TALLAHASSEE — Florida State Seminoles football returned to the Dunlap Practice Facility on Wednesday, July 27 for the first day of fall practice.

“Day one, thought it was good to get back out,” head coach Mike Norvell said. “We really had a lot of work in the summer — I thought we were able to get some very beneficial work. we were very aggressive with our first day of install. For some of those young guys it was moving quick for em, but all in all, there was a lot of good signs that showed up.”

After practice, he met with the media to discuss impressions and takeaways from the first day of camp, touching on individual players as well as the overall effort and execution of the team.

“We got good work, really pushed them in a lot of areas. Looking forward to getting back to it tomorrow after meetings tonight and cleaning some things up.”

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TALLAHASSEE, FL- The Florida State Seminoles are starting fall camp with just one month until the season begins at home and they still have a lot to figure out along the offensive roster.

At quarterback, Jordan Travis is the guy for Mike Norvell and his staff, and for the first time, he is the unquestioned starter. He has taken that confidence that he has developed from last season and will look to carry that into the fall.

With the running backs, the ‘Noles have a potential new lead back with Trey Benson supported by Treshaun Ward similar to how Ward supported Jashaun Corbin last year. Also, how will Toafili fit in along with the rest of the room?

On the perimeter, this team has looked to the transfer portal to add guys like Mycah Pittman, Winston Wright, and Johnny Wilson along with players who have been in house like Malik McClain, Ontaria Wilson, and others that will make big contributions. This regime has struggled to produce at the wide receiver position but with Jordan Travis getting better every year he should be able to support them even better.

Along the offensive line, the team brings back four of five starting players along with four potential contributors coming from the transfer portal. The team should be in a better place and be able to deal with anything that happens in season.

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FLORIDA STATE — Head Mike Norvell spoke with the media today to review the summer and preview fall camp which starts tomorrow. Overall he seemed proud of the team and what they’ve accomplished and after praising his off-field staff he opened the press conference saying as much:

“I’m so proud of the work they put in. We talk about that work as being a defining quality of their approach, the mindset - they knew it was gonna be a challenge, they knew it was going to be a difficult summer”

“I thought they answered the call every day.”

When he was asked about the newcomers and how they’ve approached the work he named a few names but talked about offensive lineman Julian Armella and what he looked like arriving on campus.

“Julian Armella came in the way you desired every high school transfer or whoever to come in and approach the work in the summer. I’m excited about what he’s going to be.”

“We’re excited about the guys we have and we’re excited about the guys coming in who are pushing to establish their role and what that means for the team - the competitive urgency is definitely there.”

FSU’s offensive line coach Alex Atkins was promoted to offensive coordinator this past off-season — when Norvell was asked how that would change things offensivel, he said it won’t.

“Alex Atkins has done a remarkable job since January helping implement and put his stamp with his great leadership style and quality of player. They believe in the man. They believe in the leader.”

To close out the media conference Norvell answered “Family” to describe the 2022 team in one word:

“When you look at this team it comes down to work and it comes down to relationships and you see a team that embraces each other.”

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With ACC Kickoff media days in the rearview mirror and fall camp starting this week, football season is finally on the horizon and everyone — at least for the large part — is feeling pretty good about their team.

With the ACC lacking a clear favorite, every team has to feel they have at least a small window to play in Charlotte for the conference championship.

And yes, that includes Florida State.

This week, the Seminole Wrap podcast crew breaks down their view of the strengths and weaknesses on the roster plus how FSU’s roster stacks up to the ACC overall. Host Brian Pellerin and analysts Jon Marchant and Max Escarpio put the conference’s teams (Wake Forest Demon Deacons, Louisville Cardinals, NC State Wolfpack, Boston College Eagles, Syracuse Orange, Clemson Tigers, Miami Hurricanes, North Carolina Tar Heels, Pittsburgh Panthers, Virginia Cavaliers, Duke Blue Devils, Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, Virginia Tech Hokies) into three categories: Worse than Florida State, Coin Toss with Florida State and Better than Florida State.

Are the Seminoles ready to compete with the top teams in the ACC?

