Vernell Brown III scores three times as Florida beats Campbell 52-3

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Vernell Brown III scored three touchdowns in a decisive second quarter, including on consecutive punt returns, and Florida handled lower-division Campbell 52-3 on Saturday to start 2-0 for the first time since 2020. Brown finished with a career-high 262 all-purpose yards and dazzled the sold-out Swamp with the kind of special teams plays that were mostly missing during former coach Billy Napier’s lackluster tenure. The sophomore from Tampa became the first Florida player since Jacquez Green in 1996 to return two punts for touchdowns in the same game.

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GAINESVILLE — Slippery sophomore Vernell Brown III rekindled memories of Jacquez Green under Steve Spurrier as first-year coach Jon Sumrall’s Gators once again lit up the scoreboard the way Urban Meyer’s teams did against an overmatched opponent. Florida cruised past Campbell 52-3v Saturday night in the Swamp, totalling more than 50 points in consecutive weeks for the first time since Meyer’s ...