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Football
FSU defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi is visiting the Seattle Seahawks ahead of the NFL Draft.
Sophomore receive Tamorrion Terry has been tearing up the field since his high school days, and reportedly hit a top speed of 21.92MPH to catch up with running back Khalan Laborn on this play on Saturday:
Tamorrion Terry (@TT1Batman) has been running people down since high school. As you can see the kid got Heart! Run down to force a fumble at the top in HS. Hits a reported top speed of 21.92 mph to set up a block for Laborn. #LetThatManReturnSomeKicks#NoleBlooded pic.twitter.com/YN63thv63P
— Palm Beach Nole (@Jroc1738) April 17, 2018
SB Nation breaks down the top defensive backs in the country in Minkah Fitzpatrick and Derwin James, noting that both these players are the NFL’s modern DB:
“With Reshad Jones and T.J. McDonald, the Dolphins don’t necessarily need a safety. However, James is much more than just a single-position player. Miami can play James as a slot corner, as a roving linebacker and even as an edge rusher.James may get listed as a safety or a linebacker on an NFL team’s depth chart, but when he actually hits the field on Sundays pay attention to where he lines up. He’ll be everywhere.”
Although the 2017 season was, well what it was, FSU’s defense still showed some resistance:
Stat of the Day: FSU defense allowed 4.72 yards/play on first down last year — the best rate in the ACC and 8th-best nationally.
— Comrade HaleBot (@DavidHaleESPN) April 17, 2018
This past weekend was simply incredible from start to finish:
Incredible time lapse video of Saturday’s game and concert. Still blown away by all of your support. #Noles #DoSomething pic.twitter.com/3Mapsx8Tbb
— FSU Football (@FSUFootball) April 17, 2018
Florida State QB Deondre Francois’ troubles were thought to be beyond a simple misdemeanor possession:
Tallahassee police conducted surveillance on Florida State QB Deondre Francois for two months, operating on a tip that he was selling marijuana.https://t.co/0jOuW8TUSf
— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) April 18, 2018
Just gonna leave this one here...
FSU Spring Game VS Miami's pic.twitter.com/7cPtOTc3eq
— LTowns (@LTNoles) April 15, 2018
A quick observation from the Seminoles QB’s performances this past weekend:
Stat a reader had us look up
— Tomahawk Nation (@Tomahawknation) April 17, 2018
Stat looked up today:
18 of Blackman's 32 passes were to walk-ons, and 1 was to a DE (Brian Burns).
21 of Hockman's 21 were to scholarship players.
(According to FSU's stat book)
Hockman had a great game, but who you throw to matters as well.
Recruiting
The latest Nolecast recaps FSU’s spring ball and their huge recruiting weekend, which has led to the Seminoles having the new No. 1 recruiting class for the class of 2019.
4-star c/o 2019 defensive end Lloyd Summerall out of Auburndale (Fla.) Auburndale Senior High shows the Seminoles some love on Twitter. Summerall also has offers from Alabama, Auburn, UGA, and Clemson among others.
— Lloyd Summerall lll (@HimsoHam) April 18, 2018
The legend himself shows some love to the new-look FSU program after their recruiting success (take note what site Bobby’s linking...).
It's still early, but wonderful progress! https://t.co/q5BemSuoZS
— Bobby Bowden (@TheBobbyBowden) April 17, 2018
Former FSU star and NFL Hall of Famer Deion “Primetime” Sanders also makes it known the #TaggartEra is here, and it’s here to dominate.
This is the team recruiting rankings in college football. Just thought i might share this and welcome to the @CoachTaggart era! We're back Mortimore. #TradingPlaces #Truth pic.twitter.com/PEEl9bGaON
— Deion Sanders (@DeionSanders) April 17, 2018
And “Prime” is making some recruiting appearances himself. Here he is with 4-star offensive linemen and recent FSU commit Dontae Lucas at Doak this past weekend.
With The Goat #Noles #Tribe19 @DeionSanders pic.twitter.com/mrAM5hqdtO
— Dontae Lucas (@7totha8) April 18, 2018
Everyone is talking Seminoles’ recruiting, including a couple of NFL Hall of Famers.
Just some NFL Hall Of Famers discussing FSU's recruiting pic.twitter.com/lWIBXPfke9
— Tomahawk Nation (@Tomahawknation) April 17, 2018
Florida State recently got the commitment from 3-star cornerback Renardo Green from Wekiva High School; his film looks promising:
Saw new #FSU commitment Renardo Green for the first time last month. Got some reps on tape and have some analysis for @Noles247 (VIP)https://t.co/drPMyT2IGR @nado2times pic.twitter.com/YjmxYv5wKL
— John Garcia, Jr. (@JohnGarcia_Jr) April 17, 2018
#Wekiva HS (FL) 2019 DB Renardo Green (@nado2times) commits to the #FSU #Seminoles pic.twitter.com/ndHkOD3Ih2
— Sleeper Athletes (@SleeperAthletes) April 17, 2018
FSU’s at the top of the leaderboard so far in terms of ESPN Jr. 300 commitments:
ESPNJr300 commit scorecard:
— Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) April 16, 2018
Florida State: 8
Michigan: 7
Georgia/Alabama: 6
A&M/Oklahoma: 5
Miami: 4
Notre Dame/Texas/LSU/Clemson/Michigan State/Ole Miss/Miss. State: 3
Illinois/Ohio State/Auburn/Iowa/South Carolina/Florida/Va Tech/TCU/BYU: 2
Big time c/o 2020 wide receiver Leonard Manuel spurned the Hurricanes and is back on the open market:
I will decommitting from the University of Miami , I would like to thank the coaching staff for accepting my commitment. @edwinfarmer1974 @kakiojackson @ChadSimmons_ @Andrew_Ivins
— DANGER (@Begreatliltone2) April 17, 2018
Alumni
FSU alumni Dekoda Watson doing some good with the San Francisco 49ers.
Unbeknownst to his family, @USAirForce TSgt Rob Thomas returned home from a 6 month deployment. His family thought they were just getting a tour of #LevisStadium... until this happened. pic.twitter.com/HhuHeTxMkk
— San Francisco 49ers (@49ers) April 17, 2018
Seminoles’ star QB and former Heisman winner, James Winston, received some good news:
#Bucs have picked up the fifth year option of $20.922-million for QB Jameis Winston. Guaranteed against injury.
— Rick Stroud (@NFLSTROUD) April 17, 2018
Other Sports
After a rough patch, FSU baseball comes back with a DOMINANT pitching performance against the Stetson Hatters:
Noles shutout Stetson!
— FSU Baseball (@FSUBaseball) April 18, 2018
WP: Karp (6-3)
LP: Gonzalez (6-3)
SV: Van Eyk (2)
Back at it tomorrow at 4 pm. pic.twitter.com/MUfEl0IKNy
Ama Degbeon was a key piece to development of this women’s hoops program for many reasons.
.@AmaDegbeon’s unselfishness is 1️⃣ of many reasons why she is part of the winningest senior class at FSU pic.twitter.com/Zy3bXXZjb0
— FSU Women's Hoops (@fsuwbb) April 17, 2018