This Is... The Swamp | Raising The Bar

This Is... The Swamp Is Presented by Wells Fargo
In this episode, Late Kick Live's Josh Pate pays a visit to Gainesville to speak with Head Coach Billy Napier & Quarterback Graham Mertz.
To have success on the field, you first must identify the players you need to do so. The Personnel department gives a behind the scenes look of what goes into their evaluation process when recruiting future Gators.
Official visit season is upon us, and the On-Campus Recruiting staff is hard at work. We get an inside look at the process of planning a visit weekend as well as all the details and tasks that have to be taken care of during the week in order for the weekend to be a hit.
It all starts in the weight room, and new Head of Football Strength & Conditioning Tyler Miles knows what hard work looks like. He and his staff implement their plan to prepare the Gators for the upcoming season during summer workouts.
Lastly, we head down Gator Walk and into The Swamp for a conditioning test, while Derek Wingo, Joey Slackman, Austin Barber & RJ Moten tell us what it's going to take for the Gators to have success in the fall.
0:00 Josh Pate Visits The Gators
3:32 Personnel Department
9:47 On-Campus Recruiting Department
17:56 Strength. & Conditioning
25:44 Conditioning Test in The Swamp
#GoGators #ThisIsTheSwamp

[@LateKickwithJoshPate]

Excellent job guys - appreciate the invite!

[@gatorsfb]

Thank you for stopping by, Go Gators!

[@gabrielfiol2311]

We appreciate you Pate State Freights 🫡

[@CoolHandLuke813]

Memaw would be proud. Thanks for stopping by, Josh. 🫡

[@packersauburneric3625]

​@@gatorsfbwar eagle 🦅 but love this

[@andfunkable]

This organization is a machine. On field, off field, let Billy cook.

[@scottperry8360]

A machine on the fields doesn't have trouble getting 11 on the field every game. I hope we become one, but if we've been a machine the last 2 years, it's been defective.

[@qlee2385]

On and off the field 😂🤣 even in the spring game can’t even get 11 players on special teams. Billy is a damn joke.

[@AK1892]

Cool and do what? Do u really think they will win a Natty? Lmaoo ya delusional

[@brandonallger1795]

We were spitting in faces and swinging at coaches the last time we were on the field. In case you forgot

[@Supreme_huncho92]

Let get em 🐊🐊coming for heads this year

[@andrewapel3604]

🎉Chomp Chomp! SHOUT out to the Ladys of Jubliee June! Let Katy, Bri and the girls cook!!!🎉

[@mad5219]

Im so freaking excited for this season, LETS GO GATORS!!

[@othnieljean882]

Why did I get chills watching this? Let's go, Gators!

[@jaypiarz8133]

Go Gatahhhhh🐊🐊🐊!!!!!!!!!

[@andfunkable]

Ricky and Anthony arriving on campus 😭😭😭

[@andrewapel3604]

Year of the Chomp baby!

[@stevebeckerman2335]

Great to see the hard work and effort these guys are putting in, now we need to take it to the field and dominate. GO GATORS

[@johnnyboy4444]

Only a matter of time until we see this product come together in the Win column. Love my Gators till I die 🐊🐊

[@Ericsolgard8383]

Great video, great production, great staff, great players, and we will continue to be grateful fans for all yall do. LFG, GO GATORS

[@shawnmcgoogin2882]

Chills‼️‼️‼️

[@nolimitshay4079]

10+ wins , Sec champs 2024🐊⚡️😤

[@jarviswilliams1391]

Let’s go Gators!!!!!!!

[@ronnieb4912]

Well done.Go Gators

[@tooreal4382]

LFG 🐊🐊🐊

[@frank7268]

Pate State!!!

[@packersauburneric3625]

War eagle 🦅 but gotta make Georgia work harder

[@LordBLK96]

I hope this is the year of humility for this team. It’s hard to not be selfish and to want glory for yourself. It’s hard to make sacrifices for the team when you might not get anything from it. It is very hard to control yourself in the face of adversity and to face it head on but that’s what great people do. Being truly great is not relying on yourself but being a person your brothers can depend on to do the job that has been laid out for you. This could be a fantastic year for these men and could immortalize themselves forever in the history books of the University of Florida if they truly play selflessly and rely on each other. You can take the spotlight and play as an individual and earn great personal accolades. But someday someone better will come and you will be forgotten. If you rise up against a task that everyone has said is impossible and come out the other side with your team defying all odds. That’s when you will be remembered forever.

