FSU football: Top underclassmen to bring back or have exit the program for 2025
Big decisions!!
By Kelvin Hunt
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.