{"id":284849,"date":"2026-05-26T15:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284849\/"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T15:59:15","slug":"noles-news-mandrell-desir-is-one-of-the-most-important-sophomores-in-the-acc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/284849\/","title":{"rendered":"Noles News: Mandrell Desir is one of the most important sophomores in the ACC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>All Sports:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomahawknation.com\/florida-state-seminoles-baseball-team-roster-schedule-jarrett-tallahassee-noles\/132544\/ncaa-tournament-seed-tallahassee-regional-teams-schedule\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FSU will get to host at least one more weekend in Tallahassee as the 10th overall seed;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 will get to host at least one more weekend in Tallahassee as the 10th overall seed&quot;}\" class=\"link \">FSU will get to host at least one more weekend in Tallahassee as the 10th overall seed<\/a> in the Tallahassee Regional and it all gets started this Friday at 3pm:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It\u2019s a regional that looks competitive but FSU should advance to the Supers:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Link Jarrett expects to have John Abraham back for the weekend:<\/p>\n<p>Football:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Welcome to Florida State Malachi Marshall:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It was previously reported that Tampa Bay was the most likely destination for a neutral site game between Georgia &amp; Florida State but now it could Nashville or Orlando:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Brad Crawford has Mandell Desir as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/news\/college-football-sophomore-define-2026-playoff-race\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:11th-most important sophomore in the country:;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;11th-most important sophomore in the country&quot;}\" class=\"link \">11th-most important sophomore in the country:<\/a><\/p>\n<p>11. Mandrell Desir, EDGE, Florida State<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This is the more productive of the Desir twins up front for the Seminoles after he recorded 30 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks last season as a freshman before earning All-ACC Honorable Mention and ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year runner-up accolades. Desir\u2019s sack total was the third-most in program history for a first-year player, and he ended the campaign with at least 0.5 sacks in five consecutive games. Like his brother, Darryll,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/players\/29145961\/mandrell-desir\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Mandrell Desir;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;Mandrell Desir&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Mandrell Desir<\/a>\u00a0played in every game, starting twice. Florida State retaining the Desir family on its 2026 roster was imperative to its defensive rebuild.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">In their ACC preseason power rankings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/news\/acc-power-rankings-miami-virginia-tech-clemson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:they have the Seminoles 12th overall.;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;they have the Seminoles 12th overall.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">they have the Seminoles 12th overall.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mike Norvell is reclaiming play-calling responsibilities for a do-or-die 2026 season. With the Seminoles coming off consecutive down years and their fourth losing season out of six, Norvell needs to win big. There are some portal splashes, such as former\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/TEXAS\/texas-longhorns\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Texas;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;Texas&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Texas<\/a>\u00a0running back\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/players\/29151495\/tre-wisner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tre Wisner;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;Tre Wisner&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Tre Wisner<\/a>\u00a0and No. 5-ranked offensive tackle transfer\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/players\/28875941\/xavier-chaplin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Xavier Chaplin;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;Xavier Chaplin&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Xavier Chaplin<\/a>\u00a0from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/teams\/AUBURN\/auburn-tigers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Auburn;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;Auburn&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Auburn<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Anonymous coaches in the ACC say that FSU doesn\u2019t have the booster support <a href=\"https:\/\/athlonsports.com\/college-football\/acc-coaches-talk-anonymously-about-conference-foes-for-2026?taid=6a0db143b4da5300017b097e&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:that people think they do while another one thinks Mike Norvell is a good coach that got complacent.;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;that people think they do while another one thinks Mike Norvell is a good coach that got complacent.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">that people think they do while another one thinks Mike Norvell is a good coach that got complacent.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Recruiting:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">FSU RB Coach Kam Martin has been recruiting four-star RB Daylon Gordon out of Wylie, Texas since he was at Tulsa and it could pay dividends for the \u2018Noles. He\u2019s currently scheduled to officially visit Florida State on June 19th:<\/p>\n<p>Alumni:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Devin Vassell has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.expressnews.com\/sports\/spurs\/article\/why-spurs-devin-vassell-phenomenal-first-postse-22274705.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:been incredible in his first postseason.;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;been incredible in his first postseason.&quot;}\" class=\"link \">been incredible in his first postseason.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All Sports: FSU will get to host at least one more weekend in Tallahassee as the 10th overall&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":284850,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[120933,38345,28,1320,6757,96755,120932,42677,232,234,233],"class_list":["post-284849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-brett-nevitt","tag-devin-vassell","tag-florida","tag-florida-state","tag-kent-state-golden-flashes","tag-link-jarrett","tag-mandell-desir","tag-mandrell-desir","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284849","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=284849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/284849\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/284850"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=284849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=284849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=284849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}