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Hello again and Happy Monday. Welcome in to Noles News Now. Thanks for starting your week with us here on Tomahawk Nation’s Podcast Network. I’m your host BrianPellerin, getting you ready for the week ahead and yes, yes, yes. It’s finally going to include football. Yes, it’s just camp, but it’s good to have football news back in our lives.

That’ll get underway on Tuesday with players reporting. That’ll also come with a pre-camp luncheon plus a coach availability so there will be boatloads of content coming your way starting then. We’ll also have position previews dropping all week so keep an eye out for those as well, we have some posted now on the quarterback, running back, and offensive line. The defensive line preview drops Tuesday. We’ve got a beyond-the-numbers dive into Jammie Robinson and Akeem Dent. Could they be the nextelite safety duo in the ACC?

Speaking of the conference, the Seminole Wrap crew took a look at the ACC as a whole on this week’s episode to decide where FSU fits in the fold. Which teams are better than Florida State, which teams are worse, and which teams are a coin toss? Lots of fun breakdowns of each team at a point where everybody is feeling the most confident in their team.

On Friday, tight end Camm McDonald landed on the Mackey Award watchlist, for the nation’s best tight end. McDonald caught 24 passes for 243 yards and two touchdowns.

Elsewhere for the football team, it’s a big recruiting weekend coming up. The Seminoles are expecting a lot of important guys on campus for this one. To catch up on that, be sure to hunt down our recruiting thread for a list of the potential visitors, the guys who plan to be there, and more. Lots of great stuff from our recruiting guys and I can’t talk recruiting without pushing you to listen to the Florida State of Recruiting guys, our three stars pod. They crush it. So much great info. Can’trecommend it enough.

The rest of campus remains relatively quiet outside of the soccer team who is moving close to their season as well. FSU recently posted an interview with new coach Brian Pensky as he tries to connect with the fanbase and share his vision to sustain the excellence of the program. Part of that appears to be some upgrades to the pitch as the soccer fields got an upgraded video board ahead of their season.

That’ll do it for this edition of Seminole Wrap. As always, if you like what you hear, please support us by throwing a five-star review our way, and be sure to follow this feed to get this pod three times a week and our other great weekly content like Seminole Wrap and the Florida State of Recruiting that I mentioned earlier and more. For now, that’s all we’ve got. Until Wednesday, I’m Brian Pellerin. Thanks for listening.

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Hello and welcome to Noles News Now, the latest in Florida State Seminoles sports presented by Tomahawk Nation. I’m your host Perry Kostidakis — let’s hop right in. 

Today’s big news came in the form of FSU kicking off ACC Media Days — head coach Mike Norvell as well as quarterback Jordan Travis, defensive tackle Fabien Lovett and safety Jammie Robinson all took the podium to talk expectations for 2022 and more. There wasn’t exactly anything World-changing said — media days aren’t really known for their substance when it comes to answers — but mainly reaffirmed what we’ve been hearing from those 4 and others on the team this offseason. Jordan Travis is taking that step forward as a team leader, rather than solely a player, and according to the group, the entire team is gelling, becoming much more comfortable within the system, largely attributed to bringing back plenty of experience. 

ACC commish Jim Phillips also spoke on Wednesday, hyping up the conference’s success in 2021-22, when it captured more national titles than any other conference. He touched on the obvious topics — saying he is for NIL but claiming only Congress can put in meaningful rules, advocating for college football playoff expansion and, of course, conference realignment. 

He says all options are on the table — from uneven revenue distribution to expansion. He did say that he has full faith in schools not leaving, given the iron clad grant of rights, and again hyped up the ACC, offering a gem of a quote, saying that the conference leads in “all metrics, except finances,” which, you know, is pretty key. He came off as a man well-aware the previous form of college football and athletics as we knew it is in its final breaths, definitely aware of the issues the ACC faces financially.

Outside of that, FSU released its media guide and an updated roster — a few weight and number changes, nothing major. You can see our full breakdown on TomahawkNation.Com. 

That’s where you can catch more on these stories, including full transcripts from today’s ACC Kickoff events, and other Seminoles sports.

