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This morning, both coordinators and players from the offense and defense recapped the FAU game and previewed the matchup against Campbell on Saturday.

Read my recap from today's press conference below:

https://t.co/UTGYFqSyNJ

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BREAKING: According to a post from Pete Thamel, Florida wide receiver Eric Singleton Jr. is doubtful this weekend against Campbell with an ankle injury.

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Clark on wide receiver TJ Abrams:

When your number’s called, go out and execute, and that’s exactly what he did.”

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Clark on his strength gains this offseason:

“I put on a lot of weight. ‘Coach Whitt, that’s a guy man.’”

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Running back Duke Clark on his receiving touchdown:

“Never let the play end until the whistle blows, just keep going.”

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Durkin on his opportunities out of high school:

“In high school I had two walk-on opportunities, I kind of took it right in the spot.”

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Durkin on kicking in The Swamp:

“I love the big environments…when I get into those environments, my mind kind of just shuts off and I’m able to zone in.”

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Durkin on being one of two Tulane players to come to UF:

“For him to bring me here and to be at the University of Florida is a huge honor and privilege.”

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Kicker Patrick Durkin is at the podium and discusses his kick:

“We always want the big moments and the clutch kicks, and for it to be a 53-yarder, first one in The Swamp, it was electric.”

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Clark on Campbell:

“They’re another tempo team at times, so we’ll be prepared for that.”

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Clark on communication:

“Communication is a big key and learning and knowing the hand signals that we have is a big part of being able to communicate on the field.”

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Defensive back Kanye Clark is now at the podium, and gives his assessment on his performance:

“I think I played good, I think there’s a lot of areas where I can improve on it and continue to learn and grow from.”

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White on Alfonzo Allen Jr.:

“He’s a ball guy, he loves ball. He’s super versatile in terms of we can play him at STAR or either safety position. We always say the more you can do, and he can do a lot for us.”

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White on defensive back DJ Coleman:

“DJ’s really sort of elevated himself into that leadership position on our team.”

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White on defensive lineman Brendan Bett:

“He’s learning how to control the emotional aspect of football, because he’s in emotional in a good way, but that still needs to be harnessed and controlled.”

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White on the pass rush:

“It never felt real clean, it didn’t feel like we were getting a ton of clean wins.”

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White said the takeaways and performance on first and second downs were positive for the defense.

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White on his assessment of the defense:

“There’s going to be good and there’s bad, in the moment, immediately after the game you’ve got that pit in your stomach because you know we could’ve played way better. That was not the standard that we want to set for how to play defense.”