Spring football in Florida had their first day of practice yesterday. Each team in the state of Florida will practice for the next 2-3 weeks and end their spring with either a game or inter squad scrimmage. Two of the teams we visited yesterday were West Broward and Somerset Academy. Both teams have players who have been offered by FSU. Joshua Moore and wide receiver from Pembroke Pines, Florida and KJ Baker from Somerset Academy. West Broward once known as a doormat to the rest of Broward County has now become one of the better teams under the guidance of Coach Brian McCartney. He has turned around a program that was not known for winning ball games. The roster for West Broward has been infused with talent. Moore has offers from not only FSU but many other major D1 programs. Baker is also seeing his offer sheet grow. We will break down these two players and other prospects we feel will draw attention from college coaches who visit this spring.

Joshua Moore #3

WR-Joshua Moore- West Broward HS- 6'3-200 (2025): Moore has all the tools you want in a receiver. He has both size and speed. He does a good job of getting separation from defensive backs. He uses his size to his advantage. Moore also has pretty good hands. Last season he recorded over 50 catches for over 800 yards. He also had 9 touchdowns. In 2022 as a sophomore he had over 50 catches for over a 1,000 yards and double digits in touchdowns. We expect him to have a career year for the West Broward football team. (We feel the Seminoles are the team to beat for Moore.)

OT-Alejandro Scmitt-West Broward HS-6'6-270 (2026): Schmitt last year was around 250-260 pounds. This spring he is pushing 290 pounds. On film he displays good feet. He can move well laterally. You can see him struggle at times with physical defensive lineman. That seemed to be remedied this off-season and Scmitt spent a ton of time in the weight room and looks different. We watched him yesterday and Alejandro looked really good. He reminds us of Jonathan Feliciano who played for Western HS, went to University of Miami and now is on the 49ers in the NFL. Scmitt recently got offered by UF. We expect FSU to take a look at him as there are not many tackle prospect in the state of Florida that possess his skill set. (Reported Offers: Pitt, FAU, UF)

DB-Kelvin Reyes-West Broward-6'1-180 (2025): Reyes is another player who stood out yesterday. While they were not in full pads, you can see some of the physical attributes with Reyes. He is a good athlete. You can see he has some range by how much ground he covers and does it quickly. Reyes is an under the radar prospect who holds some D1 offers. We could see him draw attention this spring. (East Carolina, UMASS, Michigan State, Ohio)

Somerset Academy

Kaj Baker #1

Ath: Kaj "Nitro" Baker: 5'7-160 (2026): Baker is a legit speedster. He has run 10.35 in the 100(m). That is flying. He has run in the low 4.4 range at football camps. Baker is not tall (5'7) but size is not a problem. He is built very well. Baker this spring is working at not only running back but receiver. He has cat like quickness. You will see him put his foot in the ground and lose a defensive back. Baker has that ELITE Trait. I always look for the one trait that stands out and Baker is FAST. (FSU and Miami have offered Baker as well as University of Pittsburgh)

Ath: Amare Nugent: 6'1-175 (2027) When you step on the field over at Somerset Academy Nugent was one of the first players that stood out. Nugent plays on both sides of the football. He has the length you want in an athlete. Nugent is a prospect that we feel will be invited to FSU summer camp to work out. (Holds an offer from FAMU). We feel this will be the first of many offers for Nugent.

Other Prospects
Ath. Zaheed Pierre - West Broward-6'0-175 (UMASS, Bowling Green Offers)

Four-star LB Tavion Wallace visited FSU in January and April announced the Seminoles are among his top 5 schools:

I'm still reading through the filing (which is linked here) but a short story and some context as FSU's legal team brought this up in court on Monday:

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The No. 9 Florida State men’s tennis team has been selected to their 25th NCAA Division I Men’s Tennis Championship in program history and will host the first and second round for the first time since 2018.

