FSU football: 3 ways Morven Joseph commitment impacts Noles

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

FSU football added three-star defensive end Morven Joseph to the 2020 recruiting class Sunday morning evening.

The Lake Gibson product decommitted from the Florida Gators on July 5th after visiting the Noles a couple of weeks earlier.

FSU football became the presumed favorite to land his commitment shortly after and I had him on commitment watch going into the Saturday Night Live event.

He’s considered the No. 478 ranked player overall and No. 18 weak side defensive end in the country according to 247 Composite Rankings.

He’s the No. 73 ranked player in the state of Florida.

FSU football now has 19 commitments in its 2020 recruiting class which is considered the No. 12 class in the nation.

Joseph makes the second defensive end in the class. Let’s take a look at three ways his commitment impacts the Noles.

Underrated

I know it’s common for people to look at every three-star ranked player and declare he’s better than his ranking. However, this is the case with Morven Joseph.

From what I’ve seen there’s no question he’s better than his ranking and should be listed as a four-star.

The production he had in his junior season was excellent at 18.5 tackles for loss and 8.5 sacks.

He’s performed well against good competition and looked good working out at the Saturday Night Live event.

We’ll talk about his later, but Joseph is a great contrast to what the other defensive end commit Josh Griffis brings to the table.

Joseph is a pass rusher with speed and moves to boot. Griffis is a pass rusher too with moves, but is the larger of the two who could help set the edge against the run better at this stage.

I like Joseph a ton and expect his ranking to rise with a strong senior season.

Recruiting

College football recruiting relies on momentum a great deal. In fact, Willie Taggart has historically gotten commitments in bunches since arriving at FSU.

It’s like he strategically plans for recruits to announce their commitments to establish momentum when needed.

My hypothesis has held true each time FSU adds commitments to its class as they added three in the last 12 hours.

The commitment from Joseph is important because he’s already recruiting for the Noles on social media.

That’s five-star linebacker Sa’vell Smalls Joseph is talking to there. Let’s add to the fact Joseph used to be a Florida commit and now will get to go up against them every year?

Yes, that’s a big recruiting win for the Noles as even Gator fans recognize losing him wasn’t good for their class.

Position Of Need

I wrote earlier about the importance of FSU football bringing in players to win in the trenches.

The Noles could potentially lose defensive ends Joshua Kaindoh and Janarius Robinson after the 2019 season.

The Noles need to land 2-3 defensive ends in this class and Joseph and Griffis meet the bare minimum numbers wise.

Joseph is a player with a high ceiling with the potential to be a contributor after a year in a college strength and conditioning program.

Heck, with a burst off the edge like that he may be used in obvious passing situations similar to how Brian Burns was used as a true freshman

A player that will help add to the culture change and already knows garnet and gold is superior to blue and orange.

Welcome to the ‘Noles family Morven and get to work on the recruiting trails to help fill this class up with more dogs.