Florida football features No. 6 Jeff Mitchell in Top 30 players countdown

The Gainesville Sun continues its countdown of the top players from the 1996 Florida Gators national championship football team, highlighting Jeff Mitchell at No. 6. The 6-foot-4, 300-pound offensive lineman started all 13 games of the 1996 season, earning first-team All-SEC and third-team All-American accolades. Mitchell played a crucial role in the Gators' offense, which set national records for total and scoring offense. After his college career, he was drafted in the fifth round by the Baltimore Ravens and had an eight-year NFL career, winning a Super Bowl ring in 2001. The countdown commemorates the 30th anniversary of the team’s title.

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