Most players enter the transfer portal looking for playing time, a chance to win a title and be developed for the NFL. Jaylin Lucas fits all the criteria, although with the added incentive of playing college football with his brother, Florida State receiver Ja’Khi Douglas.

“They had a great season last season,” Lucas said. “I just felt like it was the best fit for me. I also wanted to play here with my brother. Just what coach (Mike) Norvell got going on here, coach YAC (David Johnson), it’s a great, tremendous running back room. Florida State is the place to be. I just love this place."

Lucas has a reason to love FSU, a school he visited for a camp in June 2021 before ultimately choosing Indiana. While listed at 5-foot-9 (and that may be generous) and 175 pounds, he racked up more than 2,000 yards in two years at Indiana — 1,163 kickoff return yards, 546 rushing yards, 329 receiving yards and 14 on punt returns. His three kickoff return touchdowns are tied for an Indiana career record, and Lucas was a first-team All-American returner as a freshman in 2022 as well as a third-team All-Big Ten pick as a sophomore.

FSU picks up 7-3 and 9-1 wins over FIU on Thursday

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Jan. 24

Harvard OL Jacob Rizy will transfer to FSU and arrive this summer

Jan. 18

Joshua Burrell has entered the transfer portal. Burrell is a grad transfer with two years to play

Jan. 15

Alabama LB Shawn Murphy commits to FSU

Jan. 11

Alabama OL Terrence Ferguson commits to FSU, one week after his visit to campus

Jan. 10

Oregon State transfer Sione Lolohea picks FSU

DJ Lundy had committed to Colorado but returns to FSU

Jan. 9

FSU has added to its defensive end room with the addition of West Virginia transfer Tomiwa Durojaiye, who had six tackles for loss and 3.5 sacks this past season as a redshirt freshman.

Jan. 8

FSU kicked off a new week Monday morning by announcing another transfer addition. Former UCF/Miami DB Davonte Brown will spend his final season of eligibility with the Seminoles.

FSU also added another wide receiver transfer Monday as former Alabama wideout Malik Benson announced he's joining the Seminoles. Benson, who has been clocked at a 10.4 100-meter dash, was the No. 1 JUCO prospect in the 2023 class.

For those who want a comprehensive look at what FSU has added and what still could be coming entering this week, here's a great story from Pat.

Jan. 7

Make that three transfer additions for FSU this offseason as Colorado State DL Grady Kelly just announced he's transferring to FSU at the end of his visit. He had 6.5 tackles for loss this past season and has appeared in 24 games over the last two seasons at CSU.

Shortly thereafter, Indiana RB/athlete Jaylin Lucas became FSU's fourth transfer addition of the weekend. Lucas, the brother of FSU WR Ja'Khi Douglas, was an effective running back, pass-catcher and an elite kick returner for the Hoosiers.

Jan. 6

LSU WR transfer Jalen Brown became FSU's third transfer addition of the offseason on Saturday. Brown didn't record any catches in three games this season with the Tigers, but he was the No. 80 overall prospect in the 2023 recruiting class.

FSU also added defensive back Earl Little Jr. He had two tackles last season for Alabama.

Tate Rodemaker has committed to Southern Miss, he announced on Saturday night

Jan. 4

FSU wide receiver Goldie Lawrence entered the transfer portal on Thursday, the final day for non-graduate transfers to enter the portal during the winter window. He announced on Jan. 9 a commitment to UCF.

Jan. 3

FSU defensive end Gilber Edmond has entered the portal one season after transferring from South Carolina to FSU. He's ended up back at South Carolina.

FSU

Marvin Jones Jr. has picked FSU, and the school announced his transfer on Thursday night

Oregon State QB DJ Uiagalelei visited FSU earlier in December, he committed to FSU on Jan. 1

Cam Ward has visited FSU and Miami but on Jan. 1 announced he will turn pro

GT defensive end Kyle Kennard visited FSU the weekend of Dec. 8 but committed to South Carolina Dec. 15.

