Should FSU football fans focus solely on blue-chip recruiting rankings?

Florida State football's coaching staff has done a tremendous job with acquiring talent within its 2025 recruiting class. There have been many four and five prospects that have said "yes" to the Seminoles. If Florida State wants to get back to its elite ways of winning national championships then they need to continue to do that.

Ironically enough, the Seminoles were sitting at 100% in their blue-chip ratio (four and five-star prospects) on Tuesday afternoon then three-star safety Max Redmon from Cardinal Newman High School in West Palm Beach, Florida committed to the program.

As I stated before in his commitment article, I like Redmon as a prospect. I think he is a versatile safety who played several different defensive positions, covers well in space, runs downhill in run support where he is not afraid to make a tackle, and has a knack for being around the football.

While I know that the blue-chip ratio is no longer at 100%, I do like the take of Redmon. I do not think he elevates his ranking to a high-tier four-star. He could elevate it to a 90-composite ranking (low four-star) if he continues to showcase his skill set. However, rankings are opinion-based.

I don't believe that fans should be so hyper-focused on star rankings. However, I do think that the Seminoles should bring in as much quality depth as possible especially developing talent in-house within the offensive and defensive trenches.

That is not to say that Florida State is not going after four and five-star prospects. They have many on their target board that they are going after.

While I know that the Seminoles were behind the 8-ball in terms of how many players opted out of the Orange Bowl matchup versus Georgia, you could see how many players they had on their roster that had been developed within the trenches for at least two to three years.

That is where Florida State football wants to get to with their roster construction where if someone transfers, graduates, or goes to the NFL then it would be a plug-and-play opportunity for the next man up.