{"id":98480,"date":"2025-08-21T04:19:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T04:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/98480\/"},"modified":"2025-08-21T04:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T04:19:07","slug":"the-mission-build-a-championship-defense-elite-linebacker-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/98480\/","title":{"rendered":"THE MISSION: Build a Championship Defense | ELITE Linebacker Room?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Billy Napier is on a mission to build a championship defense at Florida, with what he believes might be the best LB room in the country. (Gators Breakdown)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Head Coach Billy Napier is on a mission to build a championship-caliber defense at Florida, with what he believes might be the best linebacker room in the country. This exclusive look features interviews with standout linebacker Myles Graham and exciting wide receiver J. Michael Sturdivant as the Gators prepare for a potential playoff run with newfound confidence and team chemistry.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">This story originally published at GatorsBreakdown.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Want more Gators Breakdown? <a href=\"https:\/\/gatorsbreakdown.supportingcast.fm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Join Gators Breakdown Plus<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Get Gators Breakdown merchandise. <a href=\"https:\/\/gatorsbreakdownpod.creator-spring.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Shop here<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">LISTEN: <a href=\"https:\/\/news4jax.com\/gatorsbreakdown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Catch up on previous episodes<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/news4jax.com\/gatorsbreakdown\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> of Gators Breakdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Follow David Waters on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gatordave_sec\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">@GatorDave_SEC<\/a> to stay plugged in, or click one of the following to tune in:<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cms.megaphone.fm\/channel\/gatorsbreakdown?selected=JXT2975844882\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Megaphone<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/gators-breakdown\/id1169061256\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/gatorsbreakdown\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">YouTube<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/1nLRyUN4rWzgTy0Tu0HjGQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Spotify<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 nALdY copyright\">Copyright 2025 by WJXT News4Jax &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Billy Napier is on a mission to build a championship defense at Florida, with what he believes might&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98481,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[44406,4,450,7701,3342,24501,66208,66207,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-98480","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-billy-napier","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-dj-lagway","tag-florida-gators","tag-florida-gators-football","tag-florida-gators-news","tag-gators-breakdown","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98480","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98480"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98480\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}