FSU Football: 3 ways Ja’Khi Douglas commitment impacts Noles

FSU football met a need with the addition of Ja’Khi Douglas to the 2020 recruiting class.. I discuss the impact he will have on the ‘Noles program.

FSU football added four-star tight end Ja’Khi Douglas to the 2020 recruiting class Thursday afternoon.

He’s considered the No. 208 ranked player overall and No. 37 wide receiver in the country and the No. 8 player in Louisiana.

Douglas checks in at 5’9 and 190 pounds and holds 29 offers from schools like LSU, Alabama, Auburn, Florida, Miami, Georgia, Louisville, Kentucky and a host of others.

FSU football now has 15 commitments in its 2020 recruiting class which is considered the No. 13 class in the nation.

Douglas is the second wide receiver commitment in the class. This is a big commitment for the Noles at receiver considering Michael Redding III chose Miami earlier this week.

Let’s take a look at three ways Douglas impacts the Noles.

Momentum

Man, you would have thought FSU hadn’t landed a commitment in months with how fans were acting on social media earlier this week.

Nevermind the fact FSU landed two commitments there were needs in the 2020 recruiting class. I think it had to do with the fact those players were not well known or highly ranked.

The funny thing is this staff does a great job of evaluating talent and a lot of the blue chip players in this class were offered well before they were ranked that high.

In fact, the man that’ll be throwing Ja’Khi Douglas passes is one of them in FSU QB commit Jeff Sims.

Douglas committing helps the fan base gather themselves and realize the sky isn’t falling just because rivals land a commitment or two.

He’s the fifth highest commitment in the class and seems to be all-in on the Noles after visiting earlier this year.

Not to mention landing a player of this caliber in the dead period. This gives the Noles some much-needed momentum with its huge Saturday Night Live event coming in a few weeks.

Recruiting Prowess

FSU coaches have made it a priority this recruiting cycle to lock down the state of Florida. In fact, 12 of the 15 commitments hail from the Sunshine state.

They have two from Georgia and have missed on other blue chip players outside those two states thus far.

FSU was able to go into Louisiana and beat out hometown school LSU and other SEC programs like Alabama and Auburn.

The Noles didn’t land any blue chip recruits outside of Florida and Georgia in 2019.

The commitment still says FSU football is capable of going into SEC territory and snatching a kid they really like.

It also says this staff is capable of so much more when/if they can get things going in the right direction on the field.

They have a per player average (89.62) a full point better than Miami (88.58) and are neck and neck wit Florida (89.80) who’s coming off a 10 win season.

Position Of Need

The wide receiver position is a position of need this recruiting cycle and getting Douglas to commit definitely helps in that department.

If the Noles can get former Miami commit Bryan Robinson in this class this would be an excellent crop of receivers along with Malachi Wideman.

FSU football is in need of playmakers and Douglas is absolute dynamite with the ball in his hands. He will be a nightmare in the slot for opposing defenses to try and cover in Kendal Briles’ offense.

As you can see in the video Douglas is a great overall athlete that plays football, basketball and runs track.

He’s extremely quick and caught the ball well with his hands in the drills shown. He also looks like he could be a weapon on special teams at punt return which is also a plus.

I like his mindset, working out the next day after a game? Yes, this is the type of player FSU football needs to keep transforming the culture in Tallahassee.