Thank you for listening — we’ll catch you next time. 

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The Florida State football roster rebuild continues to take shape with a heavy focus on fortifying the trenches.

The Seminoles landed another big-time offensive line commitment in the past week from four-star offensive tackle Lucas Simmons. He’s the second four-star get in the last month along with Roderick Kearney. Assuming they both end up signing their letters of intent on National Signing Day, the two will be the seventh and eighth offensive lineman to join the Noles in the past two classes with now offensive coordinator Alex Atkins as the primary recruiter.

So the question is, is this the Mike Norvell rebuild or the Alex Atkins rebuild?

The Seminole Wrap crew, host Brian Pellerin along with Max Escarpio and Jon Marchant, answers that question by looking at just how important Atkins is to the future of the Florida State football program.

Plus they discuss the upcoming ACC Kickoff media days. Who is FSU bringing to the event and how will ACC Commissioner Jim Philips handle the question of conference realignment? Could it be time to play hardball with Notre Dame or will it be more clichés as the ACC continues to sit on the sidelines?

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It’s another largely quiet weekend on the FSU campus, but we are slowly moving closer to football season as the ACC hosts their ACC Kickoff media days this week in Charlotte. That gets underway on Wednesday. Florida State will go that same day. The Seminoes representatives there will be head coach Mike Norvell, quarterback Jordan Travis, defensive tackle Fabian Lovett and defensive back Jammie Robinson. ACC commissioner Jim Philips will also speak on Wednesday. He’ll actually be kicking off the proceedings. Interesting to see what he’ll have to say in light of the recent conference realignment moves that ACC has largely sat on the sidelines of. Will hetake a strong position on the jostling or will he spew cliches?

That exact question was one of the ones tackled on this week’s Seminole Wrap podcast. Myself along with Max Escarpio and Jon Marchant talk through what he maybe willor should say. Plus we talk about the ongoing rebuild through the focus on offensive line recruiting. Should we be calling this the Alex Atkins rebuild, instead of the Mike Norvell rebuild? The new O-C putting in tons of strong work on the recruiting trail to uplift this roster that will pay dividends now and into the future.Check it out. That episode dropping Monday morning wherever you get this podcast and on Tomahawk Nation dot com.

Coming this August, Doak Campell will get a new bit of a new look as FSU announced their plan to update the facades on the press box and suites with more of the program’s history. It’ll have retired numbers, championships, bowl appearances, and all Americans alongside Bobby Bowden’s name. A chance for FSU to really showcase its deep, prestigious history to fans, players, and potential recruits. The first chance to check it out is that home opener in August.

In case you missed it at the end of last week, members of the FSU football team are banding together to help their fellow teammate Greedy Vance and his family restore their home in New Orleans. Vance’s family home was impacted by Hurricane Ida last August and the family is still working to get back on their feet. Many of us I’m sure live along the coast know how difficult that hurricane recovery process can be. So offensive lineman Dillan Gibbons alongside Jordan Travis have started a GoFundMeto support them get through that process. If you’d like to check it out and help however you can, we’ve got an article on our website about it linking to that fund.

Elsewhere on campus, new head baseball coach Link Jarrett keeps filling up his first staff with guys from his old staff as pitching coach Chuck Ristano is the latest guy to make the leap from Notre Dame to Tallahassee. Ristano had spent the last 12 years at Notre Dame. Another big get for Link.

In hoops, a lot of former Noles continue to showcase their skills in the final few games of the NBA’s summer league and on Sunday, nobody did so better than John Butler who had a perfect night from the field. 9/9 shooting including 6/6 from beyond the arc left with 25 points and 7 rebounds for the Pelicans. That’s a young group inNew Orleans that needs some knockdown shooting. Maybe he can catch on there this fall. He’ll likely start that process as a two-way player first, but we’ll have to see how that process unfolds.

The soccer team has announced their 2022 schedule as they get set to begin their first under new head coach Brian Pensky. It’ll be a bit of a tougher task as the roster has lost 3 of their bigger names in Emily Madril, Kirsten Pavlisko and Yujie Zhao, but this team should still have enough talent to compete this year.

