JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville Jaguars coach Gus Bradley has had Brian Urlacher and Rick Pitino speak to his team over the past several months.

On Friday, it was University of Florida basketball coach Billy Donovan’s turn, and he spoke about the players developing a deeper relationship with teammates.

"His message was about trust and really a deep love for your teammate," Bradley said. "I think that is something that resonated with our players. I think that our players really are connected and are close and I think he challenged them to take it to another level."

Running back Toby Gerhart called Donovan’s speech "fantastic" and said he was touched by Donovan’s challenge to really get to know all of his teammates, not just a select few.

"We come in here and we always say, ‘I trust my guy next to me,’ but he said, ‘How far does that trust go?’" Gerhart said. "’Do you really know intimate details about that person? Do you know about his family life? Do you know if he’s having any type of issues?’ He said everybody is a broken and fractured individual on some level and he said, ‘Can you be there for that person and they can trust you on that level?’ It was a really interesting conversation.

"It’s definitely a bigger challenge when you have 53, 63 guys on a team, but I think you can break it down into units. You could be running back or offense or whatever it may be, and I think it’s something that we can take into consideration and listen and see, get to know people a little better."

Safety Josh Evans has heard Donovan speak before. Donovan addressed the UF football team several times during Evans’ four years with the Gators. Donovan’s message on Friday was similar and it stuck with the Jaguars players the way it suck with him, Evans said.

"As a matter of fact we just kind of talked about some of those things in our last meeting as a team, pretty much building on that and finding a way to being [connected] to one another and play hard for each other,” Evans said.