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FSU football: Is the 2020 FSU roster as talented as you think?

By Kelvin Hunt

WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 19: Akeem Dent #27 of the Florida State Seminoles takes the field for their game against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at BB&T Field on October 19, 2019 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images)
WINSTON SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA - OCTOBER 19: Akeem Dent #27 of the Florida State Seminoles takes the field for their game against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons at BB&T Field on October 19, 2019 in Winston Salem, North Carolina. (Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images) /
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FSU football has the perception there’s a lot of talent on the roster. Is it true?

FSU football averaged top 10 recruiting classes in the first half of 6-7 years of the last decade. Jimbo Fisher brought in a ton of talent during those years, but the ability to develop the talent began to fall off after the 2013 National Championship.

A prime example is Fisher’s last recruiting class in 2017 that saw 10 players ranked in the top 150 in the nation join the roster.

The crazy thing is four of those players never contributed much at all during their time on the roster.

I wrote about how all of those top recruiting classes were fool’s gold nearly two years ago.

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However, FSU football still has the perception the team is loaded with talent despite finishing with recruiting classes outside the top 10 in the last three seasons.

There’s not a lot of talent on the roster, and if you don’t believe me, I’m going to list all of the blue-chip players (composite rankings) below via Seminoles.com:

  1. Jashaun Corbin-4 star (2020 transfer)
  2. Bryan Robinson-4 star (2020)
  3. Hamsah Nasirildeen-4 star (2017)
  4. Jaiden Lars-Woodbey-4 star (2018)
  5. Jarrian Jones-4 star (2020 transfer)
  6. Lawrance Toafili-4 star (2020)
  7. Warren Thompson-4 star (2018)
  8. Janarius Robinson-4 star (2016)
  9. Chubba Purdy-4 star (2020)
  10. Demorie Tate-4 star (2020)
  11. Joshua Kaindoh-5 star (2017)
  12. Jaleel McRae-4 star (2019)
  13. Carlos Becker-4 star (2016)
  14. Travis Jay-4 star (2019)
  15. Kalen DeLoach-4 star (2019)
  16. Marvin Wilson-5 star(2017)
  17. Ja’Khi Douglas-4 star (2020)
  18. Jadarius Green-McKnight-4 star (2020)
  19. Asante Samuel Jr.-4 star (2018)
  20. Akeem Dent-4 star (2019)
  21. Quashon Fuller-4 star (2019)
  22. Raymond Woodie III-4 star (2019)
  23. Stephen Dix Jr.-4 star (2020)
  24. Amari Gainer-4 star (2018)
  25. Leonard Warner III-4 star (2017)
  26. Brendan Gant-4 star (2019)
  27. Baveon Johnson-4 star (2016)
  28. Dontae Lucas-4 star (2018)
  29. Dennis Briggs Jr.-4 star (2018)
  30. Camren McDonald-4 star (2018)
  31. Robert Cooper-4 star (2018)
  32. Curtis Fann Jr.-4-star (2019)

Thoughts

That’s not a lot of blue-chip talent, and I’d list around 11 of those players as players that player sparingly or not at all. Here’s the kicker, 47 percent of the blue-chip players on the team are either freshman or sophomore.

A combination of young/lack of talent is a big reason the team looks the way it does at the moment. Not to mention, the players listed here have not been developed on and off the field by the previous coaching staff. Not to mention the current staff didn’t get a chance to develop the players the way they normally would have because of the pandemic.

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This article isn’t an excuse, it’s facts regarding the program and expectations.

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