FSU football: 3 reasons 2024 FSU isn't 2023 TCU
By Kelvin Hunt
NFL Draft Selections
The recruiting rankings from earlier will bear fruit to my point in the NFL Draft. The 2022 TCU team had eight players drafted after going 13-2. They had three players selected in the top 100, two fourth round, two sixth-rounders, and a seventh-rounder.
The 2023 FSU team had 10 players drafted after going 13-1. They had six players selected in the top 100, a fifth-rounder, a sixth-rounder, and two seventh-rounders. Truthfully, the two players taken in the fifth and sixth likely would have been higher selections if not for injuries.
The 2023 TCU team had three players selected in the 2024 NFL Draft. They had a third-rounder, a fourth-rounder, and a fifth-rounder.
The 2024 team projects to potentially have double the amount of guys drafted in 2025. AZ Thomas, Fentrell Cypress, Joshua Farmer, Darrell Jackson, Patrick Payton, Malik Benson, Kyle Morlock, and Shyheim Brown. Others could get drafted too, Roydell Williams, DJ Uiagalelei, and DJ Lundy. It's not out of the realm of possibility for FSU to repeat its double-digit draft from 2024 in 2025.