Florida Gators make two front office hires official. The moves were announced on Monday and Napier commented on the hires, specifically the hiring of Polk. “We are excited about

In its ongoing effort to restructure its front office as revenue sharing looms, the University of Florida announced Monday it has hired longtime Atlanta Falcons executive Nick Polk as the Gator football team’s general manager. The school also is hiring analytics specialist Benjamin Elsner as its director of football strategy.

The Florida Gators have hired Nick Polk, the former director of football operations for the Atlanta Falcons, as the school’s new associate athletic director and general manager of football operations.

The Florida Gators football program announced the hiring of two front office positions on Monday afternoon, an area of focus this offseason for Billy Napier. Atlanta Falcons Director of Football Operations Nick Polk will join UF as Associate Athletic Director/Football General Manager while Benjamin Elsner will serve as the Director of Football Strategy.