The 10-seeded Seminoles will host Florida, UCF, and North Florida in Tallahassee beginning on Friday. Florida and UCF will play at 1 p.m. before Florida State will face North Florida at 4 p.m. Winners of the Friday matches meet on Saturday at 4 p.m. to advance to the third round.

This marks the fifth time in program history that FSU will host a regional. Coach Dwayne Hultquist has led the Seminoles to their 20th appearance in the tournament in the last 21 years. Last season, FSU swept Baylor in the first round to record a fifth-straight second round appearance when qualifying for the championship.

The Seminoles claimed their first ACC Championship this season with four victories in four days, defeating No. 65 Virginia Tech, No. 11 NC State, No. 7 Wake Forest, and No. 2 Virginia to become the lowest seed to win the championship. FSU finished the regular season 21-7 with 15 victories away from home and 10 wins against ranked opponents.

Tickets and match day information will be available on Seminoles.com. The NCAA Singles/Doubles Championship bracket will be released Tuesday.

FSU men's basketball veteran Cam'Ron Fletcher is joining a growing list of Seminoles who will finish their career elsewhere.

From the LA Rams' site:

While it took a few weeks to develop, once the chemistry between Braden Fiske and Jared Verse got going, it became a disruptive force for the Seminoles' defensive front.

Asked what jumped off the tape of the two of them working in combination, Snead pointed to the game between Florida State and Louisville last fall.

"If you're ever bored, go start-to-finish Florida State at Louisville ACC Championship game," Rams GM Les Snead said. "... Watch those two players in that game."

Combined, Fiske (3) and Verse (2) accounted for five of the Seminoles' seven sacks in a 16-6 victory over the Cardinals.

Snead said it was "always a thought" to try to reunite the Florida State duo by going up and getting Fiske, going all the way back to during draft meetings during the week of the combine.

The Rams ultimately did by trading up from No. 52 overall and acquiring the No. 39 overall pick from the Panthers. However, hey didn't know if it would be Verse, but got lucky when Verse fell to them at No. 19 overall on Day 1. Then they spent Thursday night and all day Friday attempting to move up.

FSU is now No. 5 in the Baseball America poll, we'll add others as they are released:

I come to EBS from time to time looking for entertainment, news, old tales, etc…

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The No. 20 Florida State women’s tennis team has been selected to the NCAA Tournament for the 25th time in school history, it was announced Monday.

Florida State will be traveling to Athens, Georgia, to face UNC Asheville. Alabama State and host Georgia are the two other teams in the Athens Regional.

The Seminoles have received a bid to seven straight NCAA Tournaments, and 16 under head coach Jenifer Hyde. Hyde has led FSU to 17 of the program's 19 victories in the NCAA Tournament.

Florida States 16 wins this season include nine ranked wins and four victories over top-25 opponents.

The initial take on Johnny was he is a tall guy who can go fight for jump balls. As FSU fans, we saw his athleticism. I often wondered how he could get so open at times. Then he performed at the combine, and showed off just how he could move his giant frame. He is much more than just a tall guy to just throw it up to. I feel his game will translate very well into the nfl. He will be very hard to jam, he will be able to go up and over shorter receivers, if he lines up at TE he will be faster than a lot of linebackers. . . There just seems to be so many options to use him at that level. I think some of the teams (hello fins) that passed on him for other wr’s will be kicking themselves in the coming years.

Peter Varjasi took home two medals from the German National Swimming Championships in Berlin, that ran from April 25-28.

Varjasi turned in his personal best in the 100-meter free in prelims at 48.45, claiming the top seed. He was just off the mark in finals, touching for silver at 48.57. Both swims were under the Olympic consideration time (48.58).

On Thursday, Varjasi swam the 100 fly, contributing his best at 52.21 for third place, just ahead of Tobias Schulrath in fifth (52.92) after swimming 52.45 in prelims. Schulrath also touched 17th in the 100 free (50.48).

Germany is expected to announce its rosters for the Olympics and European Championships this week.

