#florida-gators

#florida-gators

Week 9 of college football is here and we've got some great games on the schedule for today.Hogs Haven looked at some college prospects from Week 7 that could help the Washington Commanders out in the future, and we will be watching closely this week to see who stands out, and who has a future in the NFL.

Rick Eckstein's playing career ended with the 1996 Florida Gators, where he played alongside his younger brother David.Rick moved directly into a coaching role at the University of Florida, the beginning of what has become a respected career.Eckstein eventually worked his way up the ladder to become the Nationals' big league hitting coach for nearly five years, working under manager Davey Johnson from 2009-13.

AVENTURA - Yasir Abdullah, a South Florida native and Louisville linebacker who's a prospect in the upcoming NFL draft, has memories of growing up essentially in the shadows of Hard Rock Stadium, which the Miami Dolphins call home."When I was a kid, it was just crazy driving past it, like, 'I want to be there,'" Abdullah told the South Florida Sun Sentinel on Wednesday as he preps for the NFL scouting combine in two weeks.

Evergreen, a 20-square-mile South Alabama town with a population of 3,591, according to the 2020 U.S. census, may not have the history of Birmingham and Selma, Huntsville's U.S. Space & Rocket Center, or the SEC splendor of Tuscaloosa and Auburn, but it does have a statue of a giant pig enthroned on a lawn chair armed with a grilling fork.