FSU Football: Top 7 freshmen to play meaningful minutes in 2017

By Kelvin Hunt | Aug 26, 2017

MIAMI GARDENS, FL - OCTOBER 08: Jacob Pugh #16 and DeMarcus Walker #44 of the Florida State Seminoles celebrate a sack on Brad Kaaya #15 of the Miami Hurricanes during a game at Hard Rock Stadium on October 8, 2016 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Mike Ehrmann/Getty Images) /

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Stanford Samuels III

The highest ranked defensive back in the FSU 2017 class. Stanford Samuels III is a four-star legacy recruit who was formerly a five-star recruit before getting injured.

He stands at 6 feet 2 inches and 175 pounds while enrolling early in the spring semester. Samuels is advanced for his age because of his father’s NFL pedigree.

He’s tall with long arms the FSU staff covets in its defensive backs. He’ll likely take over the boundary corner position once Tarvarus McFadden declares for the NFL after this season.

However, he’s too talented to keep off the field as a true freshmen. As I mentioned with Nasrildeen earlier, FSU plays its defensive backs early so there’s no question the most talented true freshman cornerback will play a lot of snaps this season.

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He can play the boundary or field corner position or the star position when FSU is going against spread teams.

Who are you looking forward to most out of all the players listed?

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