This is one of my favorite interviews in a while. Hope you enjoy this 1-on-1 with Lamarcus Joyner, who took the time to speak reflectively on his FSU career and very candidly about the mindset of a football player:

Lamarcus Joyner is thankful and honored to be recognized on Friday night as one of the newest members of Florida State’s athletics hall of fame. Joyner played a number of defensive back spots from 2009-13 at FSU, committing to his dream school in the days after the coaching transition from Bobby Bowden to Jimbo Fisher and staying in school to help the Seminoles claim a third national title.

Now retired after nine years in the NFL with the Rams, Raiders and Jets from 2014-22, Joyner is back home in South Florida. He’s the father of five, with a sixth on the way, and is a coach and mentor to football players at all levels. He has a packed schedule on Friday, in part meeting current Seminoles as well as familiar faces like Jerry Latimer, FSU’s longtime director of athletic rehabilitation, and Bruce Warwick, who he knew going back to their days with the Rams, among others who work in and around the Moore Athletic Center.

Florida State’s 2024 class includes Joyner and receiver Anquan Boldin, baseball All-American Ryan Barthelemy, All-American softball pitcher Casey Hunter, NCAA hurdles champion Phillip Riley, tennis great Katie Rybakova and former FSU track athlete and long-time Florida State athletics administrator Bernie Waxman. They will be honored in a ceremony this evening at the University Center Club.

“I don't do well with accolades because that's not really even really why I played the game,” Joyner told the Osceola on Thursday night. “I'm thankful when I do receive it, but I'm more so just there to watch the game (Saturday) and just feel the majesty of being on campus again, being around that atmosphere, that environment. I'm there to just see the younger guys and see what they got, up close and personal.”

Below is Joyner's interview with the Osceola on his FSU career and what his message would be to current Seminoles.

Much better game day experience with the Chiefs EXCEPT the Memphis band kept playing over us! And they announced from the press box for the Chiefs stop playing to the snap when Memphis was on offense. Hello---tell the other band the same thing!

Marvin Jones Jr. admits he has always put too much pressure on himself to perform.

After a frustrating slow start at FSU, his two-sack performance in the closing minutes of the Cal win could do wonders for lifting that weight off his shoulders.

An emerging OL target has set an official visit.

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Florida State’s Luke Clanton is in a tie for sixth place in the individual standings, and the No. 10 Seminole men’s golf team is in a tie for 10th place in the team standings after nearly three rounds of the Fighting Illini Invitational at the Olympia Fields Gold Club. As darkness fell in the golf course, a total of 75 of the 78 golfers completed play. Each golfer is done with three rounds of except for the last group of Jose Luis Ballester (Arizona State), Benajmin Reuter (Georgia Tech), and Ian Gilligan (Florida). The trio of players in the final group are scheduled to finish their play Sunday morning at 7:30 a.m.



Ballester is currently the individual leader with a 10 under par score, while Reuter is second with a nine under par total. Gilligan is in a tie for 14th place with a score of one under par.



Play was suspended at 6:56 p.m. local time on Saturday because of darkness. Play will resume on Sunday, September 22nd at 7:30 a.m. The event was changed from a three-day championship (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) to a two-day tournament (Friday, Saturday) because of inclement weather expected in the area on Sunday.



Florida State is in a tie for 10th place in the team standings as the third and final round draws to a conclusion. The Seminoles are tied with Texas Tech. Georgia Tech is in first place at 13 under par. The Yellow Jackets lead Arizona State by two strokes in the race for the team title which will also be decided on Sunday morning by the golfers remaining on the course.



Florida State was led by Clanton, the No. 1 ranked amateur golfer in the world as ranked by the World Amateur Golf Raking. He carded scores of 70 and 69 in the Saturday’s second and third rounds for a 3 under par total of 207. Clanton finished the first round with a score 68 to complete all three rounds of the championship at or below par.



Graduate student Gray Albright carded a 69 in the final and will finish in a tie for 22nd place with scores of 73-70-69 and a three-round total of 2 over par 212. He has now earned 11 career top-25 individual finishes including four in his last four matches dating to last season. Albright has two career individual championships as a Seminole.

Florida State plays its third of five fall matches at the Hamptons Intercollegiate at the Maidstone Club in East Hampton, N.Y. October 7-8.



Fighting Illini Invitational, Sept. 20-22, 2024

Olympia Fields Country Club/Olympia Fields, Ill./Par 70

T10/15. – Florida State, 850

T6.– Luke Clanton, 207

T22. – Gray Albright, 212

T32. – Carson Brewer, 214

T48. – Michael Mays, 217

68. – Jack Bigham, 224



Fighting Illini Invitational, Sept. 20-22, 2024

Olympia Fields Country Club/Olympia Fields, Ill./Par 70

1. – Georgia Tech, -13

2. – Arizona State, -11

T3. – Oklahoma State, -1

T3. – North Carolina, -1

5. – Texas, +3

T6. – Stanford, +8

T6. – Texas A&M, +8

T8. – Florida, +9

T8. – Illinois, +9

T10. – Florida State, +10

T10. – Texas Tech, +10

12. – Alabama, +16

13. – Northwestern, +18

14. – Baylor, +37

15. – Michigan, +38

During the bye week, FSU's QBs and wideouts got together a few times without coaches to try and work out the kinks that have showed up this season.

After an improved week in practice, Mike Norvell is hopeful the passing game can sync better vs. Memphis.

FSU sports information:

Redshirt junior defensive lineman Patrick Payton was named the ACC Defensive Lineman of the Week on Monday after his performance in Florida State’s win over Cal on Saturday evening.

The Miami native set career-highs with 3.0 sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss, with all of his tackles behind the line coming in the second half. Payton spearheaded a Seminole defense that did not allow a touchdown and set season-highs with 7.0 sacks and 12.0 tackles for loss.

FSU’s 7.0 sacks were one shy of the single-game national high this season and matched the most for the Seminoles under head coach Mike Norvell. Payton’s 3.0 sacks are second in a game this year nationwide.

Payton and the Seminoles are back in action this Saturday at SMU (8 p.m. ET, ACC Network).