[@user-fx5ko8ri7t]

I just wanna move everything Aside and see You guys did an absolute great job I will be nonstop playing this game it looks amazing the trailer looks amazing you guys deserve a break because this game is not going to get old

[@nassin4489]

Damn, that was one helluva intro

[@Greedy17]

Love the in-depth look of everything what Napier has implemented in our program and our great fan base supports and donates too !!! Let’s stand up again n be great !! Go 🐊

[@kg30004]

Let Billy work! Rome wasn’t built in a day. Brick by brick for sustained success!

[@albertforpresident6022]

I agree with you about Coach Napier. I agree with you about Rome. BUT we don’t want to say brick by brick. That’s what Butch Jones used to say at TN. 😂

[@bryanm798]

The Gators need my nephew who is currently the #3 ranked Kicker in the state of Florida and the #39 ranked kicker in the Country. Here's some information about him from his last Kicking Camp/Showcase where he officially became a 4.5/5⭐️ recruit. He's entering his Sr. year at Lennard High School in Ruskin, FL. Here's his review from 2024 KOHL'S Camp: Gibbons, Aiden FL -Gibbons had an excellent showing at the 2024 Kohl's Southern Spring Showcase. It was his best overall showing to date, and he impressed at the event. He scored 14 points in the field goal charting, and his kickoff score was 109.60. He showed improved command of his ball/foot contact and charted with confidence. He scored 91.41 points in the punt charting and flashed excellent potential as well during the drill work portion of camp. Gibbons had a good overall showing at the 2024 Kohl's Future Stars Invitational. He competed in all three disciplines and showed above average leg speed at camp. He scored 4 points in the field goal charting and connected with a big ball of 62 yards with 3.37 seconds of hang time. He produced a big ball of 42 yards with 4.00 seconds of hang time. His drill work was excellent at the event and focused on cleaner contact and more command of his "A" ball. GO GATORS!!!!!!!!!

[@joshp6199]

Go Gators 🐊

[@SP4C3COWBOY]

This is fascinating. Great storytelling on this episode. Go Gators 🐊🐊🐊

[@antoniowatkins7823]

This was great, I will rewatch this 🐊🐊🔥🔥

[@illumediastudios]

Does Billy force all of his coaches to say "right" after everything they say? hahaha

[@inshalah80]

Fantastic as usual. Go Gators!!

[@jemaines]

Loved it!

[@jamesb9244]

Chills....cant wait Go Gators!

[@dstreet17]

GO GATORS!!!!

[@farawayfred802]

GO GATORS!

[@treforbii9166]

Let the heads roll this season! Go Gators!!

[@seanswank]

Great episode! Love the content and Go gators!

[@patrickpowell9112]

Media team deserves a raise

[@jaymiller5140]

Go Gators Man 🐊🐊🐊

[@bensimmons8278]

Let's Go Gators 🐊🐊

[@MrRICKJAMESJR]

Swampside! #0

[@michaelgold7048]

Gonna shock a lot of people but not me. The foundation being set is gonna pay dividends for years to come.

[@ZeNoGravity]

Giiiiive me moooooore. Starving for some college football 😭 Go Gators

[@kg30004]

Gooooooo Gators! In all kinds of weather

[@kg30004]

Pate State baby

[@BelleviewRattlers352]

Now it’s time to show on the field

[@randybrainard3228]

Strength and conditioning is going to be a major deal this year. Hopefully we have the right guys in. We’ll know soon enough. GO GATORS

[@9summers393]

I think the rite guys is in charge those young men are absolutely ripped 💪💪

[@jbucky1028]

Napier has a shot at being great! I hope he can pick it up and is given the chance. He has to upset a couple next season to keep it rolling.

[@deenubin2636]

🐊

[@floridasportsworld]

Remember CHRIS LEAK won the 2nd National Title for the Gators not Tebow, why is Florida trying to erase Chris Leak? Super Weird.

[@packersauburneric3625]

Ya Chris leak went through alot of adversity I respect him alot

[@alexlim1275]

Gators 2024 schedule is NUTS! i see 500 season for us. SMH

[@packersauburneric3625]

I think lane kiffin will be coach sadly

[@KEICRUMBIE]

We ain't gon do nothing

[@packersauburneric3625]

Auburn will be good with freeze

[@gregines70x7]

Billy "looks great in Gator blue!" How about "Billy wearing some Gator blue" on GAMEDAY! Go Gators!

