ESPN SEC Blog

Posted by ESPN.com's Chris Low

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	The Gators may be without Percy Harvin's services for a while.

The availability of Percy Harvin during the first part of the season gets cloudier by the day for Florida.

Jeremy Fowler of the Orlando Sentinel reported Wednesday that Harvin will sit out the first two or three games until his surgically repaired heel is 100 percent. Fowler talked with Harvin's former track coach in high school who said Harvin's mother was especially concerned about her son doing further damage to his heel if he tried to come back too soon.

Harvin had the surgery in April and has missed just about the entire preseason, although he practiced some on Tuesday.

After opening against Hawaii, the Gators face Miami at home on Sept. 6 and then take a week off before opening the SEC season at Tennessee on Sept. 20

Florida coach Urban Meyer sounds more frustrated every time he's asked about Harvin, who hasn't talked with the media this preseason.

"Is there concern? Yes. With the people that know what they're talking about? No," said Meyer when asked about the results of the surgery over teleconference Wednesday. "Is there concern with me? Yes, I guess I'm concerned about everything. I was hoping we'd be rocking and rolling and going right now. It's close. He practiced (Tuesday). I just have to make a decision. Players play here when they're ready to go. If he's ready to go, I'll play him."