Wednesday, April 6, 2011

UF to unveil statues at halftime Saturday

Florida will unveil three statues outside of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at halftime of the the Orange & Blue Debut on Saturday, featuring the school's three Heisman winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996) and Tim Tebow (2007).

The life-sized statues will be installed on the west side of the stadium near the skybox entrance, and the unveiling will be shown on Florida's scoreboards inside the stadium. At halftime, a brief video introduction will be played followed by the live unveiling of the statues. All three honorees will have a level of participation in the event.

The statues weigh a combined 17,000 pounds and were sculpted by Sandy Proctor. They were provided to Florida through private donations.

Florida is one of eight schools in the nation with at least three Heisman trophy winners and one of two with at least three quarterbacks who have won the college football's most prestigious award.