{"id":96539,"date":"2025-12-26T19:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T19:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/96539\/"},"modified":"2025-12-26T19:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T19:32:11","slug":"noles-news-can-fsu-build-around-its-talented-young-pieces-on-the-defensive-line","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/96539\/","title":{"rendered":"Noles News: Can FSU build around its talented young pieces on the defensive line?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Football:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Older players have not lived up to expectations on the defensive line so far but if FSU can retain the Desir twins and develop Kevin Wynn in the offseason; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomahawknation.com\/florida-state-football-fsu-seminoles-college-cfb-acc-norvell-team-roster-schedule-game\/124835\/offseason-evaluation-breakdown-defensive-line-stats-comparison-outlook-recruiting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:they\u2019ll have a nice core to build around for the future.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">they\u2019ll have a nice core to build around for the future.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It does not look the same for the linebacker group. The group disappointed in \u201825 and unless FSU\u2019s talented true freshman acclimate quickly; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomahawknation.com\/florida-state-football-fsu-seminoles-college-cfb-acc-norvell-team-roster-schedule-game\/124974\/linebackers-projected-depth-recruiting-outlook-evaluation-defensive-stats-pff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:the ceiling of this group looks very limited.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">the ceiling of this group looks very limited.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">With the portal opening next week; it\u2019s imperative that FSU makes it general manager hire fairly soon. Until FSU\u2019s high school recruiting improves; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomahawknation.com\/florida-state-football-fsu-seminoles-college-cfb-acc-norvell-team-roster-schedule-game\/125256\/conversation-starter-best-approach-strategy-transfer-portal-recruiting-high-school\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:prioritizing proven, multi-year players in the portal with incentive laced deals might be the best approach for FSU this offseason.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">prioritizing proven, multi-year players in the portal with incentive laced deals might be the best approach for FSU this offseason.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">FSU is expected to spend for a quarterback in the portal but Mike Norvell is excited about Kevin Sperry\u2019s football character:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">David Hale\u2019s top 25 College Football moments of the 21st century featured <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/47348737\/most-viral-college-football-moments-21st-century\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:a funny but surprising entry for FSU on the list but when you consider the ground rules;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">a funny but surprising entry for FSU on the list but when you consider the ground rules<\/a> for the list it actually makes sense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Let\u2019s lay out a few ground rules.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">To make the list, the college football moment cannot have happened during the course of game action (no Bush Push or Kick Six), but it can be something that happened on the field of play (like, say,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/college-football\/story\/_\/id\/46136647\/marco-wilson-florida-gators-shoe-throw-2020-five-years-later-oral-history\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:throwing someone\u2019s shoe;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">throwing someone\u2019s shoe<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The list can include some bad moments, but not something that involves an actual law being broken (so no crab legs).<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ohio State, Oregon, Alabama, Georgia, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/college-football\/news\/college-football-playoff-odds-picks-predictions-miami-ohio-state-oregon-texas-tech-bowl\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:who do you have winning the quarterfinals?;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">who do you have winning the quarterfinals?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Recruiting:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/florida-state\/article\/a-name-to-know-details-on-fsus-expected-pursuit-of-tight-ends-in-the-portal-267901080\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Noles247 is reporting that FSU and UCF TE Kylan Fox will have mutual interest;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Noles247 is reporting that FSU and UCF TE Kylan Fox will have mutual interest<\/a> in each other when the portal opens; with the reported exits of Randy Pittman and Landen Thomas to the portal tight end will likely see two new bodies from the portal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomahawknation.com\/florida-state-football-fsu-seminoles-college-cfb-acc-norvell-team-roster-schedule-game\/124157\/2026-transfer-portal-tracker-ongoing-discussion-thread-departures-arrivals-recruiting-names-players\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Quarterback, tight end, running back, and offensive line will be priorities;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Quarterback, tight end, running back, and offensive line will be priorities<\/a> for Florida State when the portal opens next Friday.<\/p>\n<p>All Sports:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">FSU Hoops opens conference play on the 30th against North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Happy Holidays Seminole faithful:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Football: Older players have not lived up to expectations on the defensive line so far but if FSU&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96540,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[8173,19883,3603,51175,1854,10783,14591,232,234,233,7219],"class_list":{"0":"post-96539","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tallahassee","8":"tag-alabama","9":"tag-defensive-line","10":"tag-fsu","11":"tag-kevin-wynn","12":"tag-north-carolina","13":"tag-ohio-state","14":"tag-oregon","15":"tag-tallahassee","16":"tag-tallahassee-headlines","17":"tag-tallahassee-news","18":"tag-ucf"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96539","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=96539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96540"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}