04-01-2009, 05:03 PM
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Deonte Thompson knows it?s time to step up
By Ben Volin | Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Deonte Thompson came to Gainesville from Belle Glade two years ago as a much-heralded five-star recruit, choosing the Gators over Ohio State and USC among other schools, but his Florida career has been anything but smooth.
The red shirt his freshman year. The rumors he would transfer to Miami. A sophomore year stuck on the depth chart behind Percy Harvin, Louis Murphy, David Nelson and Riley Cooper.
Now it?s Year Three for Thompson. Harvin and Murphy are gone, while Cooper is playing baseball. The Gators need Thompson to step up, and he knows it.
?I knew this time was coming,? he said last week at practice. ?All that controversy I had is in the past. It?s my time to step it up and take over.?
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