7'9 Olivier Rioux To Redshirt Freshman Season At Florida

11/15/2024 09:51 AM

Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 freshman, plans to redshirt his freshman season at Florida. Students had chanted for "Oli" to enter both of Florida's home games this season.

"I should have made that clear [before]," Florida coach Todd Golden said. "Honestly, it's put him in a tough situation. He's sitting over there at the end of games and everybody's yelling at him and trying to get him out there. They just hadn't understood that that was our potential plan for him.

"So that's where we're at at this moment. I'm not saying that's 100% going to be the plan. We'll continue to talk to him and see if he changes what he wants to do. But as of right now, that's the plan that we're going to have with him as we move forward."