{"id":117876,"date":"2026-01-14T15:22:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/117876\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T15:22:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T15:22:19","slug":"fsus-first-portal-commit-might-be-recruiting-harder-than-anyone-hints-at-good-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/117876\/","title":{"rendered":"FSU&#8217;s first portal commit might be recruiting harder than anyone, hints at good news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5h\">The way some Florida State football players have been acting on social media and by how they are negotiating with FSU behind the scenes, it\u2019s not hard to notice a player who seems like they really want to rock the FSU colors.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5k\">South Alabama cornerback Nehemiah Chandler was the first player to commit to the Noles once the transfer portal opened. He posted about how excited he was to be a Nole as soon as he committed on social media, and has been vocal about some guys he\u2019d like to play with in Tallahassee. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5n\">One of those players might be Southern Mississippi linebacker <a href=\"https:\/\/chopchat.com\/highly-productive-linebacker-transfer-will-be-visiting-florida-state-this-week\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Jones<\/a>, and Chandler feels like FSU is in a good position to land him, according to this social media post:<\/p>\n<p lang=\"pt\" dir=\"ltr\">SBC TO ACC \ud83c\udf62<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John 13:7 (@nehemiah904) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nehemiah904\/status\/2011155083900436747?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just got some intel nole fans\ud83d\udc40 I think yall gone love this guy\u23f3 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/GONOLES?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#GONOLES<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/stayonthatside?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#stayonthatside<\/a> \ud83c\udf62 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/fMn4ZbMVqx\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/fMn4ZbMVqx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John 13:7 (@nehemiah904) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nehemiah904\/status\/2011156418263699699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 13, 2026<\/a>FSU needs dogs on the roster and these two together would be nice additions on the FSU defense.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5z\">Jones played in the Sunbelt Conference (SBC) for context to the reference in Chandler\u2019s tweet. Jones expects to visit FSU on Friday when the dead period ends. Jones is a highly productive linebacker who is a major position of need for FSU. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"62\">Who knows, things could change between now and next year, but the energy Chandler has on social media seems close to the energy he plays with on the field. He plays with a dog mentality, and that\u2019s something FSU lost after the third season of the game last year, for whatever reason. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I just want to thank God for everything, took a lot of sacrifices! But I stayed patient and kept my head down! It\u2019s Always light at the end of the tunnel. Let\u2019s Work Nole Family\ud83c\udf62\ud83d\udd12<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John 13:7 (@nehemiah904) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nehemiah904\/status\/2007580486445699141?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 3, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"68\">Chandler and Jones have multiple years of eligibility remaining, and again, things can change in an instant with the transfer portal. However, FSU needs guys who can play and want to be in Tallahassee. A Jones commitment would be a nice positive for a less than stellar transfer portal recruiting cycle. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The way some Florida State football players have been acting on social media and by how they are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117877,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":{"0":"post-117876","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tallahassee","8":"tag-tallahassee","9":"tag-tallahassee-headlines","10":"tag-tallahassee-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117876","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117876"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117876\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}