[@gatornation3889]

The schedule we drew this year is going to be brutal....

[@G8trGreat904]

Only one will come out alive in the swamp Go Gators

[@angiewilliams1609]

🐊🐊🐊🐊

[@brandonallger1795]

Raising the bar…. From 5 wins to…. 5?

[@MikeM-vx8hf]

😂

[@Jax_904]

Was surprised by some of the 40 times not being faster

[@gatorsdgg3]

LFG . Scared money don’t make money . That schedule gonna be scared of US

[@jamestalley7357]

Great seeing Pate State stop by. The collab we didn't know we needed! Go Gators.

[@AK1892]

I love how the gators still believe they can win a championship even tho they wont! Love the big dreaming tho! Salute

[@mmwar107]

SQUAD UP 💪😎

[@daniellangston5887]

18:20 Wear a helmet. Go Gators

[@tannermcdonough5830]

Gators by 50

[@MrWcommenter]

This was made in April, it’s June now. The content team should be pushing out vids week to week

[@mmwar107]

Not like Disney make it look tuff football is a tuff sport

[@Hahaguyz]

Where’s cormani ?

[@CoolHandLuke813]

Most of this, if not all, was filmed before he was acquired from the portal.

[@Hahaguyz]

@@CoolHandLuke813 nah I know I was just a fan of that young man I just wanna see him finally get a chance to shine I know he gotta go there and put the work in but he was a big underdog with Colorado

[@CoolHandLuke813]

@@Hahaguyz I hear you. I really hope his career works out with the Gators. I think it could be a great fit for him.

[@Hahaguyz]

@@CoolHandLuke813 listen people say stars don’t mean nothing in college cool I get that but he wasn’t ranked top for nothing he going to figure it out he young we all been there before life happens but it ain’t too late just gotta pull-up the tapes that boy nice

[@gabe_davis]

Speaking as a gator fan, these were the exact same videos we got last offseason so I’m not buying any of this

[@9summers393]

Naw these guys are more athletic and in better shape trust me I see them everyday

[@gabe_davis]

@@9summers393 wdym you see them everyday

[@troypolamalupittsburghdynastyf]

We can’t win with Billy and Mertz. *

[@C_71]

NO... NOT FOR CLICKS😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂!

[@Skillthrive]

I wish our strength coach would at least wear a helmet when he's on his bike. 😬

[@KnowledgeOverIndoctrination]

Billy Napier's last year! Fire Billy Napier and Scott Stricklin! Let's go!

[@jtizzy12]

Wow it’s worse than I thought in Gainesville. That’s staff is a joke.

[@KnowledgeOverIndoctrination]

"Year of our Lord"? What kind of nonsense are you talking about??? So you are saying that Pope Gregory XIII is "our Lord"? 😂 ☀️dating system.

[@qlee2385]

I don’t trust or like Scott stricklin and Billy napier. Stricklin is the real deep toxic root of uf 🏈 problem. The guy can’t hire a good/great coach to save his life.

[@Kev7in.]

Mid at best

[@cmacuf]

Bring back Dan Mullen

[@rickyrougs]

maybe when we get to recruiting season

[@cmacuf]

@@rickyrougs there’s NIL now …. Don’t need it. You can’t pay enough for the number one offense however

[@BMoneyyTV]

The ones that’s talking not even starting 😭😭😭

[@tylercole3738]

Mertz, Barber, Wingo, Slackman? Are you high? They're all starters this season.

[@yeolebast4665]

Huh?

[@BMoneyyTV]

@@tylercole3738 😭😭😭🚮

[@smokey_gator_239]

​@@tylercole3738No way Wingo ever starts a game ever again. Slackman is probably behind Cam and Banks, so he isn't starting. Barber could get beat out by Manuel. He isn't that far off, half of them definitely not starting maybe 3 out of 4.

[@matthewcorn463]

@@smokey_gator_239it just shows that we have competition. And multiple different leaders

[@rollbamaroll6518]

Dude has ZERO business in THE SEC. The sooner FL gets rid of him the sooner they can even THINK about closing the gap b/w them and UGA. Luckily for little Billy, yet awful for the history and tradition of the greatest conference in CFB, divisions are gone now in the SEC.

[@9summers393]

You'll be surprised this year Napier is an excellent coach Building a football factory ‼️