Once he decommitted from the UCF Knights last month, Florida State increased its efforts to land Flaherty by sending quarterbacks coach Austin Tucker to visit him, and head coach Mike Norvell got him on the phone recently as well. Flaherty, who is from Port Charlotte, Florida, has strong ties to FSU through his family, and growing up watching them play made his pledge even more special.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t even think words can truly describe it,\u201d Flaherty told Warchant<\/a>. \u201cObviously, as a lot of people know, both my parents graduated from there. A lot of my friends from high school go there. Like I said, it\u2019s a dream come true. I can\u2019t even describe the feelings I have.<\/p>\n \u201cIt has been a very long an emotional process and now I\u2019m going to be able to say I\u2019m committed and I\u2019m ready to go, I get to attend the school I\u2019ve been watching since I was eight years old. It\u2019s unbelievable. I\u2019m super grateful for the opportunity I\u2019ve been given and I\u2019m ready to go up, ready to get to work.\u201d<\/p>\n Florida State focused its attention solely on Flaherty once four-star quarterback Wonderful Monds IV committed to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish<\/a>. However, so did another school, the Rutgers Scarlet Knights, who also hosted Flaherty at the end of April.<\/p>\n The 6-foot-3, 185-pounder was very impressed by what he saw when he visited Rutgers, which made it a real possibility that they could swoop in and steal Flaherty from the Sunshine State. Nonetheless, after consulting with those close to him and leaning on his faith, FSU was clearly where he wanted to be.<\/p>\n \u201cAt the end of last week I was leaning heavy Rutgers and they were doing a really good job,\u201d Flaherty explained. \u201cNot that Florida State wasn\u2019t doing a good job, I was leaning heavy Rutgers, that\u2019s where my heart was.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd, you know, Florida State kept pushing, kept calling, kept making it really hard like I was saying. I\u2019m a very religious man so I prayed on it, I talked to my friends, my family members, my coaches on what I should do. They all told me the same thing. They said, \u2018Logan you have to go where your heart is at.\u2019 And my heart was at Florida State.\u201d<\/p>\n Flaherty is the nation’s No. 603 player and the. 39 quarterback per Rivals’ industry rankings. He’s also the No. 60 prospect from the state of Florida.<\/p>\n He’s taken several unofficial visits, but Flaherty is preparing to take his first official visit to Tallahassee sometime in June.<\/p>\n The next step for the Seminoles is to find some weapons to go with Flaherty’s pledge. They’re currently in the top five<\/a> for four-star wide receiver Anthony Jennings out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Four-star wide receiver Sean Green is another huge target out of Kingsland, Georgia. Florida State has been projected to land him<\/a>.<\/p>\n 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. 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