Indiana transfer offensive tackle Carter Smith arrives Monday (update: Smith is staying at Indiana)

Sam Okunlola didn't speak with the media after his departure from FSU in early December (he picked Colorado in December)

Transfer decisions of note

AJ Duffy was the first FSU player to enter the transfer portal (lands at San Diego State)

Winston Wright is also in the portal as he left the team midseason (lands at East Carolina)

Daughtry Richardson has picked Florida Atlantic, he announced on Sunday / Dec. 17

Bless Harris has picked TCU, he announced on Twitter on Saturday / Dec. 16

Markeston Douglas has picked Arizona State

Former FSU QB AJ Duffy has committed to San Diego State

Former FSU RB Rodney Hill announced he is transferring to FAMU, but he then changed his mind after head coach Willie Simmons left to take the Duke RBs coach position on Jan. 1. Hill has transferred to Miami.

CJ Campbell picked Florida Atlantic

Backup defensive end Gilber Edmond announced Jan. 3 he's entering the portal after one season with the Seminoles.

Malcolm Ray has landed at Rutgers

Preston Daniel has landed at Buffalo

Portal needs for FSU entering December

Examining the state of FSU's offense in December
Examining the state of FSU's defense in December

The Florida State women’s basketball team faces Boston College (11-16, 3-11) on Thursday at 6 p.m. at the Donald L. Tucker Center (ACC Network Extra).

FSU (19-8, 10-5) looks to clinch its 10th 20-win season in their last 11 seasons, which excludes the 2020-21 COVID year when they played just 19 games.

Junior forward Makayla Timpson has six straight double-doubles. She is on pace to break the single-season record for double-doubles, blocked shots and rebounds. A seventh double-double in a row would tie the school record (Cherry Rivers in 1978-79). Natasha Howard has the school record for a single season with 15 double-doubles.

Timpson and Sara Bejedi hit the 1,000-point mark in their FSU careers in the win at Wake Forest last Thursday and will be honored before the game.

FSU has won five of its last six games, with the only defeat to then-No. 12 Notre Dame. The Seminoles have a week off before finishing out the regular season at Louisville on Feb. 29 and against Clemson on March 3.

One week into the season, the FSU baseball team leads the country in both strikeouts per nine and stolen bases per game. There will be a temporary change in the weekend rotation this week but the Seminoles will look to keep rolling vs. Western Carolina.

More right here:

A good read from Yahoo's Ross Dellenger with thoughts from coaches at Southern Miss, Liberty and other schools:

EA Sports delivered quite the buzz on Thursday with a 90-second trailer announcing that its College Football 25 video game would return after an absence of more than a decade.

Florida State’s uniform was briefly promoted in the video, and school officials have been working with EA Sports since 2021 by sending more than 1,000 photos of Doak Campbell Stadium to be used by the game’s developers.

College Football 25 will have the look and feel of a game inside Doak, featuring players on the 2024 roster, a variety of uniform and helmet combinations, music from the Marching Chiefs as well as Osceola riding Renegade.

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Senior Gray Albright recorded his second career tournament win with a victory at the Watersound Invitational on Wednesday afternoon at Shark’s Tooth Golf Club in Watersound, Fla. The lefty from Ocala shot a 10-under (68-70-68) to earn the win by one stroke against a strong field.

The Seminoles had a good final round, shooting 11-under for the day and tying for second in the tournament with Georgia Tech at 20-under. Vanderbilt took home the Watersound Invitational team title at 29-under.

For Albright, it was another crowning achievement after holding off two of collegiate golf’s best in Gordon Sargent (-9) of Vanderbilt and Christo Lamprecht (-9) of Georgia Tech. It marks his first victory since winning the 2023 Seminole Intercollegiate at the Seminole Legacy Golf Club.

It came down to Albright’s steady play on the back nine, where he recorded a birdie on the par-5 13th hole while adding eight pars. He only made one mistake in his final round with a bogey on the par-3 fifth hole. After he recorded a par on the 18th hole, he was the clubhouse leader at 10-under and had to wait out a late surge from Sargent before earning the win.

Albright took advantage of the par 3 and par 4 holes all week, tying for third among the field with a 1-under score on par 3s and finishing second in par 4 scoring at 6-under. Only three of his 54 holes played at Shark’s Tooth Golf Club were over par.

Redshirt senior Cole Anderson had another good day, shoot 69 and tying for fifth overall at 7-under (71-69-69). Sophomore Luke Clanton came on late as well and earned another Top 10 finish, tying for seventh at 6-under (74-68-68).

Michael Mays and Jack Bigham each finished at 3-under and tied for 18th overall. Tyler Weaver tied for 22nd at 1-under (72-72-71).

