{"id":227936,"date":"2026-04-11T21:29:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T21:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/227936\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T21:29:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T21:29:11","slug":"florida-state-offers-ol-target-after-first-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/227936\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida State offers OL target after first visit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/florida-state-seminoles\/3409\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Florida State;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Florida State&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Florida State<\/a> is currently hosting a group of key targets for visits. One of them is taking his first trip to see the Seminoles, and it&#8217;s blue-chip 2028 offensive lineman Anthony Blalock.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-5, 320-pounder has gained a plethora of offers in April from Louisville, UCLA, Pittsburgh, and North Carolina. FSU has now <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/player\/anthony-blalock-46161753\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:added its name;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;added its name&quot;}\" class=\"link \">added its name<\/a> to the offer list of Blalock as of Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Other programs such as Ohio State, Penn State, and Indiana have also extended offers to Blalock. Earlier this week, he took a visit to see Notre Dame. This makes up some very tough competition for Florida State in regard to getting Blalock to commit.<\/p>\n<p>Rivals&#8217; industry rankings have Blalock listed as the nation&#8217;s No. 296 overall recruit and the No. 23 offensive tackle. In the state of Ohio, Blalock is the No. 10 prospect.<\/p>\n<p>The Seminoles need to lock in an official visit with Blalock now that they&#8217;ve offered him.<\/p>\n<p>Contact\/Follow us @FSUWire on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on Facebook to follow ongoing coverage of Florida State news, notes and opinions. You can also follow Matthew on X @StarConscience<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on FSU Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/fsuwire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/fsu\/recruiting\/2026\/04\/11\/fsu-football-offensive-lineman-anthony-blalock-scholarship-offer-rrecruiting\/89569832007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FSU Football: Florida State offers OL Anthony Blalock;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;FSU Football&quot;}\" class=\"link \">FSU Football: Florida State offers OL Anthony Blalock<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida State is currently hosting a group of key targets for visits. One of them is taking his&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217159,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,1320,56620,47107,10783,4977,22934],"class_list":{"0":"post-227936","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-florida-headlines","10":"tag-florida-news","11":"tag-florida-state","12":"tag-offensive-lineman","13":"tag-official-visit","14":"tag-ohio-state","15":"tag-penn-state","16":"tag-the-seminoles"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227936","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=227936"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227936\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}