FBS football scholarships are the exception. Everybody agreed to offer 4-year schollies only. Anybody only offering schollies on yearly basis would get blackballed by other schools negatively recruiting against them. The UF article literally says the athletes who were asked to leave the team can stay at school on the full scholarship, without counting against the 85.
It does say:
NCAA Bylaw 15.5.1.7 is named “
Aid After Departure of Head Coach.” It, essentially, allows a
first-year head coach to not invite an athlete back to the team the following year. The athlete
may, however, be given the right to stay at the school on scholarship until the athlete graduates with their degree.
The article doesn't make clear whether they
will be allowed to stay on scholarship, though I would guess that is probably the case.