Replacing Florida’s legendary QB Tim Tebow looked like a daunting task for the Gators, whose offense has struggled at times during the 2010 season.
This past Saturday, the Gators may have found their Tebow replacement. Sort of.
Florida QB/RB/WR/Wildcat/Whatever, Trey Burton, is our Fantasy College Blitz Fantasy Player of the Week for Week Four.
In the Gators 48-13 win over Kentucky, Burton (photo, thanks AP/John Raoux), a true freshman from Vencie, FL (Venice HS), scored 6 TDs (5 rushing, 1 receiving) while operating mostly as the QB in the Wildcat formation. Burton rushed for 40 yards, passed for 42 yards, and had 37 receiving yards against the (pardon the pun) Wildcats.
[...] For a week that didn’t look too exciting coming in, there were some pretty significant developments. The headliner, of course, is the sudden onset of the Trey Burton Experience (seriously, 6 TDs?). Even without Burton’s explosion, the storylines from this weekend are plentiful. The only reason I bump Burton down a notch is because he already got his pub as the Fantasy College Blitz POW. [...]