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By Mike Bonts TALLAHASSEE - Led by returning first-team All-ACC wide receiver Duce Robinson, Florida State kicks off its spring practice tomorrow. Robinson and Micahi Danzy headline a wide receiver group once again coached by Tim Harris Jr., now promoted to offensive coordinator for the 2026 season. Robinson led the ACC in 2025 with 1,081 receiving yards, the most by a Seminole since 2019, and as a Biletnikoff Award semifinalist, ranked 11th nationally.  His five games with at least 120 receiving yards tied for the most among P4 receivers, while he finished second in the conference behind Danzy’s 21.15 yards per catch, which ranked fourth nationally.  Danzy also led the country with six plays of 50-plus yards and contributed to FSU’s first men’s indoor track and field ACC title since 2019.  On defense, standout lineman Mandrell Desir returns after an All-American freshman year, posting 30 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss, 6.5 sacks, a forced fumble, and a pass breakup, with ...

TALLAHASSEE – Redshirt freshman wide receiver Micahi Danzy earned ACC Player of the Week honors Monday after his breakout performance Saturday vs. Kent State. Danzy, from Tallahassee, was named ACC Rookie of the Week after recording 176 total yards on just three touches in FSU’s 66-10 win over the Golden Flashes. For the season, Danzy is averaging 33.2 yards on nine touches. On three consecutive drives in the first quarter, Danzy had highlight-worthy plays. Danzy caught a 47-yard pass deep over the middle between two defenders that began an FSU touchdown drive and followed that up with a 65-yard catch-and-run that set up another FSU touchdown. The two catches were the longest of Danzy’s career. The following drive, Danzy scored on a 64-yard run, his third of the season and longest career rush. Danzy became the first player in Florida State history with a 60-yard run and 60-yard reception in the same game. Danzy’s 112 receiving yards were a career high, his first 100-yard receiving gam...

  TALLAHASSEE – The No. 14 Florida State football team defeated East Texas A&M 77-3 on Saturday afternoon at Doak Campbell Stadium. The Seminoles (2-0) scored a touchdown on their first 10 drives, a first in program history. Florida State scored 77 points for the first time since defeating Delaware State 77-6 in 2017. FSU also tied the program record for its largest margin of victory at 74 points and tied the school record for touchdowns scored in a game with 11.  The Seminoles' 416 yards of offense in the first half is the highest first-half total by any team nationally this season. Florida State ended the game with 729 total yards, its most since totaling 771 against Clemson in 2000. Wide receiver Duce Robinson set single-game career-highs with five receptions, 173 receiving yards, and two touchdowns. His 160 receiving yards in the first quarter broke an FSU record. Running back Gavin Sawchuk found the end zone three times in the first half, totaling 88 yards of offense...

TALLAHASSEE – Florida State football recognized 10 student-athletes with the 2025 Parrish Owens Heart of a Nole Award, head coach Mike Norvell announced Wednesday. Quarterbacks Tommy Castellanos and Brock Glenn, along with running back Jaylin Lucas and offensive linemen Adrian Medley and Luke Petitbon, earned the award for offense. On defense, this year’s recipients are defensive back Earl Little Jr., linebackers Justin Cryer and Omar Graham Jr. and defensive linemen Darrell Jackson Jr. and James Williams. “The offseason is a vital piece of our development as a team, both as individual growth and in leadership within our program,” Norvell said. “These 10 honorees have done an exceptional job of embracing the responsibility of leadership and demonstrating growth in all areas while being full participants in every practice this spring. I’m proud of the work Tommy, Brock, Jaylin, Adrian, Luke, Earl, Justin, Omar, Darrell and James have done and am happy to recognize them with this award ...

