FSU coaches targeting massive trench guys on offense from the transfer portal

The Florida State starting offensive line in 2025 consisted of all transfer portal players. FSU offensive line coach Herb Hand added four players from the transfer portal who became starters, a few more transfer portal holdovers from the previous recruiting cycle.

That FSU offensive line was among the best in the ACC, and lightyears better than any FSU offensive line in recent memory. All of those transfer portal guys exhausted eligibility, and the coaching staff has had a mass exodus of players from the former offensive line coach to enter the transfer portal.

That means they will concentrate on developing the handful of high school guys remaining, while using the transfer portal to compete on the field at the same time. The four guys FSU signed from the portal last year were big, and the early transfer portal targets look to be in the same mold:

These are two that FSU may have a shot at getting on campus and eventually signing. One thing you notice immediately is the height/length and weight of these players compared to the younger players who exited the program for the transfer portal.

I think Murawski is a better fit on the interior at guard, which he has experience playing. FSU will likely take at least four offensive linemen, potentially more, since they lost four younger guys to the transfer portal.

The success FSU had in the transfer portal last year with Herb Hand and Gus Malzahn should pay dividends since there's proof of concept now. The trenches have been a major part of the success of many of the College Playoff teams, and it's good to see FSU recognize this instead of recruiting undersized guys like the former offensive line coach.