FSU football added a big addition to its 2018 recruiting class, beating out the Miami Hurricanes. Their fans show how classless they are as usual.
FSU football added four-star cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. to the #Tribe18 class Thursday. His decision came down to FSU or the hometown Miami Hurricanes, and of course he chose the good guys who have beaten Miami seven straight times.
Samuel Jr. hails from St. Thomas Aquinas High School, the same school that produced Lamarcus Joyner and Rashad Greene. He’s the No. 114 player overall and No. 14 ranked cornerback in the 2018 class.
He would likely be rated higher if he were taller, standing at 5 feet 9.5 inches and 170 pounds.
Of course that didn’t sit well with Miami fans since the Canes currently have the No. 1 recruiting class in the nation. They already have three cornerbacks committed in their class, but two of them are rated below Samuel Jr.
Check out Miami fans reaction on Twitter to Samuel’s decision.
Miami Fan Reactions
Check out the classless Miami fans who should know better than to tweet at recruits.
That's all we need is Campbell . We need kids that bleed Green and Orange. Congrats to Asante Tho. It's just makes the rivalry better
— ‼️Yung Gunna‼️ (@4sup_561) April 13, 2017
Your loss bro... could've been special at the 🙌🏿! Good luck anyway. #itsallaboutthe U
— Jason (@bow2thephin) April 14, 2017
Congrats 😃 wish you luck but it's all about #Storm18 😎🙌🏿💪🏿#canes4life
— Jeffrey Louis 🙌🏿🇭🇹 (@SUPERDAD_AJJJ) April 13, 2017
So, they were not all totally disrespectful, but still some of that is ridiculous. I think some Miami fans were offended he included Miami when they were pretty sure he was going to commit to FSU football.
What would have been worse? Not mention the hometown school at all?
Lots of Love For Samuel Jr.
Miami fans were salty, but FSU football fans were happy to add such a quality player to the fold. Check out all the love he received from #Nolenation and others:
Congrats Bra Love 💯💉 Love You ☝🏾™™ https://t.co/0CduoEIjOn
— Daniel Barker (@DB9_Era) April 13, 2017
Major lil bra, congrats 🙏🏾💯 https://t.co/cgOsSPXj2Y
— Tarvarus McFadden (@DaRealTeetime) April 13, 2017
Honey Fried Chicken strikes again!! Lol... Congrats.. Go have an awesome Senior year... https://t.co/7VyId9XTsx
— Stanford Samuels Jr (@LocksNoKeys) April 13, 2017
Exactly!!! Nole Nation I told y'all we would get my boy @godschild3_ , now let's go get us some rings fam💯🍢💍
— Coach Sheff👨🏽🍳 (@deontesheff9) April 13, 2017
It’s great to see current FSU football players show love to a new recruit. It’s obvious the defensive backs are excited to have a player like Samuel Jr., and the family atmosphere projected at FSU comes through.
#Tribe18 So Far
FSU football 2018 class is now considered the No. 6 in the nation with a total of nine commitments. It’s the No. 3 class in the ACC behind Clemson (No. 2) and Miami (No. 1).
There are currently six defensive players and three offensive players, and FSU is in the mix for a number of blue chip players remaining on their board.
The blue chip percentage thus far is 55.5 percent (5 of 9 recruits) which is about average for Jimbo Fisher’s seven years at FSU. However, they have some ground to make up compared to Clemson and Miami.
Clemson has a blue chip percentage of 75 percent (6 of 8 recruits), and Miami has a blue chip percentage of 66.6 percent (10 of 15 recruits).
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FSU football will look to take another 12 or so recruits in this class depending on how the numbers shake out.