FSU football: Top underclassmen to bring back or have exit the program for 2025

Big decisions!!

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Who I'd Retain(Scholarship Players Only)

  • Earl Little Jr (Redshirt Sophomore)
  • Shyheim Brown (Redshirt Jr.) But he'd have to take a NIL cut
  • Kam Davis (Freshman)
  • Charles Lester III (Freshman)
  • Joshua Farmer (Redshirt Jr.) No NIL increase, but may enter Draft
  • Darrell Jackson Jr. (Redshirt Jr.) No NIL increase, but may enter Draft
  • Destyn Hill- (Sophomore)
  • Marvin Jones Jr. (Junior) But he'd have to take a NIL cut
  • AZ Thomas (Junior) Probably going to the NFL though
  • Hykeem Williams (Sophomore)
  • Omar Graham Jr. (Redshirt Sophomore)
  • Jaylin Lucas (Junior)
  • Cai Bates (Freshman)
  • Luke Kromenhoek (Freshman)
  • Lawayne McCoy (Freshman)
  • Shawn Murphy (Redshirt Sophomore)
  • Quindarrius Jones (Sophomore)
  • Jamari Howard (Freshman)
  • Landen Thomas (Freshman)
  • Micahi Danzy (Freshman)
  • Tomiwa Durojaiye (Redshirt Sophomore)
  • Blake Nichelson (Sophomore)
  • Jake Weinberg (Freshman)
  • KJ Kirkland (Sophomore)
  • Ricky Knight III (Freshman)
  • Ashlynd Barker (Redshirt Sophomore)
  • Justin Cryer (Sophomore)
  • Sam Singleton Jr. (Redshirt Freshman)
  • Jabrill Rawls (Redshirt Freshman)
  • Demarco Ward (Redshirt Freshman)
  • Edwin Joseph (Redshirt Freshman)
  • Amaree Williams (Freshman)
  • Timir Hickman-Collins (Freshman)
  • DD Holmes (Freshman)
  • Jaylen Early (Redshirt Sophomore)
  • Byron Turner Jr. (Redshirt Junior)
  • Tye Hilton (Freshman)
  • KJ Sampson (Redshirt Freshman)
  • Aaron Hester (Redshirt Sophomore)
  • Jacob Rizy (Redshirt Junior)
  • Andre Otto (Redshirt Freshman)
  • Richie Leonard (Senior)-Eligible to return due to injury I think
  • Manasse Itete (Freshman)
  • Jonathan Daniels (Freshman)
  • Jayden Todd (Freshman)
  • Lucas Simmons (Redshirt Freshman)
  • BJ Gibson (Freshman)
  • Elijah Moore (Freshman)
  • Camdon Frier (Freshman)
  • Grady Kelly (Redshirt Junior)
  • D'Nas White (Freshman)
  • Daniel Lyons (Redshirt Sophomore)
  • Jamorie Flagg (Freshman)

That's 53 players, but the promising thing is 44 have at least two years of eligibility remaining. That's 83 percent of the roster. There's probably a handful more I wish I could cut, but FSU needs bodies at positions too. FSU will likely sign 10-12 players in its 2025 high school recruiting class, which means they'd need to take about 30-40 transfers to complete the remainder of the roster.

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