible night of my life. I was unable to rest the prior night. I was so energized. Be that as it may, they dissect you and they began drafting folks I realized I was superior to those players. I was attempting to consider what I fouled up. They were picking folks I didn't believe were superior to me.
"I get notification from the 49ers and they said on the off chance that I was there they were going to pick me. I disclosed to them I didn't comprehend why such a significant number of folks were venturing out in front of me yet on the off chance that you take me I will be uncommon for you. So the Bears think the 49ers are going to take me. What's more, the 49ers take (Florida's) Jeff Chandler.
"Also, I'm thinking, 'Amazing, I'm the sack chief ever at Florida and a kicker just went before me.' I was unable to understand it. Be that as it may, I get drafted by the Bears and wound up having a truly cool vocation, nine years in the NFL, went to a Super Bowl, played with a lot of folks who were my partners at Florida like Rex Grossman. So it was an impact, yet that night was not a great deal of fun."
KEIWAN RATLIFF, 2004
second round, 49th pick, Cincinnati
"I wanted to simply have my close family around yet I have a huge family and I was unable to fend anybody off so it was practically a gathering. My operator (Drew Rosenhaus) figured I'd go somewhere in the range of 35 and 55. So I expected 35 in light of the fact that I was needing to go high.
"It went about true to form since the entirety of the folks who did incredible at the Combine and had the measurables were going. I had conversed with Philly and that is truly where I needed to go in light of the fact that they had Lito (Sheppard) and some other SEC folks and were in the NFC end of the season games each year. I thought without a doubt I was going to Philly.
"I had a bond with the Cincinnati protective backs mentor (Kevin Coyle) who had worked me out down in south Florida and we had hung out. In any case, I had never conversed with Marvin Lewis.
"Truly, I would not like to go to Cincinnati. I grew up with the Bungles. I left Ohio to come to Florida and afterward I get drafted back to Ohio? That was one of the two groups I would not like to play for. Be that as it may, it's a business I despite everything got an opportunity to live a fantasy."
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