The Seminoles prepare for the Cabo Collegiate held on March 3-5 at Twin Dolphin Golf Club in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Last month, three-star quarterback Trevor Jackson elected to walk on at FSU over a few scholarship offers elsewhere. He sees the opportunity to learn from Mike Norvell and honor his late grandmother's desire to see him play at FSU as a blessing.

Florida State’s ERAs look more like interest rates. This is also the cost of business when inexperienced pitchers face top-25 teams.

While Allison Royalty (0.54) and Mimi Gooden (1.56) have relatively lower ERAs in their first few weekends of the 2024 season, Emma Wilson’s ballooned to 5.09, Makenna Reid's to 7.88, Ashtyn Danley's to 10.14 and Madi Balk's to 21.00. A pitching staff that’s light on experience learned some difficult but not unexpected lessons after going 1-2 in the Clearwater Invitational with a win over No. 9 Stanford and losses to No. 20 UCLA and No. 4 Georgia.

“I expected us to get exposed a little bit,” FSU coach Lonni Alameda said. “And I also wanted to put ourselves in a lot of different positions. There’s times I could have gone to Allison or an experienced pitcher, but I decided to get Mimi in there, I decided to get other people in there, to try and extend Makenna, try to do some things that I need to see what we’re capable of against really good hitting teams so that I know what we need to work on.

“I kept saying, ‘Stay with me and let’s work through this so that I can learn and we can learn so we could be better.' ”

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Senior Gray Albright put together another good round on Tuesday afternoon, carding a 2-under 70 to sit at 6-under overall (68-70) while being tied for second place through two rounds at the Watersound Invitational held at Shark’s Tooth Golf Club.

Albright is two shots off leader Christo Lamprecht of Georgia Tech (-8). He is in a three-way tie for second with Vanderbilt’s Jackson Van Paris and Gordon Sargent.

The Seminoles were one of the biggest movers of the day, moving up four spots on the leaderboard into fourth place at 9-under (288-279). FSU shot nine strokes better than its opening round on Monday, anchored by Albright’s four birdies on the day.

Sophomore Luke Clanton recorded FSU’s low round of the day with a 4-under 68. He is tied for 21st at 2-under for the tournament. Clanton and fellow sophomore Jack Bigham each recorded eagles on Tuesday.

Redshirt senior Cole Anderson is tied for ninth at 4-under (71-69), posting a strong back nine that included shooting a 32 with four birdies.

Bigham (71-70) is tied for 16th at 3-under. Tyler Weaver and Michael Mays have each shot even par so far and are tied for 28th.

FSU is 11 shots behind tournament leader Vanderbilt (-20).

Albright, who is playing unattached, tees off hole No. 8 on Wednesday at 9:40 a.m. ET/8:40 a.m. CT. Frederik Kjettrup begins FSU’s tee times at 8:40 a.m. ET/7:40 a.m. CT.

When Ham decides to hang it up. Wouldn't Luke be a good choice as a HC.

Rivals.com national recruiting director Adam Gorney is taking a look at the recruitments of the top 10 players by position in 2025. Next up are the wide receivers and tight ends.

I'm sure some of you have some experience or insight on this. IIRC, someone from our Athletics department mentioned something about this. Are FSU football tickets (particularly season tickets) notably less than for UGA, Michigan, Bama, Ohio State, etc.?

Florida State needed a big night from Jamir Watkins, especially with Darin Green Jr. and Primo Spears watching from the bench.

The Seminoles also got a big lift from Chandler Jackson, who poured in a career-high 19 points as FSU defeated Boston College 84-76 on Tuesday night. Jackson, a sophomore, shot 7 of 10 from the floor as he made his first start of the season.

Watkins scored 22 points and pulled down 11 rebounds, the 12th straight game he has scored in double figures and his third double-double of the season. The junior shot 7 of 10 from the floor and matched a season best in rebounds as he logged 33 minutes.

Florida State (13-12, 7-7) looks to snap a three-game slide when it hosts Boston College (15-10, 6-8) on Tuesday at 7 p.m. on the ACC Network. Ariya Massoudi will be on the call with Dan Bonner.

FSU jumped out to a hot start but then BC rallied and made the Seminoles fight for a 63-62 win on Feb. 6. That was the Seminoles last win, with Virginia, Virginia Tech and Duke claiming wins over the last two weeks. Of note, FSU has allowed 10 or more 3s in each of those losses.

As always, watch out for BC’s Quinten Post. He averages 16.4 points and 7.7 rebounds, but he had 21 points and 12 rebounds in the loss to FSU a few weeks ago.

Jamir Watkins has scored in double figures in 11 straight games. He is averaging 16.9 points during this run and 14.5 on the season to go with 1.8 steals this year. Watkins is also shooting 61.5 percent from the field in his last four games. He is 115 points away from the 1,000-point mark.

Chandler Jackson has scored 9.3 points in his last three games, which includes 17 vs. Virginia.

FSU is 84th in KenPom's metrics, while BC is 88th. The Seminoles are projected to go 4-2 in their final six regular-season games.

FSU will play its ninth annual Fight for Literacy Game. Champions for Literacy is working to raise funds to support literacy in the Tallahassee community.

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Sophomore Mirabel Ting shot a 2-under par score of 214 to help lead the Seminole women’s golf team to an eighth-place finish at the Seventh Annual 2024 Moon Invitational at the Suntree Golf Club. The Seminoles saw daily improvements during the tournament, after being in a tie for 14th place after day one.

Florida State placed two players – All-American Ting (seventh) and sophomore All-American Lottie Woad (tied for eighth) – in the top 10 of the individual standing, both achieving an under-par scores. The Seminoles were short by three strokes to ACC rival Louisville (seventh), but placed ahead of Clemson (ninth), Wake Forest (12th place), Duke (tied for 13th), and Virginia Tech (17th).

Florida State counted scores of 71 by Ting, 71 by Woad, 71 by Alice Hodge, and 73 by Kaylah Williams on the final day of competition.

The 17 teams played an adjusted format of 54 holes over three days of play. The first round of holes were played on Saturday, due to weather concerns, followed by an off day on Sunday, 18 were played on Monday and the vent finished on Tuesday with 18 final holes.

Ting, who began the final day of the event in a tie for seventh place in the individual standings, carded a 1-under par score of 71 in the final round and finished with a 2-under par total of 214 to secure her seventh-place finish. Ting has now earned two top-seven finishes at the Moon – the individual championship in 2023 and a seventh place finish in 2024.

Woad helped secure Florida State’s position with a tied for eighth finish and a three-round score of 1-over par of 215. She finished the event tied with Latanna Stone of LSU, Celina Sattelkau of Vanderbilt, and Kennedy Carroll of Augusta. The quartet was one stroke shy of Florida State’s own Mirabel Ting. All three golfers earned at or below par scores in each of the three rounds.

Hodge carded an impressive 1-under par score of 71 in the third and final round. After having a rough first round, in which she carded a 77, she saw improvement during each round and jumped 23 spots over the course of the final two rounds to earn her final spot.

Senior Charlotte Heath finish tied for 62nd place. She carded scores of 76-76-74 and recorded five birdies in the final round.

Junior Kaylah Williams also saw consistent improvements over the course of the three rounds. After carding an 81 during round one to put herself in 90th place, she calmed herself and carded 75 and 73 in the final two rounds for a tie for 75th place finish.

Florida State’s next event of the spring season comes at the Valspar Augusta Invitational at the Forest Hills Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. The two-day tournament will take place March 9-10, 2024.

A clutch hit from Jaime Ferrer and some clutch relief pitching from Carson Dorsey helped FSU win its first midweek game of the season at Jacksonville tonight.

FSU 84 BC 76 The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly


The Good

With the win, Florida State ends a three game losing streak improving to 14-12 overall, 8-7 ACC. It was the first ACC home win since beating WF on January 10th. For three quarters of the game, it was a back and forth contest with 8 ties and 19 lead changes by my count. Neither team built more than a five point lead to that point in the game often with each team leading by just one. But with 10:08 to play and trailing 61-60, the Seminoles went on a 10-0 run and took control of the game. The result was a season sweep of the Eagles and a much needed victory for the 'Noles who are just a half game out of 4th place in the conference.

This certainly was nothing like the 63-62 contest between the two teams two weeks ago as each team made their first five baskets.

Jamir Watkins with his 5th career double double. His 22 points was the high scorer of the game that included 3 of 4 from three point land. The 11 rebounds was also a game high.

Chandler Jackson celebrated his birthday With a career high 19 points on 7 of 10 shooting, the same was Watkins.

Cameron Corhen got his second start of the season and contributed 13 points. Jalen Warley also with 13 on 4 of 6 shooting. He dished out 5 assists as well.

FSU back to creating offense from its defense. Normally a team that takes pretty good care of the ball (10.4 turnovers per game), Boston College had 16 miscues that turned into 21 points for the 'Noles.

Coming into the contest, part of the game plan was to chase BC off the three point line. It sure did not look like it in the first half with Boston College dropping three pointers "from the parking lot" as Leonard Hamilton said post game. The Eagles connected on 6 of 11 from the arc over the first 20 minutes. The second half was much different as BC was just 3 of 11 in the final period. Of note was the defense on Mason Madsen who had 3 FGs from the arc in the first half. The defense adjusted and he had just one the rest of the game.

FSU at the FT line. The Seminoles did a much better job in this game at getting to the line. 21 of 29 compared to 11-16 by BC.

Plays of the game: Jackson's drive to the basket from the left of the lane and flipping the ball in with a defender on his back giving him a new career high and FSU's largest lead, 82-70. The lucky "shot" by Corhen that occurred when the defender knocked the ball away as Corhen was falling away but somehow the ball found the basket. Taylor Bol Bowen with the three from the right corner where the BC defense "forgot" about him. When you are 3 of 24 from the arc it should no be any wonder they "forgot" about you. Warley with the alley oop to Bol Bowen and the slam dunk, 39-34. It was FSU's largest lead to that point. Corhen beats the BC 2-3 zone with jumper at the FT line, 50-47. Good job getting the ball to him. That ended the zone defense very quickly. Warley with the steal going coast to coast for the lay up plus the foul, 68-61. Corhen with the offensive board, passes to Warley under the basket who then dribbles into the lane drawing two defenders leaving Corhen all alone to receive the pass and the slam dunk. It finished off a 10-0 run giving FSU a 70-61 lead.


The Bad

OK, FSU's offense did pretty well tonight shooting 55% including 7-18 (38%) from the arc. Unfortunately BC shot 52% and 41% from the arc. Not exactly a junkyard dog kind of defense.

Despite Watkins' rebounding, the Seminoles still lost the battle of the boards, 29-27.

Darin Green Jr out for the game with a shoulder injury. Let's hope that does not last long.

No Primo Spears either. Who knows what that was about.

Attendance listed as 6,009. If you say so. Must have been a few thousand dressed as seats.

Should be interesting if we ever find out what that FSU fan said to one of the refs that got him ejected. You don't see that happen every day.


The Ugly

Baba Miller fouling Quintin Post 45 feet from the basket. Sometimes it is necessary to take the foul. This was not one of those times.

Miller dribbling the ball off his leg and OB.

Miller with a three point shot from the right wing that would have been good .... had the basket been three feet more to the left.

This is happening much too often. Meaning passes to the invisible teammate that sail OB as was the case with Watkins' pass to goodness knows who. Somewhere (not to be confused with the song from West Side Story) someone isn't communicating with someone else.

One of those adjustments mentioned at halftime I am guessing involved no one getting back to cover Madsen and one of his three pointers, 41-40 BC.

Not to mention the defensive breakdown that saw BC's sixth three to tie the game right before intermission at 43 all.


Up Next

Date: Saturday, Feb 24. Time: 7:45 PM. Where: Clemson. Broadcast info: The CW. The Tigers, 17-8, 7-7, are still in the hunt for an NCAA invite despite losing to NC State, 78-77, on a last second basket.

After starting off the season with a mini-sweep of Butler over the weekend at Dick Howser Stadium, the Florida State baseball team (2-0) is hitting the road for its first road game and first midweek game of the season Tuesday night.

The Seminoles hit the road to take on Jacksonville (2-0) at JU's John Sessions Field Tuesday at 6 p.m. The game will be broadcast on ESPN+ with a radio broadcast on 100.7 FM locally and on Seminoles.com. FSU leads the all-time series against Jacksonville 132-42 and won two of the three games these teams played last season, including an 11-2 road win.

FSU will turn to Sunday starter Conner Whittaker (5-6, 4.33 ERA in 2023) to start Tuesday's game after the final game of FSU's weekend series vs. Butler was canceled due to severe weather. It's expected that Whittaker will only throw a few innings so that he's available to start the Sunday game this upcoming weekend vs. Western Carolina. Jacksonville is countering with junior Richard Long (5-4, 5.71 ERA last season) on the mound.



I'll be sharing updates once the game gets underway.

Reflections on FSU's opening weekend sweep

Out of Port Charlotte, Fla.: