FSU football: Can Noles maintain No. 1 recruiting class in ACC?
By Kelvin Hunt
Win In-State Recruiting And Keep What They Have
The first thing the Noles have to do is keep the current crop of players they have as commitments.
FSU football has two five-star commitments and two four-star commitments, with a couple of players that could see rankings increase in later updates.
If they can keep that nucleus and win recruiting in-state, they should have a great shot of holding onto the No.1 spot in the conference.
The state of Florida has 44 blue-chip players, and the Noles have two of them committed while being in the mix for several others. A couple of them are legacy recruits who are ranked in the top 150 players nationally. The legacy part doesn’t necessarily mean FSU will gain their commitment, but it doesn’t hurt.
The thing that separates the Noles from Miami and North Carolina is their proximity to Georgia, which has 32 blue-chip players. The Noles have historically done well in that state, and Mike Norvell’s staff have made a concerted effort to re-establish roots there.
The Noles have the No. 1 player in the state committed in Travis Hunter and remain in a good position for a couple of more blue-chip players in the Peach State.
The current blue-chip ratio is 44 percent for the Noles, and that will need to climb much higher to hold off Clemson.