(Updates on Ziyare Addison, Javion Hilson and others)

The Recruiting Rumor Mill continues to churn with tons of news from visits, decommitments and more as Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney has all the latest.

Like the Washington Generals on the court, NCAA lawyers have been winless in the courtroom.

And it doesn't look like there is a win in sight as House vs. the NCAA, the most-recent anti-trust lawsuit seeking revenue sharing for student-athletes, is steaming through the judicial system. Meanwhile, efforts to carve out an "amateur niche" for collegiate athletics has born no fruit on Capital Hill. As a result, college administrators from league offices and schools have been in negotiations for months in an attempt to reach agreement to settle the lawsuit, according to a report by Yahoo and by ESPN in the last few days. Yahoo’s Ross Dellenger described the negotiations as “heating up” but cautioned that it’s uncertain an agreement is imminent.

Yahoo, which is the parent company of Rivals, outlined the settlement in two aspects, from compensation to athletes for NIL within broadcasts, to future compensation for revenue sharing with athletes.

What a personality.. If he plays well he will make a lot of money off the field.

I put down JC Latham who is from outside of Florida. He played I believe both his junior and senior seasons at IMG. Below are some prospects still available from Florida. I am sure I missed some or who I could not find who will get drafted. JJ McCarthy grew up in Illinois but transferred to IMG as well.

1st Round
7th Overall – JC Latham (IMG Academy) OT (Alabama)
8th Overall – Michael Penix –(Tampa Bay Tech)QB (Indiana/Washington)
10th Overall-JJ McCarthy -(IMG Academy) QB (Michigan)
17th Overall-Dallas Turner (Saint Thomas Aquinas) DE (Alabama)
22nd Overall-Quinyon Mitchell (Williston) CB (Toledo)
24th Overall- Terrion Arnold (John Paul Catholic-Tallahassee) CB (Alabama)

2nd Round
36th Overall- Jer’Zhan Newton (Clearwater Central Cath.) DT (Illinois) (Commanders)
64th Overall- Renardo Green (Wekiva HS) CB-(FSU) (Niners)

3rd Round
65th Overall-Malachi Corley (Orange City, FL) WR (WKU) (Jets)
94th Overall-Jalyx Hunt (University-Orange City) DE-(Houston Christian) (Eagles)
99th Overall-Kamren Kichens (Miami Northwestern) S (Miami) (Rams)


4th Round
109th Brandon Dorlus (Deerfield Beach HS) DT-(Oregon) (Falcolns)
116th Jordan Jefferson (Navarre HS) DT (LSU) (Jacksonville)
118th Tyrice Knight ) (Lake Gibson HS) LB (UTEP) (Seattle)
130th TJ Tampa (Lakewood) CB (Iowa State) (Ravens)

5th Round
146th Jarvis Brownlee (Carol City) CB (Louisville) (Tennessee Titans)
151st Jaylon Carlies (West Orange HS) S (Missouri) (Indy Colts)
168th Javon Solomon (Godby HS-Tallahassee) (Troy) (Buffalo)
171st Jordan Travis (The Benjamin School) (FSU) (Jets)


6th Round
193rd Joe Milton (Olympia) (QB) (Michigan/Tennessee)
196th Tyler Davis (Wekiva) (DT) (Clemson)
201 Micah Abraham (East Lake) CB (Marshall)

7th Round
226th Jaden Davis (Saint Thomas) DB (Miami) (Arizona)
227th Myles Harden (Miramar) DB (South Dakota) (Browns)
231st Jaheim Bell (Lake City) TE (FSU) (Patriots)
237th Matt Lee (Hagerty HS) C (Miami) (Bengals)
242nd James Williams (American Heritage) (MIami) (Tennessee Titans)
245th Michael Pratt (Boca/Deerfield Beach) (Tulane) (Green Bay)
251st Tatum Bethune (Miami Central) (FSU) (SF Niners)
252nd Jaylen Harrell (Berkeley Prep) (Michigan) (Tennessee Titans)
257th Jaylen Key (Tallahassee Godby) (Alabama) S (Jets)

