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FSU football: 3 offensive improvements needed in second half of season

By Kelvin Hunt

Florida State Seminoles head coach Mike Norvell coaches a player during a drill. The Seminoles work on stepping up their game in the offseason during a spring practice, Thursday, March 12, 2020.Fsu Football Practice537
Florida State Seminoles head coach Mike Norvell coaches a player during a drill. The Seminoles work on stepping up their game in the offseason during a spring practice, Thursday, March 12, 2020.Fsu Football Practice537 /
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Third Down Conversions

One of the areas the Noles have struggled over the last few years is the ability to convert on third downs. The issue has been three-fold, a quarterback that holds the ball too long, and an offensive line that can’t pass protect well at the tackle position, and the inability to win over first and second downs.

The good news is, the Noles have already improved in this area compared to last season over a six-game sample size. The offense converted third downs 35.6 percent of the time in 2019.

It’s an area that has improved to 38 percent over the first six games of the 2020 season. The improvement has been due to three main factors:

  • Jordan Travis using his legs to pick up first downs
  • Staying in more third and manageable situations
  • Improved offensive line play

However, even with the improved areas, there is still a lot of room to improve. Mike Norvell offenses have historically converted third downs at a tremendous percentage:

  • 2016-40.51 percent
  • 2017-43.79 percent
  • 2018-47.12 percent
  • 2019-46.11 percent

Notice anything? See the trend of improving the longer he was at Memphis? I feel good about this area moving forward and into the future.

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