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Good morning... good afternoon... good evening... No matter what time you're listening, yes, you've made it to the Friday edition of Noles News Now. I'm your host, Brian Pellerin who will be guiding you in to the weekend with the latest news and notes from around Florida State football, baseball, and more.

The biggest story to look ahead to is the unofficial start of ACC football season next week with the ACC Football Kickoff media days in Charlotte. The Seminoles will be sending veterans Jordan Travis, Fabien Lovett, and Jammie Robinson alongside Mike Norvell on July 20th - that's next Wednesday. The Noles will be just more than a month away from taking the field for the first time at that point and two months from beginning ACC play on a Friday night in Louisville. An announcement from ESPN this week actually slid that kickoff back 30 minutes so kickoff for that game is now at 7:30 pm, in case you've got to adjust your calendar or travel plans.

It’s been a busy summer on the recruiting trail for the Florida State Seminoles coaching staff as they continue to shape the future of this roster. One of the biggest areas to address is solidifying the trenches and recent offensive line commit Roderick Kearney looks to be the centerpiece of that effort going forward. This week, he joined our Florida State of Recruiting podcast for an interview about FSU, new offensive coordinator Alex Atkins and much more. Check it out to hear from Big Rod, a leader of the Noles for the future.

Of course, Atkins was a huge part in landing Kearney and many other commits this offseason. He’s been an incredible asset on the recruiting trail for FSU so the question is how does he rank in compared to other Florida State’s other top recruiters of the past decade. David Stout tries to tackle that in a column posted to Tomahawk Nation dot com this morning. There have been some great assistants and Atkins is off to a strong start to be among if not the best of the bunch.

Link Jarrett is hoping his newest hire will also be a major recruiting ace for the Noles as he's landed his first recruiting coordinator as the head man of FSU. Jarrett announced Thursday that Rich Wallace will make the jump from Notre Dame to Tallahassee with him to join the Noles coaching staff in the recruiting coordinator role. Wallace already has ties to the Sunshine State with his experience at Jacksonville and UCF.

One day before FSU football starts their season next month against Duquesne, the athletic department will induct the newest members of the Florida State Hall of Fame class announced this week. In total, 10 Seminole greats will have their names added to the hall including football stars Snoop Minnis and E.G. Green, golf star Brooks Koepka, baseball player of the year James Ramsey, soccer greats Amanda Dacosta and Toni Pressley plus others from tennis, swimming and diving and more.

That'll do it for this edition of Noles News Now. If you like what you hear, remember to subscribe, follow and rate the show to help us out and let other Noles fans know about the easiest way to stay up to date on all things FSU 3 times a week. Until Monday, I'm Brian Pellerin. Thanks for listening.

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The Florida State Seminoles coaching staff has made it a point to rebuild the trenches with the last two recruiting cycles. One of the biggest commits to that rebuild is 2023 offensive line commit Roderick Kearney.

The Three Stars sit down for an interview with the versatile lineman. Kearney shares his thoughts on Florida State, Alex Atkins, and Mike Norvell— as well as a day in the life of a high school commit preparing for division one football. We discuss position projection, whether or not the 4-star will be enrolling early for the Seminoles, and even Albert Einstein.

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For all things Florida State football recruiting, head over to our transfer portal and FSU recruiting updates thread, where you can catch the latest news and pick the brains of our recruiting staff.

WIDE RECEIVER: 3 star Darren “Goldie” Lawrence (FL)

WIDE RECEIVER: 3 star Vandrevius Jacobs (FL)

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN: 4 star Lucas Simmons (FL)

OFFENSIVE LINEMAN: 4 star Roderick Kearney (FL)

DEFENSIVE END: 4 star Lamont “Boots” Green, Jr. (FL)

DEFENSIVE END: JUCO Jaden Jones (AL)

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN: 4 star Keldric Faulk (AL)

DEFENSIVE LINEMAN: 4 star Keith Sampson, Jr. (NC)

LINEBACKER: 3 star DeMarco Ward (GA)

DEFENSIVE BACK/ATHLETE: 3 star Quindarrius Jones (MS)

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