Still Available

• Carter Bradley (Providence) QB (Toledo/South Alabama) (Raiders)
• Austin Reed (St. Augustine) QB (WKU-West Florida) (Chicago Bears)
• Frank Gore Jr (Coral Gables HS) RB (Southern Miss) (Buffalo Bills)
• Marcus Rosemy (Saint Thomas) WR (Georgia) (Washington)
• Xavier Weaver (Orlando Christian Prep) WR (USF/Colorado) (Arizona Cards)
• Tyler Harrell (Columbus) WR (Alabama/Miami)
• Ahmarean Brown (Tampa Jefferson) WR (Georgia Tech/South Carolina) (Browns)
• Kingsley Eguakun (Sandalwood) OL (UF)
• Leonard Taylor (Palmetto) DT (Miami) (NY Jets)
• Evan Anderson (Orlando Jones) DT (FAU) (49ers)
• Jordan Miller (Sandalwood) DT (Miami/SMU)
• Jontrey Hunter (Sickles) LB (Georgia State)
• Aubrey Burks (Auburndale) S (WVU)
• Akeem Dent (Pahokee/Palm Beach Central) DB (FSU) (Chagers)

FSU sports information:

Florida State women’s track and field student-athlete Dajaz DeFrand was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Women’s Performer of the Week on Tuesday afternoon.

DeFrand won the women’s 100-meter, clocking a lifetime best of 10.88 at the LSU Invitational in Baton Rouge, La. Her time ranks first in the ACC and third nationally. DeFrand was also the second leg of the 4x100 relay team that placed fourth with the 10th fastest time in school history at 43.43. She concluded her weekend placing third in the 200 with a lifetime best and fourth-fastest time in school history at 22.58.

"Breakthrough performance for Dajaz,” said associate head coach Matt Kane. “She has been very consistent at her personal best in both the 100 and 200 this season so we felt like a big performance was about to happen. I’m excited for that positive momentum as we head into the postseason.”

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Written by Adam Stanley@Adam_Stanley
It’s time to team up.
The Zurich Classic of New Orleans is the lone two-man team event on the PGA TOUR schedule and boasts plenty of the game’s best, with five of the top 15 players in the Official World Golf Ranking heading to TPC Louisiana.
This is the seventh year the tournament has been played as a team event, with each duo playing Four-ball (also known as best ball) in the first and third rounds, and Foursomes (alternate shot) for the second and fourth rounds.


With Presidents Cup pairs, Ryder Cup heroes, twins, fan favorites, college teammates, and more joining forces in NOLA it should be a special week.
This week marks the second of three events to earn points towards the Aon Swing 5 and Aon Next 10 as we inch closer to the next Signature Event on the PGA TOUR schedule – the Wells Fargo Championship in two weeks.
Here’s everything you need to know as the TOUR returns to New Orleans.
FIELD NOTES: Rory McIlroy will make his tournament debut alongside good pal, Ryder Cup teammate, and Irishman Shane Lowry – a duo that was firmed up during a celebratory lunch after the Ryder Cup last fall… Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele will try to reprise their 2022 win here. Cantlay and Schauffele have both the Foursomes and Four-ball scoring records at this event… Davis Riley and Nick Hardy will defend their 2023 title. No team has gone back-to-back… Three sets of brothers (and two sets of twins!) will play together with twins Rasmus and Nicolai Højgaard and Parker and Pierceson Coody in the field along with Alex and Matt Fitzpatrick. Alex Fitzpatrick and Rasmus Højgaard are sponsor invites… Billy Horschel, who won last week at the Corales Puntacana Championship, will be without his previous partner Sam Burns, as Burns and his wife are expecting their first child any day. Horschel will instead be paired with fellow University of Florida alum Tyson Alexander. Horschel has won the Zurich Classic when it was both an individual and team event… Other notable pairings include Collin Morikawa and Kurt Kitayama, Sahith Theegala and Will Zalatoris, and Nick Taylor and Adam Hadwin. The Canadian duo finished runner-up a year ago and would like nothing more than to show Presidents Cup International Team captain Mike Weir how well they play together… Steve Stricker will play his second TOUR event this season (after earning his way into THE PLAYERS Championship), teaming up with Matt Kuchar. Stricker has four top-10s in five events on PGA TOUR Champions this season… Other sponsor exemptions include the South African pairing of Aldrich Potgieter and Thriston Lawrence. Potgieter, the winner of The Amateur Championship last year (the second youngest winner in the tournament’s history) won The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic on the Korn Ferry Tour earlier this season – the youngest winner in Korn Ferry Tour history. Lawrence, who has two runner-up finishes on the DP World Tour this season, made his 2024 TOUR debut last week at Corales (MC)… Jason Dufner and Kevin Chappell, Kevin Tway and Kelly Kraft, and Brandon Wu and James Nicholas are the other sponsor invites.
SIGNATURE EVENT STORYLINES: The next Signature Event on the schedule is the Wells Fargo Championship… With his win at the Corales Puntacana Championship, Horschel tops the Aon Swing 5, which continues this week in New Orleans… Wesley Bryan, Tway, Charley Hoffman and Justin Lower make up the rest of the Aon Swing 5… The final event of the Aon Swing 5 prior to Quail Hollow is THE CJ CUP Byron Nelson… Justin Thomas’ T5 was his first top-10 finish on TOUR since February and in the process he moved from No. 14 to No. 6 in the Aon Next 10… Jake Knapp (No. 7) and Christiaan Bezuidenhout (No. 8) got bumped a spot. Austin Eckroat remained at No. 9 while Peter Malnati moved to No. 10. He leads No. 11 – Thomas Detry – by just 73 points… Ludvig Åberg remains on top of the Aon Next 10 followed by Matthieu Pavon. Zalatoris, Stephan Jaeger and Akshay Bhatia round out the rest of the Aon Next 10.
COMCAST BUSINESS TOUR TOP 10 UPDATES: With his fourth win in his last five TOUR starts, a three-shot triumph at the RBC Heritage, Scottie Scheffler remained atop the standings. Scheffler was the first player ranked No. 1 in the Comcast Business TOUR TOP 10 to win the RBC Heritage and now leads by 2,023 points – the largest lead with 15 weeks left in the Regular season (since 2009)… Thanks to his solo second at the RBC Heritage, Theegala moved up to No. 4 in the Comcast Business TOUR TOP 10. Cantlay finished T3 at Harbour Town and rose 13 spots from No. 23 to No. 10 in the standings. Cantlay was the only new entrant into the TOUR TOP 10 after last week… Chris Kirk and Byeong Hun An are the only two to remain in the TOUR TOP 10 every week so far this season.
FEDEXCUP: Winner receives 400 FedExCup points.
COURSE: TPC Louisiana, par 72, 7,425 yards. Located just 15 minutes from downtown New Orleans, the course features plenty of water even as the Pete Dye design (Steve Elkington/Kelly Gibson as consultants) is one of the TOUR’s most scoreable layouts. It stretches over 250 acres of wetlands and features 100 bunkers.
72-HOLE RECORD: 258, Hardy/Riley (2023)
FOURSOMES (ALTERNATE SHOT) RECORD: 63, Hadwin/Taylor (4th round, 2023), Cantlay/Schauffele (Round 2, 2023)
FOUR-BALL (BEST BALL) RECORD: 59, Cantlay/Schauffele (1st round, 2022).
LAST TIME: Riley and Hardy each won for the first time on the PGA TOUR. They birdied four of their final six holes – highlighted by Riley’s 30-foot birdie bomb on 17 – to win by two over Hadwin and Taylor. Riley and Hardy started the final round three shots back but fired a 7-under 65 in Foursomes to end the week with a new tournament scoring record of 30-under 258. Taylor and Hadwin, who grew up playing the same course near Vancouver, tied the Foursomes record of 9-under 63 (set earlier in the week by Cantlay and Schauffele) to zip into second alone. Wyndham Clark and Beau Hossler, the 54-hole leaders, finished third, while Schauffele and Cantlay tied for fourth with Matthew NeSmith and Taylor Moore.

HOW TO FOLLOW (all times ET):
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Television:

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Congratulations again to last weeks winner Mrs BFT



With a huge week at the RBC Mrs. BFT takes the overall season lead pushing @FSUdawg to second place for the first time in a couple of months


Good luck to everyone this week

This kid is an absolute stud.
https://floridastate.rivals.com/news/florida-state-offers-chris-henry-jr-no-1-wr-for-2026

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:

FSU sports information:

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…

FSU sports information:

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: