{"id":138423,"date":"2026-01-31T02:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-31T02:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/138423\/"},"modified":"2026-01-31T02:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T02:27:10","slug":"five-star-dl-asher-ghioto-excited-to-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/138423\/","title":{"rendered":"Five-star DL Asher Ghioto &#8216;excited&#8217; to visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 30, 2026, 12:07 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Asher Ghioto is one of the top players in the 2028 recruiting cycle, and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/florida-state-seminoles\/3409\/\" data-autotag=\"06ee9050-e06d-4638-a179-a4d7f17000df\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Florida State Seminoles<\/a> are heavily recruiting the five-star defensive lineman. The good news for the Seminoles is that he is from Jacksonville, Florida, and has already taken multiple visits to Tallahassee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In fact, he will be taking another one this weekend to attend their final Junior Dar of the month. He announced his plans <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Asherghioto34\/status\/2016926525325464026?s=20\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">on social media<\/a>, saying he was &#8220;Excited to be at Florida State this weekend&#8221; and sharing a photo of him and head coach Mike Norvell.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ghioto&#8217;s last visit to FSU was in October, when he attended their game against the Miami Hurricanes, he was also on campus in September for their game against East Texas A&amp;M. He visited campus five times in total last year, showing the Seminoles are a true contender in his highly contested recruitment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">He is ranked as the No. 12 overall player and No. 2 defensive lineman in the 247Sports composite. He is also the No. 5 player from Florida, and numerous programs are prioritizing him, despite his inability to sign with the program of his choice for nearly two more years.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ghioto has had a sensational start to his high school career, being named a MaxPreps Freshman and Sophomore All-American. He finished his sophomore season with 84 tackles, 35.0 tackles for loss, 23.0 sacks, 22 quarterback hurries, one interception, two deflections, and a blocked kick.<\/p>\n<p><img class=\"gnt_em_cp_cw_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769826430_96_87125517007-renewalby-andersonlogo.png\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fsuwire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">@FSUWire<\/a>\u00a0on X\u00a0and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FSUWire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/florida-state-seminoles\/3409\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Florida State<\/a>\u00a0news, notes, and opinions.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 30, 2026, 12:07 p.m. ET Asher Ghioto is one of the top players in the 2028 recruiting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":138424,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[31,33391,33392,298,299,97,43,924,2859,96,9811,300,232,234,233,34],"class_list":{"0":"post-138423","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tallahassee","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-sstssportscollegefsurecruiting","10":"tag-sstsnrecruiting","11":"tag-tagamerican-football","12":"tag-tagcollege-sports","13":"tag-tagcolleges-universities","14":"tag-tagfacebook","15":"tag-tagflorida-state-seminoles-football","16":"tag-tagmike-norvell","17":"tag-tagoverall-positive","18":"tag-tagsmg-timely","19":"tag-tagsports-news","20":"tag-tallahassee","21":"tag-tallahassee-headlines","22":"tag-tallahassee-news","23":"tag-typestory"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138423","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=138423"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138423\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}