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Recruiting:
Florida State Seminoles football added a second commitment to their 2022 class in the form of another defensive player, defensive end Nyjalik Kelly.
FSU commit Joshua Farmer is of the opinion that FSU’s dominance over Florida and Miami over the last 10 years will soon return:
Don’t worry it’s coming back pic.twitter.com/vlPrWd4TDN
— J5️⃣ (@colaboy_j5) August 18, 2020
Keep up with all things recruiting in Tomahawk Nation’s Recruiting Thread.
Football:
Freshmen have had a chance to get acclimated to college life and the grind that is college football, which FSU newcomers have the potential to make an instant impact for the ’Noles?
The Southern Conference cancelled their season and the Samford Bulldogs will not be playing any out of conference games, so FSU’s schedule has a new vacancy and we have some ideas of who they could schedule.
The merry band of analysts that is the Four Verticals crew broke down the two minutes of footage provided from last weekend’s scrimmage like no one else can.
Stay up to date with the latest from the practice fields in our fall camp notebook.
18 to 19, Freshman to Sophomore, Tate Rodemaker to Wyatt Rector:
1️⃣8️⃣➡️1️⃣9️⃣#NoleFamily | #KeepCLIMBing pic.twitter.com/hFcfz293xn
— FSU Football (@FSUFootball) August 18, 2020
Sights and sounds of Tuesday’s practice, including some ice cold Powerade ASMR:
Tuesday and . #NoleFamily | #KeepCLIMBing pic.twitter.com/sj4iEupu1i
— FSU Football (@FSUFootball) August 18, 2020
As you’ll see in a moment, FSU Basketball may not be able to sniff a preseason top-25 from CBS, but apparently Mike Norvell and FSU football can.
Other Sports:
“Wow this Leonard Hamilton FSU squad might surprise some people. Who could’ve ever guessed?”
The annual rite of saying "gee, really underrated FSU again this year" in March, followed by leaving them unranked the next season https://t.co/QecrxVYpV1
— Basketball School (@MichaelRogner) August 18, 2020
A fitting acronym and a clean edit from FSU Hoops:
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— FSU Hoops (@FSUHoops) August 18, 2020
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ere#PathToThePros pic.twitter.com/iVi0zfOhUr
One of the greatest to ever do it, Ivey Slaughter, has returned to FSU Women’s Hoops as a graduate assistant:
One of the to ever play here
— FSU Women's Hoops (@fsuwbb) August 18, 2020
Welcome back to @floridastate @ISlaughter_23 pic.twitter.com/IDRVzXx8wO
Kristen McFarland sat down with Packer and Durham and talked training during coronavirus and the feeling of not being able to compete for a national championship in the fall:
"We're training in the best environment...there's no other place I'd rather be than training here." pic.twitter.com/RfaDkcOwtT
— FSU Soccer (@FSUSoccer) August 18, 2020
Alumni:
Is there anyone in the league that has more fun on the field than Derwin James?
BIG JUICE @DerwinJames on the mic as promised pic.twitter.com/y6imnVN0n8
— Los Angeles Chargers (@Chargers) August 18, 2020
The fact that Dalvin Cook is still practicing, even in a limited fashion, is probably a good sign that we will see him suit up and get paid after a breakout year:
The #Vikings are limiting RB Dalvin Cook’s workload in practice while trying to work out a contract extension -- a situation that should come to a head sooner than later.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) August 18, 2020
We’re live from Minnesota’s camp all day on @nflnetwork pic.twitter.com/DXLj1yqaHh
Here’s a throwback of Everett Dawkins coaching up Bjoern Werner mid-game:
110% sure I was telling @BjoernWerner to make sure he come down on the ET stunt . pic.twitter.com/YUrGq16H8m
— Everett Dawkins (@TheUnderDog_79) August 18, 2020
Former FSU LHP Brandon Leibrandt is gets the call up to the big leagues:
Will be FSU’s 7️⃣4️⃣th major leaguer. Joins fellow 2014 draftee John Nogowski in making their MLB debut this season. https://t.co/jDFi2rybBl
— FSU Baseball (@FSUBaseball) August 18, 2020
Marlins are recalling LHP Brandon Leibrandt from the alternate camp site, per sources. A former FSU standout and Phillies 6th round pick, this will be his MLB debut at 27 years old. He was most recently with the Somerset Patriots.
— Craig Mish (@CraigMish) August 18, 2020
It’s always a pleasure when I get to throw Warrick Dunn in the Alumni section and it’s always for being a great human being. Dunn and his charity donated their 181st home: