FSU football: Top three biggest things we learned in March

Don't Expect Much Drop-Off in 2024

When evaluating a roster, I look at the track record of the coaching staff the talent level of those on the roster, and the makeup of the incoming players. The 2022 was the baseline I used going into 2024 because of the many similarities. The 2022 team featured several talented but unproven transfers who enrolled that spring. Jordan Travis hadn't fully emerged into the Jordan Travis we'd come to expect, and the Noles were coming off of a 5-7 campaign in 2021. FSU is in a similar spot this spring, except the expectations are higher, and the amount of talent that arrived this spring is better than those players who arrived in the spring of 2022.

FSU will have more experience at the QB position compared to 2022, proven production at running back, a deeper offensive line, more depth at defensive end and defensive tackle, and a better secondary. The biggest question is at linebacker, but the linebacker position in 2022 had question marks since Kalen DeLoach was still developing and Tatum Bethune had just enrolled that spring. In short, that 2022 team won 10 games and arguably could have won every game on its schedule. This team will have more talent and better depth, and will only have 1-2 teams with equal or better talent. The way spring practices have gone, I don't expect much of a drop-off, if at all.