Florida TE McGee leaves game with leg injury

Published Sep. 6, 2014 6:11 p.m. ET

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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) Florida tight end Jake McGee was carted off the field Saturday with a lower leg injury.

McGee had his left ankle and leg rolled up on in the second quarter against Eastern Michigan.

McGee pulled off his helmet in obvious pain as trainers rushed to place his lower leg and ankle in an air cast. He was then carted to the locker room.

McGee earned his undergraduate degree this summer at Virginia and transferred to Florida for graduate school.

The 6-foot-6, 245-pound McGee led the Cavaliers with 43 receptions for 395 yards last season. McGee was expected to provide new offensive coordinator Kurt Roper with a versatile threat in the passing game and a seasoned veteran in the locker room.

While at Duke, Roper recruited McGee out of the Collegiate School in Richmond, Virginia.