JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida quarterback DJ Lagway will undergo more tests to determine how long he will be sidelined with a hamstring injury.

Lagoway left on Saturday 34-20 loss to No. 2 Georgia in the second quarter and returned to the sideline in the second half with his legs wrapped and using crutches. He is the second Florida quarterback to go down this season, joining starter Graham Mertz.

Replays showed Lagway grabbing his left hamstring during a three-yard run. He was carted off the field to a loud ovation with the Gators up 10-3 in the rivalry known as “The World’s Largest Outdoor Cocktail Party.”

“Every team in the country has injuries,” coach Billy Napier said. “One thing I can say is that we have built a roster that has some competitive depth and has proven useful.

“You play in this league, the level of the league, the explosive players, the length, length and speed of the game, the physicality of this game, you’re always going to need depth.”

Mertz is out for the season with a torn ligament in his left knee, so the Gators had to bring in Aidan Warner against one of the best defenses in the Southeastern Conference.

Warner completed 7 of 22 passes for 66 yards, with an interception that set up a late touchdown. He was also fired twice.

“Obviously there were some challenges, but the guy made some plays,” Napier said. “We literally tied it up. I turned it around late. Threw it away when it was necessary. Leaned on the defense.”

Lagway, a highly touted freshman from Texas, completed 2 of 6 passes for 47 yards, including a 43-yarder to Aidan Mizell for a touchdown. When he took over from Mertz, Napier spoke of the need to protect him as much as possible.

But QB runs are an inevitable part of Florida’s offense. The bigger question is how the Gators ended up with a walk-on playing meaningful snaps in a meaningful game.

Napier has lost eight scholarship QBs earlier than expected during his three years in Gainesville.

Emory Jones and Carlos Del Rio-Wilson transferred after Napier’s freshman spring of 2022. Anthony Richardson declared for the NFL draft after one up-and-down season. Backup Jalen Kitna was fired after his arrest on child pornography charges. Former Ohio State transfer Jack Miller struggled to stay healthy and moved on. Backup Max Brown has also been transferred.

Napier withdrew a scholarship offer from four-star Marcus Stokes after a video surfaced of him singing lyrics containing racist slurs. And signer Jaden Rashada never made it to Gainesville after a nearly $14 million name, image and likeness deal fell through.

Rashada ended up at Arizona State for a year and then transferred to Georgia. He is now suing Napier and a prominent booster over the NIL deal.

Colorado State transfer Clay Millen is the third scholarship QB on Florida’s roster, but Warner was ahead of him on Napier’s depth chart.

“First of all, hats off to Aidan Warner,” Napier said. “We’re talking about a guy who didn’t attend spring training. …Then two weeks ago I started doing real reps with the second machine. So two weeks of working with the second unit. To be able to operate today, he obviously made a few plays and made a handful of mistakes.”

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