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Football
Chase drills began this week, and a certain star running back spoke directly to the team afterwards.
It looks like the first people to speak to Florida State’s team after the first day of Chase drills were head coach Willie Taggart, Mario Edwards...
— Dakota Moyer (@DakMoyer) February 19, 2018
... and sophomore RB Cam Akers.#leadership pic.twitter.com/6cXuDRfCdD
Speaking of Cam Akers, remember when he broke Dalvin Cook’s freshman rushing record this past year? Yea, it doesn’t seem like he’s slowing down anytime soon with his sights set at 2,000 yards.
“The first day Akers went to meet Donte’ Pimpleton, the running backs coach asked what Akers’ goals were.
Akers simply told him, ‘No. 1, a championship. No. 2, rush for 2,000 yards.’
‘Let’s do it,’ Pimpleton said. ‘I’m going to get you there.’”
Recruiting
Staying ahead of the game, the Seminoles offered c/o 2021 linebacker Terrod Kearse out of Fort Myers (Fla.) Dunbar. This is Kearse’s first official offer.
Blessed to receive my first offer from Florida state university #DoSomething pic.twitter.com/PeZFRlPjuj
— iamthekearseword (@KearseTerrod) February 19, 2018
Make sure to catch up on our class of 2018 scouting series to learn what each new recruit has to offer to this Florida State team.
Just in case you missed it, c/o 2020 athlete Jadarius McKnight committed to the Seminoles after attending Junior Day in Tallahassee this past weekend. McKnight also has offers from Miami, Notre Dame, Auburn, Tennessee, and Oregon, to name a few.
Alumni
’Noles basketball alum Malik Beasley is making some big moves in Denver as NBA play returned after the All-Star break.
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— Denver Nuggets (@nuggets) February 20, 2018
Other Sports
Women’s hoops NCAA top-16 seeds were revealed, and Florida State is slated as a No. 3 seed for the Albany region.
NCAA's top 16 seeds reveal, by REGION:
— ESPN Women's Hoops (@ESPN_WomenHoop) February 19, 2018
Albany
1. UConn
2. South Carolina
3. Florida St
4. Stanford
Spokane
1. Notre Dame
2. Oregon
3. Missouri
4. Georgia
Lexington
1. Louisville
2. Baylor
3. Tennessee
4. Ohio State
Kansas City
1. Mississippi St
2. Texas
3. UCLA
4. Maryland
With the official kick off of the baseball season this past weekend, FSU comes in at No. 5 in the new top 10 rankings.
NEW @D1Baseball TOP 10
— NCAA Baseball (@NCAACWS) February 19, 2018
1. Florida
2. Oregon State
3. Texas Tech
4. Arkansas
5. Florida State
6. North Carolina
7. TCU
8. Kentucky
9. Ole Miss
10. Texas A&M
The Seminoles men’s track and field squad is in the top 10, coming in at No. 6 in the country.
USTFCCCA Men's Top 10 Rankings:
— NCAA Track & Field (@NCAATrackField) February 19, 2018
1. Texas Tech
2. Florida
3. Arkansas
4. Southern California
5. Georgia
6. Florida State
7. Texas A&M
8. Alabama
9. Syracuse
10. Houston
Florida State men’s hoops got two much needed wins under its belt last week, but needs to continue to make some adjustments in order to secure a bid to the NCAA tournament.
With those two strong wins over Clemson and Pittsburgh this past week, FSU men’s hoops moves up in tournament projections.
After securing a much needed home win against Pittsburgh this past weekend, the men’s hoops has regained an AP top 25 ranking.