[3] Mickell was a highly regarded recruit who was signed by the Gators' previous head coach, Galen Hall, but he did not qualify academically and was ineligible to play under the NCAA's Proposition 48 legislation during his freshman season in 1989.
Spurrier subsequently benched him for the first five games of the 1991 season for his failure to attend classes as required.
Mickell lettered in 1990 and 1991, and left school a year early, after being suspended for the 1992 season for undisclosed violations of team rules.
[4] The Kansas City Chiefs selected Mickell in the second round of the 1992 NFL Supplemental Draft.
He signed with the San Diego Chargers a one-year deal as a free agent in 2000,[7] and the Oakland Raiders in 2001.