FRED TAYLOR (TB, 6-1, 222, JR)

A true junior who missed the first three games of the season due to a suspension...1,667 career rushing yards, 14th-best in school history, on 299 carries (5.6 avg.)...80 carries for 513 yards (6.4 avg.) and five TDs in '96, as well as four catches for 42 yards...Three 100-yard rushing games (LSU, Auburn and South Carolina)...Returned to rush for 45 yards on six carries and a TD (21 yards) vs. Kentucky...Added three catches for 19 yards...107 yards on 16 carries vs. LSU, the fourth 100-yard rushing game of his career...Gained 100-plus on the ground for second straight game as he rushed for 110 yards on 14 carries vs. Auburn...Seven carries for 39 yards and a two-yard TD run vs. Georgia...Team-best 57 yards on nine carries vs. Vanderbilt...Led team vs. South Carolina with 139 yards on career-high 21 carries and career-best three TDs (5, 27, and 25 yards)...Had an injury-marred sophomore season in 1995 after leading the Gators in rushing as a true freshman in 1994 with 873 yards...Injured a knee vs. Georgia in game seven last fall and didnot play the rest of the regular season...Rushed for 281 yards in Ô95 (5.9 apc).