FSU football: How Mike Norvell and staff earned recruiting momentum

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Rival football fans want to know what FSU football is doing differently than everyone else. It’s not anything that’s top secret.

The FSU coaching staff was outworking everyone else, building those relationships last year with these 2022 players and beyond.

The energy they brought on the zoom calls and playing video games with recruits? That energy turned up another level when these players finally met the coaching staff face-to-face.

Let me ask you a question.

How many recruits have you heard say the staff is telling them the truth or being straight-up with them? It’s a common occurrence, and I can’t recall one recruit saying the staff wants them to help win the conference or national titles.

It’s a simple message. FSU football has some of the best traditions in all of college football, and you can play early. You’ll get a great education at a top 20 public university, and you’ll have the opportunity to play in the NFL if you put in the work required.

The team went 3-6 last year, and the program had four players selected in the NFL Draft and a couple  of others signed as free agents.

The staff is real about where the program is at the moment, and that’s attracting players that are interesting in building something instead of joining something.