Last Chance Olympic Trials Qualifier

Kayleigh Clark and Isabel Gregersen competed at the Last Chance Olympic Trials qualifier in Indianapolis on April 25 in the women’s 10-meter platform. Clark finished third with a score of 274.10, which is her career best. Gregersen placed ninth (222.20).

Polish National Swimming Championships

Former Seminole Jakub Ksiazek and women’s team signee Ameila Marek competed at the Polish National Swimming Championships.

Marek swam a time of 1:01.06 in prelims of the 100 fly and went on to place fifth at 1:01.22. She also placed ninth in the 50 fly (27.51) and fifth in the 50 breast (32.29).

Ksiazek placed ninth in the 50 free (22.69).

This week Gloria Muzito is scheduled to compete at the African Senior Championships (April 30-May 5) and Utku Kurtdere will race in the Turkish National Championships (May 2-4).

FSU is up five spots:

2026 QB Romin Seymour is set to visit FSU and Florida this summer:

I would love for someone in the know to give a glimpse of what is happening in the football program during this non-public period. What is a late-April day like? Meetings, conditioning, coaching decisions, etc. In as much detail as you are willing to go. Might even be a nice feature story. Thanks.

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The No. 16 Florida State softball team (39-10, 17-3) continued its stellar play with its third consecutive run-rule victory as they rolled to an 11-3 win in six innings to clinch the series against North Carolina (30-18, 10-13). FSU has won 13 consecutive games and are 21-1 in its last 22 games, 12 of those wins coming via run rule.

Saturday's games started very similarly to Friday's game as the Tar Heels struck first with two runs in the top of the first. FSU struck right back in the bottom of the first as Kaley Mudge led off with a double, and Jaysoni Beachum recorded her 59th RBI of the season which broke FSU's RBI record for a true freshman to cut the lead to one.

In the bottom of the second inning, Michaela Edenfield and Katie Dack each drew a walk to set the stage for Mudge who delivered with a RBI single to tie the game.

FSU continued to roll in the bottom of the third as Jahni Kerr hit a two-run home run with two outs to put two more on the board for the Seminoles. It was Kerr's eighth home run of the season and her second home run of the series.

The Tar Heels got one back in the top of the fourth and had runners on the corners with two outs, but Emma Wilson got the groundout to end the inning and to keep the lead with the Noles.

FSU blew the game open in the bottom of the fourth as Mudge drew a leadoff walk, and Beachum was hit by a pitch to put runners on first and second for Kalei Harding. Harding delivered with a rocket off the wall to score both Beachum and Mudge. Harding advanced to third on the throw home and scored on a sac fly from Isa Torres. After Flaherty walked, Edenfield hit a two-run home run in just her second game back from injury to blow the game open as the Noles led 9-3 after the fourth inning.

The Tar Heels weren't going to go down without a fight as they loaded the bases with one out in the top of the fifth. The runner at third tried to sprint home on a wild pitch, but catcher Madi Frey collected the ball and dove for the plate to tag the runner. Wilson got a flyout to end the inning unharmed.

FSU ended the games with two runs in the bottom of the sixth as Flaherty led off the inning with a bunt single. Kennedy Harp walked, and Kerr continued her hot weekend with a double off the left field wall to score bothFlaherty and Harp.

The Seminole offense has been on a tear lately as they have scored in 10 out their last 13 innings dating back to the fifth inning against Florida. In those 13 innings, FSU has scored 36 runs on 24 hits.

Wilson was credited with the victory as she went 3.1 innings and allowed just one run on five hits while striking out two. Mimi Gooden got the start in the circle and went 2.1 innings. Allison Royalty got the final out for theNoles in the top of the sixth.

FSU will wrap up the series Sunday at noon on ACC Network Extra. FSU will honor six seniors Sunday in a pregame ceremony at 11:45 a.m.

Keon Coleman #12 overall (#4 WR)
Jared Verse #15 overall (#1 DE) Going to make some serious money
Trey Bensen #2 RB
Jaheim Bell #3 FB
Braden Fiske #5 DT!
Jordan Travis #9 QB
No other FSU players in the top 10 of their position.

