Studstill attended Palm Beach Gardens Community High School, where he lettered in football, basketball, baseball and track.
He also set a new school record with a 76-yard touchdown pass to James Jett against the University of Cincinnati.
As a junior, he began sharing the starting position with transfer Jake Kelchner, both players were talented but with very different skill sets.
Head coach Don Nehlen never named a full-time starter, and kept it as a shared position throughout the tenure of both players.
With Kelchner out with an injury against the University of Miami, he played the entire game connecting 28 out of 41 attempts for 308 yards.
The next Gator-drive almost went three-and-out, until a personal foul on Steve Perkins gave Florida the momentum.
[4] He spent most of his rookie season in the practice squad, until being promoted to the active roster on November 30.
On October 10, 1995, he was signed from the New York Jets' practice squad to replace an injured Darren Carrington.
[7] He suffered a sprained knee in the seventh game against the Chicago Bears and missed the following 2 contests.
[8] He was a starter at free safety and tied for the league lead with five interceptions (one returned for a touchdown), while making 51 tackles (second on the team).
In the NFL regular season, he appeared in 7 games with no starts and was declared inactive in 9 contests.