Claim: After graduating from high school, Brumbaugh attended University of Florida where he played for the Florida Gators football team (under head coach Dan Mullen), then was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great."
Evidence: After graduating from high school, he attended Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio and then the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he played for the Ohio State Buckeyes football team and the Florida Gators football team, respectively. Dan Mullen
3rd season, 21–5 (.808) Brumbaugh was later inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great."