Florida Coach Steve Spurrier kicked him off the team. But Gaffney stayed and pleaded how he would turn his life around, how it was important for him to be a Gator and how he would do anything to prove how much he wanted to stay. No problem, Gaffney said. Thanks to his parents and with the help of financial aid, Gaffney returned to school for the spring semester and basically was a walk-on for Florida. I wasn't going to quit.
Competitors never quit.
Gaffney could have left Florida. Yet there was no doubt in his mind what he was going to do. He said he plans to prove he is worthy of getting his scholarship back by doing well in his classes, working hard on the field and, of course, never getting into any more trouble. Saturday was a start. He wanted to play for the Gators.