We continue our Seminole Madness tournament in the Defensive Playmakers bracket. You get one vote in the poll above that will stay open for 24 hours. You can also vote on Warchant's Twitter account (subscribers get two votes).
* Note: Whoever makes the best argument for a player will win a $25 eCard to Garnet & Gold (one winner per day). First nine winners - Noleway85, BoNoles, JayColle, PlanoNole2, fsubuck, dougadee68, snapper-zapper, Noleway85, warchant99
Here are the bios for this matchup:
No. 4 seed Terrell Buckley vs. No. 13 seed Telvin Smith
Terrell Buckley played only three seasons at FSU before bolting early for the NFL -- a move that was fairly rare at the time -- but still had enough time to etch his name all over the Seminole record books. The Mississippi native burst onto the national scene as a sophomore in 1990 by recording six interceptions and returning two of them for touchdowns. But his final season in garnet and gold is one that might never be duplicated. Buckley intercepted a school-record 12 passes that season and again returned two for scores, and he also proved to be one of the game's top return specialists. He earned consensus All-America honors that season and won the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back. More than 25 years after his career ended, Buckley still holds FSU records for interceptions in a season (12), in a career (21), in consecutive games (5), and several other marks.
Telvin Smith only started one season as a Seminole, but he was a key member of the FSU defense for three years and was a dominant force on the 2013 national championship team. Playing behind future NFL linebacker Vince Williams in 2011 and 2012, Smith still was able to emerge as one of the Seminoles' top defenders, recording 42 tackles as a sophomore and 64 as a junior. His junior total ranked third on the team despite the fact he was coming off the bench. Smith led FSU with 90 stops as a senior, and he delivered a monster performance in the national championship game with 15 tackles. Smith also returned two interceptions for touchdowns in 2013 and was tabbed All-ACC first-team by the conference's coaches.
* Note: Whoever makes the best argument for a player will win a $25 eCard to Garnet & Gold (one winner per day). First nine winners - Noleway85, BoNoles, JayColle, PlanoNole2, fsubuck, dougadee68, snapper-zapper, Noleway85, warchant99
Here are the bios for this matchup:
No. 4 seed Terrell Buckley vs. No. 13 seed Telvin Smith
Terrell Buckley played only three seasons at FSU before bolting early for the NFL -- a move that was fairly rare at the time -- but still had enough time to etch his name all over the Seminole record books. The Mississippi native burst onto the national scene as a sophomore in 1990 by recording six interceptions and returning two of them for touchdowns. But his final season in garnet and gold is one that might never be duplicated. Buckley intercepted a school-record 12 passes that season and again returned two for scores, and he also proved to be one of the game's top return specialists. He earned consensus All-America honors that season and won the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation's top defensive back. More than 25 years after his career ended, Buckley still holds FSU records for interceptions in a season (12), in a career (21), in consecutive games (5), and several other marks.
Telvin Smith only started one season as a Seminole, but he was a key member of the FSU defense for three years and was a dominant force on the 2013 national championship team. Playing behind future NFL linebacker Vince Williams in 2011 and 2012, Smith still was able to emerge as one of the Seminoles' top defenders, recording 42 tackles as a sophomore and 64 as a junior. His junior total ranked third on the team despite the fact he was coming off the bench. Smith led FSU with 90 stops as a senior, and he delivered a monster performance in the national championship game with 15 tackles. Smith also returned two interceptions for touchdowns in 2013 and was tabbed All-ACC first-team by the conference's coaches.