  TALLAHASSEE  – Florida State defensive end Jared Verse was among 42 collegiate defenders named candidates for the 2023 Lott IMPACT Trophy on Thursday. Verse, a redshirt junior from Dayton, Ohio, led FSU with 17.0 tackles for loss and 9.0 sacks in 2022 on his way to being named a first-team All-American and the leading vote-getter on the All-ACC defensive team. FSU’s Defensive MVP, Verse added three quarterback hurries during the season, one fumble recovery at Miami and one blocked field goal against LSU.   Last season, Verse was the only player in the ACC and one of just two in the Power 5 with four games of at least 2.5 tackles for loss. He led the ACC in sacks per game and was second in tackles for loss per game; of the 11 games he finished, he had at least 0.5 TFL in each.   In the Cheez-It Bowl against Oklahoma, Verse registered a season-high seven tackles, with 2.5 for loss and 1.5 sack. He teamed with Dennis Briggs Jr. for a sack on the final play of the game...

By MIKE BONTS Florida Sports Wire TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State’s 2021 season opener against Notre Dame in Tallahassee has been shifted to Sunday, Sept. 5, it was announced Tuesday.  The Seminoles were originally scheduled to host the Fighting Irish on Monday, Sept. 6, but now will have the national spotlight the day before Labor Day. Florida State leads the all-time series 6-3, including a 31-27 victory in 2014 over No. 5 Notre Dame the last time the teams met in Tallahassee.  FSU’s 2021 home schedule also includes matchups with Miami, Louisville, North Carolina State, Syracuse, UMass and Jacksonville State.  Priority access to purchase tickets is a benefit to all members of the Seminole Boosters Annual Fund. For more information on the annual fund, visit seminoleboosters.com or call 850-644-3484.

Jimbo Fisher TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State opened spring practice Wednesday afternoon with plenty of familiar faces hungry for the opportunity to get the Seminoles back atop the Atlantic Coast Conference and into a fifth consecutive New Year’s Six bowl game. The Seminoles enter the spring returning 57 lettermen including 17 starters – tied for the fifth most nationally.  In fact, Florida State returns all 11 starters on offense from last year including rising junior tailback Dalvin Cook, rising redshirt senior quarterback Sean Maguire and three wide receivers (Travis Rudolph, Bobo Wilson and Kermit Whitfield) that each caught 50 or more passes.  On the defensive side, FSU welcomes back five of its top 10 leading tacklers including rising freshman defensive back Derwin James, who finished his first season in Tallahassee with the second most tackles on the team at 91. Despite all the familiarity and starting experience on both sides of the ball, one thing is cer...

By MIKE BONTS Jacksonville SportsDay TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida State football program signed 18 recruits on Wednesday during National Signing Day that, along with the seven early enrollees already on campus, helped the Seminoles earn its fifth Top 3 finish in the recruiting rankings in Jimbo Fisher’s seven seasons. "Very happy with the group we've got. Very proud of our coaches. I think our coaches did an outstanding job of building these relationships. A lot of these relationships are two, three, and four-year relationships. Spent a lot of time, a lot of hard-fought battles," Fisher said.  Florida State’s 2016 class ranks as the best in the nation by ESPN and second in the country by 247Sports and Rivals. According to Rivals, the 19 four- and five-star recruits for Florida State are two more than the second most in the nation (Ohio State). "It's a very unique group and if you can go back and look at this class, it's 25 signees, 13 kids in the st...

By TIM LINAFELT Seminoles.com Senior Writer TALLAHASSEE –Jimbo Fisher sees the potential and play-making ability. The consistency, he believes, will come in time. The Florida State football team capped off its 2015 spring camp Saturday with the annual Garnet & Gold Game inside Doak Campbell Stadium. After a 38-17 Gold victory, Fisher saw plenty to be happy about but also plenty of room to improve between now and September. “I was back there going, ‘Man, you just can’t do those things,’ and then – Wow,” Fisher said. “’Can’t do those things’ – Wow. Then wow, wow. “You saw the ability to make plays. Like I said all year, you’ve got to fight for the consistency. So I wasn’t disappointed. It kind of went the way I thought it would go.” Quarterback Sean Maguire, the redshirt junior who has led the first-team offense for most of the spring, guided the Garnet (first-team offense) to 394 total yards against the Gold (first-team defense). He finished 22 of 44 for 289 yards an...