Obviously, none of these FSU players played against Georgia.

Teams with large numbers of players ranked in the top 10 of their position:
OSU - 10
Georgia - 8 (all played against FSU except Bowers, the TE, who was injured)
Alabama - 8
Michigan - 7
Texas - 7
Penn State - 6
FSU - 5

Washington - only 4
Oregon - only 4
Texas A&M - only 2

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The No. 16 Florida State softball team (40-10, 18-3) accomplished its series sweep against the UNC Tar Heels (30-19, 10-14) in a 2-1 victory. With this win, FSU has now won 14 consecutive games and are 22-1 in its last 22 games.

Prior to the start of the game, FSU honored six seniors — Allison Royalty, Kaley Mudge, Kalei Harding, Devyn Flaherty, Autumn Belviy and Emma Wilson — in a pregame ceremony, as a thanks for their contributions to the success of the program.

After a quiet first two innings, which saw both teams make it on base but neither being able to secure a run, the Seminoles were the first to put a run on the board. Amaya Ross got things going with a single and stole second to put herself in scoring position. Ross would then reach third, after Kaley Mudge flied out left field, and would score an unearned run due to an error by the left fielder.

Later in the fourth inning, Kalei Harding reached first on a single to shortstop. Harding would advance to second and third, due to Isa Torres and Devyn Flaherty groundouts. Harding would score from third as a throw back to the pitcher went wild and scurried home and got the obstruction call to give the Noles a 2-0 lead.

The Tar Heels would be close to scoring a run in the top of the fifth inning, with runners on second and third, but with two outs, Ashtyn Danley forced a groundout to the get out of the inning.

Later in the top of the sixth, the Tar Heels had bases loaded and on the verge of scoring but would be stopped thanks to Flaherty throwing the groundout to end the inning and maintain the Noles lead.

However, despite the two stops, UNC would not relent, scoring a run in the top of the seventh, but would not be able to tie the game, after Kaley Mudge ended the game by recording a flyout to end the contest.

The Seminoles saw solid performances from the circle during the matchup. Senior Allison Royalty made her ninth start of the season for the Seminoles. Royalty would go on to pitch for the first 3.0 innings, not allowing a single run on 14 batters faced.

Danley would take over for Royalty in the fourth inning. Danley would stay in the circle for the next 3.2 innings, allowing only three hits and zero runs on 17 batters faced.

Emma Wilson took over for Danley for the final 0.1 innings, completing the Seminole victory. UNC got its share of hits with 10, but the FSU pitchers stood strong and stranded 12 Tar Heel runners on base.

Florida State's next matchup will see them face off against No. 12 Florida for a midweek matchup for a home game at JoAnne Graf Field on Wednesday at 7 p.m.

Four-star OT Ziyare Addison and four-star DB Gregory Zae Thomas have both locked in official visits with Florida State for the weekend of June 21st-23rd.

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June 21st is going to be a big recruiting weekend for Florida State as multiple other top targets will be visiting that weekend.

Four-star DE Jalen Wiggins, three-star DT Kevin Wynn, FSU commit Javion Hilson, and FSU commit Ethan Pritchard are others that we know will also be taking their visits that weekend.

The FSU baseball team dropped the series finale at No. 6 Duke 16-4 today behind a 10-run second inning for the Blue Devils.

But FSU still won the series, went 3-1 this week and should see a jump back up in tomorrow's rankings.

The Florida State baseball team has already secured a humongous road series victory over Duke. Now the Seminoles go for what would be an even bigger sweep Sunday afternoon.

The 10th-ranked Seminoles (34-8, 13-7 in ACC) will look to complete a 4-0 week with a third win over the No. 6 Blue Devils (29-14, 13-10) Sunday at 1 p.m. on ACC Network Extra.

