I think we’ve joked about the Florida Gators erecting a statue in Tim Tebow’s honor before, but now it appears that this will become a reality. The Florida Gators already placed a plaque of ‘The Promise’ on the stadium, but now they will immortalize Tim in a different way. Florida’s athletic budget includes a project to pay $550,00 for the construction of larger than life statues of the program’s three Heisman Trophy winners: Tim Tebow (2007), Danny Wuerffel (1996) and Steve Spurrier (1966).

“It’s a chance to honor and celebrate our tradition,” Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley said. “Anytime you have that type of tradition, we want to make sure to honor it. It’s something people are aware of them, obviously, but they can come and take pictures of them. And that’s how you build tradition. You go to a lot of schools that have several Heisman Trophy winners and they have displays, they have statutes what have you. It’s just building tradition and honoring three very special people.”

Work has already begun, but it’s not supposed to be finished until after the start of the 2010 season. I imagine that it will be located near the Florida Gator Football Experience at the stadium.

Building a statue of great players and coaches is not something out of the ordinary. Texas has a statue of Earl Campbell, Chicago has a statue of Jordan, Camden Yards has one of Babe Ruth.

What are your thoughts on Florida building a Tim Tebow statue outside the stadium?