The FSU football coaching staff will put the final bow on its 2025 high school recruiting class in a couple of weeks on National Signing Day. The Noles likely have two more additions coming, but they are already hard at work on the 2026 recruiting class.
They expect several top 2026 players and beyond to visit campus over the next few weeks. The old staff had already sent hundreds of offers to prospective players, and there'll likely be some overlap with the new staff re-offering those players.
However, there could be instances of not re-offering those guys and offering different players if they don't believe they'll be a good fit for their schemes or systems.
For years, I advocated for Mike Norvell and the staff to concentrate more on players in Florida and Georgia. They've done that over the past few recruiting cycles. Check it:
- 41.6 percent of 2023 offers to GA/FL players
- 45.3 percent of 2024 offers to GA/FL players
- 46.7 percent of 2025 offers to GA/FL players
That's the trend you want to see as the staff continues developing relationships in those states after arriving with little to none. The good news is the new staff has relationships already established in those states. Some have more than others, but collectively, they have more experience recruiting at the higher levels.
FSU has offered 269 players in the 2026 recruiting class and will continue to send out new offers. FSU has 43.4 percent of its offers to players in GA/FL, and I expect that number to increase. Texas and North Carolina follow with the third and fourth most offers. FSU can likely meet all of their needs among those four states.
I've long said they need to stop wasting resources chasing players from Alabama and Mississippi because they rarely leave those states. That could change with Nick Saban no longer there, but I'd still be wary.
This 2026 recruiting class will tell us a great deal regarding where FSU stands among the top tiers. If they can pull a top class after a 2-10 season? It's only up from here.