FSU Football: 5 ways offense remains elite in 2017

By Kelvin Hunt | Jul 15, 2017

MIAMI GARDENS, FL - DECEMBER 30: Deondre Francois #12 of the Florida State Seminoles celebrates scoring a touchdown in the fourth quarteragainst the Michigan Wolverines during the Capitol One Orange Bowl at Sun Life Stadium on December 30, 2016 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /

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ORLANDO, FL – SEPTEMBER 05: Head coach Jimbo Fisher of the Florida State Seminoles talks with Deondre Francois. /

The FSU football offense finished No. 2 in the S&P advanced metrics in 2016. We provide five ways the ‘Noles can stay there in 2017.

I get the feeling some fans don’t believe the FSU football offense was elite last season. It wasn’t for periods of time last year, notably in the first half of most games.

The stats like scoring average, total yardage, and others seemingly support that notion as well. In fact, here’s how the FSU offense finished the 2016 season:

Scoring average-No. 31
Total offense-No. 25
First downs-No. 15
Third down conversions-No. 33
Red Zone conversions-No. 1

Those numbers are nothing to sneeze at with a redshirt freshman quarterback going up against eight defenses ranked in the top 25, not to mention finishing No. 2 in the S&P advanced metrics.

Those metrics account for opponent level of play, explosiveness, red zone success, field position and other things.

Of course the FSU football offense lost All-World running back Dalvin Cook and arguably its most proven receiver in Travis Rudolph to the NFL.

So the question is can the FSU offense remain elite in 2017? We present five ways to make that happen.

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