Kickoff Inside
INSIDE ◗ After surviving a pair of SEC road tests, quarterback Jeff Driskel and Florida have a favorable schedule going forward. ONLINE ◗ Check out alligatorSports.org for coverage of Saturdays’s KICKOFF game against UK, plus UF soccer and volleyball recaps. KICKOFF Editor Greg Luca ◗ Cover Photo David Carr ◗ Cover Design Aundre Larrow and Landon Watnick Alligator, Friday, September 22, 2012 Running with Purpose Patience and perseverance pay off for Gillislee ADAM PINCUS was repping out, waiting and recovering, and ner’s carries the rest of the way. Alligator Staff Writer went right back to work.” Prior to this season’s opener against Bowling Smith served as offensive coordinator when Green, when he ran the football 24 times, Gil- With each carry, Mike Gillislee runs farther Mike and Kentrell ran in the same backfi eld for lislee hadn’t received more than 11 carries in a away from the dangers of DeLand. His cousin the Bulldogs. Now he’s the head coach at Cres- game. Kentrell Gillislee, meanwhile, deals with the cent City High. Although he led the Gators with a 5.9 yards perils of their hometown every day. “When kids come out of that area (DeLand) per carry average in 2011, he fi nished with 56 at- While Mike leads the Southeastern Confer- and do good for themselves, that whole city tempts — well behind Demps’ 98 and Rainey’s ence in rushing, Kentrell is working at Captain supports them,” Smith said. “They know what 171. D’s Seafood Restaurant. type of area that is.” He was also used mostly in garbage time, “I have a part-time job, but that’s not what it Last year, Kentrell’s 16-year-old cousin, Cal- with only two of his 56 attempts coming in the is around here,” Kentrell said.
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