Lagway was among college football's most promising young quarterbacks throughout his two-year run with the Gators

Florida State was expected to hire a defensive back coach with a South Florida recruiting pipeline. Jon Sumrall and the Florida Gators had other plans.

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When the bombshell dropped Monday morning that Florida second-year quarterback DJ Lagway intended to enter the transfer portal, a source close to Lagway expressed an almost melancholy sentiment. "He wanted to be (at Florida)," the source said.