{"id":32543,"date":"2025-11-03T01:19:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T01:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/32543\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T01:19:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T01:19:12","slug":"gators-wr-dallas-wilson-lost-for-season-with-foot-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/32543\/","title":{"rendered":"Gators WR Dallas Wilson lost for season with foot injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

GAINESVILLE \u2014 Florida receiver Dallas Wilson\u2019s promising, record-setting yet injury-riddled debut season<\/a> is over after he hurt his right foot late in the first half of the Gators\u2019 24-20 loss Saturday to Georgia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A source confirmed Wilson will miss the final four games of the regular season, leaving him with just four appearances in 2025, eligible to redshirt and return as a redshirt freshman in 2026. The talented 6-foot-3, 216-pound Tampa native<\/a> sat out the first four games and much of fall camp with a left foot injury.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old made up for lost time during a 29-21 win against Texas Oct. 4<\/a> in the Swamp. He finished with six catches for 111 yards and two touchdowns \u2014 all UF records for a true freshman receiver in his first start.<\/p>\n

A 55-yard touchdown catch by Wilson gave UF a 29-14 lead and showcased him unique skill set. Wilson shed his defender just past the line of scrimmage, caught a DJ Lagway pass along the sideline, spun out of a tackle and then flattened 2024 second-team All-American safety Michael Taaffe at the goal line.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a specimen,\u201d Lagway said of Wilson.<\/p>\n

Wilson caught another touchdown the following week on a leaping grab in the end zone during a 34-17 loss at Texas A&M. Yet, his season ends with just 12 catches for 174 yards and three scores.<\/p>\n

Wilson\u2019s loss leaves the Gators without another top perimeter playmaker. Fellow true freshman and leading receiver Vernell Brown III<\/a> and redshirt sophomore Aidan Mizell, the team\u2019s fastest player, sat out the Georgia game.<\/p>\n

Redshirt sophomore Tre Wilson<\/a> responed nine catches for 121 yards, including a 40-yard touchdown. Forced into action, redshirt freshman TJ Abrams had a costly drop on third down, forcing UF to settle for a 54-yard field goal by Trey Smack<\/a> \u2014 his school-record ninth field goal of at least 50 yards.<\/p>\n

Edgar Thompson can be reached at egthompson@orlandosentinel.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GAINESVILLE \u2014 Florida receiver Dallas Wilson\u2019s promising, record-setting yet injury-riddled debut season is over after he hurt his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":32544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[416,102,104,103,3118,2745,21043,3607,154],"class_list":["post-32543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-college-sports","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-florida","tag-florida-gators","tag-gainesville","tag-latest-headlines","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}