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

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.