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Gators' Marcus Maye Out For Season

Florida defensive back Marcus Maye looks to stop Florida State University running back Dalvin Cook in the teams' 2015 game. Maye's season-ending injury during the South Carolina game Saturday makes him the third Florida player in the last two weeks who'll be out for the year. (File/ WUFT News)
Florida defensive back Marcus Maye looks to stop Florida State University running back Dalvin Cook in the teams' 2015 game. Maye's season-ending injury during the South Carolina game Saturday makes him the third Florida player in the last two weeks who'll be out for the year. (File/ WUFT News)

No. 22 Florida will be without safety Marcus Maye for the rest of the season because of a broken left arm.

Maye injured his arm in the first quarter against South Carolina on Saturday and left the field on a cart. Coach Jim McElwain said after the 20-7 victory that Maye "will be done obviously."

He's the third Florida player in the last two weeks lost for the year. Linebacker Alex Anzalone (arm) and center Cam Dillard (knee) sustained season-ending injuries in a loss at Arkansas last week.

Maye, widely considered a first-round NFL draft pick, turned down a chance to leave early after last season and returned for his senior year.

"I just feel horrible," McElwain said, "but he's done so much. I mean his draft stock looking down the road has risen drastically because of how he's played. So this won't have any bearing on it."

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