With a 4-2 win Friday and a 7-6 win Saturday, FSU is up to No. 4 in the RPI, the highest-ranked team from outside the SEC.

FSU is giving freshman lefty Brady Louck (0-0. 5.83 ERA) another crack at a weekend start in the series finale at Duke. It will be his fourth start of the season and he enters with an impressive 25 strikeouts over 17 innings this season but has also walked nine batters and allowed 18 hits (eight extra-base hits).

Duke is starting junior right-handed pitcher Ryan Higgins (0-1, 4.94 ERA). It'll be his third start of the season and he's likely an opener of sorts, having thrown no more than four innings in any of his previous 14 appearances this season. He's got 33 strikeouts over 31 innings of work this season but has also allowed 26 hits and issued 15 walks.

Drew Faurot back in the lineup for the series finale but that's the only FSU change:



And here's the Duke starting lineup:


I'll have updates here once the game gets underway at 1 p.m.

Jordan Travis was consistent in his rehab from a major leg injury, returning to throw the football in the weeks leading up to the NFL Draft. The New York Jets are convinced in who Travis is as a person and his comeback as a quarterback.

The Jets sent scouts to West Palm Beach to meet with Travis and used one of their "30 visits" at the team’s headquarters with the Florida State star. NFL teams are allowed to meet with up to 30 draft-eligible prospects, not counting those at nearby colleges, and Travis had those visits with the Jets and Las Vegas Raiders.

“Jordan is a dynamic player,” Jets GM Joe Douglas said. “Obviously a tough injury for him and the team last year. But dynamic player. He came on a '30 visit,' just getting a chance to get to spend time with him, get to know him as a person. He’s a special guy. You can see why teammates gravitate towards him and why he’s one of the more respected guys when you talk to other players at Florida State.

“He’s coming to a great situation with some unbelievable veteran leadership. … Really cool opportunity for him to learn, develop and just showcase his ability.”

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The No. 4 Florida State beach volleyball team defeated South Carolina 3-0 to win the CCSA Championship on Saturday. This marks the seventh CCSA championship in program history.

Freshman Kaileigh Truslow, sophomore Alexis Durish, juniors Raelyn White and Audrey Koenig, senior Caitlin Moon, and graduate student Maddie Anderson were awarded with All-Tournament Team honors after winning their respective courts during the championship match.

Koenig and White opened the match with a 21-14, 21-13 victory on court three. Moon and Truslow fought in a scrappy battle on court five, winning a back-and-forth second set to give the Noles a 2-0 advantage. Anderson and Durish dropped the first set on court one but fought back and forced a third. The tiebreaker began as a point-for-point affair before the Seminoles pulled away to win the set 15-10.

The Seminoles have won all seven CCSA championship matches that they’ve appeared in and have won seven of the last eight titles. Florida State will now shift its focus to the NCAA Tournament. The bracket for this year’s tournament will be announced Sunday at 11:00 a.m. on NCAA.com. The tournament will get underway May 3-5 in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

#4 Florida State 3, South Carolina 0

1. Maddie Anderson/Alexis Durish (FSU) def. Skyler Allen/Riley Whitesides (UofSC) 17-21, 21-17, 15-11
2. Alli Hansen/Anna Long (FSU) vs. Allison Coens/Hannah Mackenhausen (UofSC) 21-16, 18-21, 11-10, unfinished
3. Skyler Germann/Morgan Chacon (FSU) vs. Jolie Crawford/Julia Waugh (UofSC) 23-21, 19-21, unfinished
4. Audrey Koenig/Raelyn White (FSU) def. Morgan Downs/Peyton Yamagata (UofSC) 21-14, 21-13
5. Caitlin Moon/Kaileigh Truslow (FSU) def. Sophie Bengoechea/VB Trost (UofSC) 21-11, 21-18

If you have the ESPN app, go stream the game in the beginning of the 5th inning. I think I could put the top of the fifth on repeat and just watch it for hours. It was so satisfying. Hopefully these girls can keep building momentum!