Sources: Gators may be without 3 DLs vs. Miami

Florida mightiness beryllium without 3 of its apical antiaircraft linemen erstwhile it tries to extremity a two-game losing streak astatine No. 4 Miami connected Saturday night.

The Gators (1-2) volition beryllium without antiaircraft tackles Caleb Banks and Michai Boireau, and perchance starting antiaircraft extremity George Gumbs Jr., sources told ESPN's Pete Thamel connected Saturday.

Gumbs made the travel to Miami (3-0) for Saturday's crippled astatine Hard Rock Stadium (7:30 p.m. ET, ABC) and volition effort to play, but sources told ESPN that he's improbable to go.

Gumbs has 10 tackles and a half-sack successful 3 games.

Sources told ESPN that Boireau didn't question to Miami and won't play against the Hurricanes. He has 5 tackles successful 2 games and missed past week's 20-10 nonaccomplishment astatine LSU with an undisclosed injury.

Banks has already been ruled retired of the Miami crippled aft suffering a ft wounded against LSU. After missing the archetypal 2 games, Banks played 29 snaps against the Tigers.

Swamp247 reported Wednesday that Banks had country connected his ft successful Birmingham, Alabama, and a timeline for his instrumentality wasn't known.

Brendan Bett, Brien Taylor Jr. and Jamari Lyons volition apt proceed to get the bulk of playing clip up beforehand for the Gators.

"We got a truly bully group. I'm excited astir what I spot retired of the young players successful the group," Gators manager Billy Napier said. "Still capable players determination to person a precise effectual group."