Florida QB Graham Mertz Returning for 2024 Season
Gators redshirt junior quarterback Graham Mertz will return to Florida for a second season in 2024, he announced.
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Gators quarterback Graham Mertz on Thursday announced via Instagram that he will return for his redshirt senior campaign and a second season with Florida.
One more year,” Mertz wrote, adding the hashtagged message “Unfinished business.”
Mertz left Wisconsin, where he signed in the recruiting class of 2019, to enter the transfer portal following the conclusion of the 2022 regular season and the firing of head coach Paul Chryst.
He made 34 appearances and 32 starts over four seasons with the Badgers, tossing for 5,405 yards, 38 touchdowns and 26 interceptions with a completion rate of 59.5%. Wisconsin went 19-13 with Mertz as its starting quarterback.
But it was with the Gators where the Overland Park, Kan. native and former consensus No. 3 quarterback in the country flourished as a collegiate passer, offering routine glimmers of hope for Florida as it endured its third losing season in a row.
Mertz finished his first season in orange and blue having completed 72.9% of his 358 passes for 2,903 yards, 20 touchdowns and just three interceptions in 11 games, reaching career highs in the former trio of categories and a career low in the latter statistic. He added four touchdowns rushing on the year.
