FSU Football: Fans React To DeMarcus Christmas staying at FSU

FSU football defense got a significant boost when defensive lineman DeMarcus Christmas announced he’ll return for his season season at FSU.

The FSU football defense lost one of the most valuable pieces of its defense when Derrick Nnadi played his final game Wednesday against Southern Mississippi.

However, the news it got just a few minutes after the game was music to the ears of defensive line coach Odell Haggins and all FSU football fans.

Junior defensive lineman DeMarcus Christmas announced he’ll return to the garnet and gold for his senior season because of a promise to his mother to get his FSU degree.

That’s 40 consecutive starts on the defensive line returning, and will be invaluable as the ‘Noles look to fill the shoes left by Nnadi and Josh Sweat.

Fan Reaction

Thoughts

As you can tell FSU fans are knowledgeable about what this means to the team but also respect his wishes to honor the promise to his mother.

Christmas’s junior year was the best year of his FSU career as he saw increases in the number of tackles and tackles for loss over his first two seasons.

It’s quite possible he could improve his draft stock like teammates Derrick Nnadi and DeMarcus Walker who both decided to return for their senior seasons the past two years.

He’s rated as the No. 18 defensive tackle out of 144 according to NFLDraftScout.com.

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Christmas will team with former five-star recruits Marvin Wilson, Brian Burns along with Fred Jones and others to form an experienced and deep defensive line in 2018.

Now FSU awakes the decisions of players like Auden Tate, Tarvarus McFadden and Jacques Patrick to see how the 2018 roster will stack up.