Overview
- Athletic director Scott Stricklin made the restoration official this week, returning Maxwell to 2,450 career points and third place on the SEC’s all-time scoring list.
- Florida also reinstated his program records for single-season scoring in 1986–87 (738 points), career field goals made (921) and attempted (1,995), and career steals (206).
- Maxwell’s statistics were originally removed by then-AD Bill Arnsparger after NCAA findings left him ineligible for the 1987 and 1988 tournaments, a step that did not affect teammates’ numbers.
- Maxwell said he was ecstatic upon learning the news and is expected in Gainesville for a Florida basketball reunion this weekend.
- The reinstatement is a university record-book decision and does not alter the NCAA’s vacated tournament results from the late 1980s.