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position.

College career

Florence played college basketball for the Mercer Bears from 2006–2010.

Professional career

Florence has also played professionally in the basketball leagues of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Hungary and Germany as well as in the EuroChallenge and Adriatic League competitions with Szolnoki Olaj. In August 2014 he signed a one-year contract with the Croatian side KK Zadar. On March 15, 2015, he left Zadar. Three days later he signed with

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of Turkey for the rest of the

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season. On July 6, 2015, Florence signed a one-year contract with Paris-Levallois of the French

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. On October 15, 2015, he parted ways with Paris after appearing in four league games. The next day, he signed with the Croatian club Cibona Zagreb for the rest of the season. On July 21, 2016, Florence signed a one-year deal with Polish club Stelmet Zielona Góra. With Zielona Góra he won the 2016–17 PLK championship and was named the PLK Finals MVP, after averaging 16.4 points and 3.2 assists per game over the series. On June 30, 2017, he re-signed with Zielona Góra for one more season. On July 28, 2018, Florence signed with Asseco Gdynia in Poland. On August 18, 2019, Florence signed with Champville SC of the Lebanese League. On December 11, 2019, Florence signed with BC Astana of the VTB United League. On June 24, 2020, Florence signed with

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of the Polish Basketball League (PLK). On July 30, 2022, he has signed with Arka Gdynia of the Polish Basketball League for a second stint.

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