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Soccer Dudley honored as ACC's offensive player of the week

FSU sports information:

Florida State sophomore forward Jordynn Dudley was named the ACC Offensive Player of the Week on Tuesday afternoon, her first ACC honor since being named the 2023 ACC Freshman of the Year.

Dudley opened the highly-anticipated matchup against #4 North Carolina with a poke-in goal off a free kick to put the Seminoles ahead before closing the game out with a half volley touch before unleashing her shot into the bottom left corner. Dudley recorded her first multi-goal game of her sophomore campaign and has scored a brace in two games against a top-5 opponent, both being against North Carolina.

Dudley has scored six goals and six assists for 18 total points in nine games. Despite missing six games while claiming a bronze medal for the United States at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup, she is tied for second in team points, goal, and assists.

The sophomore received several preseason accolades including named to the Preseason All-ACC Team, TopDrawerSoccer Preseason Best XI First Team, MAC Hermann Trophy Watch List, and was named the No. 2 player in all of women’s college soccer according to TopDrawerSoccer in the preseason.

The Seminoles will conclude the regular season with a Thursday evening match at Miami at 6 p.m. on ACC Network to qualify for the 2024 ACC Women’s Soccer Tournament.

Football Observations from FSU's Tuesday practice of North Carolina week

The Florida State football team was back at work on the practice field Tuesday morning.

The Seminoles held their first of two open practices to the media this week during the morning. Here are the Osceola staff observations from Tuesday's practice:

  • I thought the quarterback play was fine at Tuesday's practice. Not incredibly consistent, but some impressive moments. Brock Glenn broke off a long scramble during the first team period and had a great deep ball down the sideline to Darion Williamson in the final good-on-good team period. Luke Kromenhoek had an exceptional deep ball to BJ Gibson in 1-on-1s and a few nice throws in 7-on-7 as well. Gibson seems to be good for at least one really nice catch a day in practice. He won a few 1-on-1 reps with some clean route-running Tuesday.
  • Trever Jackson, who has largely been with the scout team this season, got a few opportunities running with the actual offense on Tuesday. He made a few plays given this opportunity, throwing a nice sideline pass to Elijah Moore, who made a great catch above his head, in 11-on-11 and then ending the practice with a great 50 (or so) yard downfield pass against the scout-team defense. It's always a bit up and down with Jackson which isn't a surprise considering he's a true freshman and a preferred walk-on. But the ups were quite nice Tuesday morning.
  • Sam Singleton Jr., one of the breakthrough players on FSU's offense this season, had a nice run in 11-on-11 right up the gut and another off the edge that was sprung by a great edge-setting block from redshirt freshman left tackle Lucas Simmons. Simmons got in at the very end of the Miami game. Could he get a bit more playing time down the stretch as an audition of sorts to be FSU's left tackle in 2025?
  • Defensive tackle Darrell Jackson Jr. built off his breakthrough two-sack performance vs. Miami with some nice plays at Tuesday's practice. Most notably, he did well to batted down a pass at the line during the middle 11-on-11 period.
  • In the secondary, redshirt freshman Ja'Bril Rawls made a few nice plays Tuesday. He had an interception during the middle 11-on-11 period and then had an exceptional pass breakup in 1-on-1s where he extended his hand at the perfect moment to deny a catch as a trailing DB on the play. Edwin Joseph also had a great pass breakup Tuesday in 7-on-7 pass skelly, diving across the middle of the field to deny Malik Benson a catch with some quick hands.
We'll be back Wednesday morning with a practice report from the final availability before Saturday's game vs. North Carolina.
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