FSU football: How much did special teams improve over 2021?
By Kelvin Hunt
I can’t explain how bad FSU football special teams were in the past two years. Well, I can because I wrote about how terrible they had been in several areas.
The team often had poor field position, and the inability to field punts alone cost FSU at least two wins in 2021.
Players struggled with the mental side of choosing to return kickoffs when they should fair catch it. Players struggled with fielding punts inside the 10-yard line.
Field goals were always an adventure(more on that later). There was no threat to make a big punt return or to return a kickoff for a big gain.
Mike Norvell specifically mentioned special teams as his baby in his introductory press conference.
Special teams tell you about the identity and culture of the team, and it wasn’t until this year that we started to see some consistency and cohesion in that unit.
It wasn’t wall sunshine and rainbows, but there was a stark contrast to years past, and Mike Norvell specifically brought in players from the transfer portal to improve this unit.
Let’s take a look at some areas with a major improvement.