2016 Football - Year In Review |
Coaching Staff
Jimbo Fisher, Head Coach
Ryan Becker, Graduate Assistant, Offense
Tim Brewster, Recruiting Coordinator, Tight Ends
Lawrence Dawsey, Co-Offensive Coordinator, Wide Receivers
Mario Edwards, Dir of Player Development
Jay Graham, Special Teams Coordinator, Running Backs
Odell Haggins, Associate Head Coach, Defensive Tackles
Charles Kelly, Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Backs
Bob LaCivita, Dir of Player Personnel
Brad Lawing, Defensive Ends, Outside Linebackers
Bill Miller, Linebackers
Myles Notkin, Graduate Assistant, Offense
Mark Robinson, Director of Operations
Randy Sanders, Co-Offensive Coordinator, Quarterbacks
Rick Trickett, Assistant Head Coach, Offensive Line
Vic Viloria, Strength and Conditioning
Jeremiah Wilson, Graduate Assistant, Defense
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2016 Football
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2016 Florida State Signees/Newcomers
Ricky Aguayo, 6-2, 196, K, Mascotte
- A consensus three-star prospect who enrolled in January 2016…competed for Team Highlight in the Under Armour All-America Game where he converted 23-yard and 29-yard field goals and all three of his
extra point attempts...will look to continue the successful legacy left by his older brother, Roberto Aguayo, who was a three-time All-American and won the 2013 Lou Groza Award...named Special Teams
MVP after leading IMG Academy to a 9-0 regular season mark and a No. 4 ranking in the final USA Today Super 25 Expert Rankings…nailed 41 PATs and three field goals and had 35 touchbacks in 57 kickoffs
during his senior season…rated a five-star and the No. 3 kicker in the nation by Kohl’s Kicking, who said he “has the frame and look of a big-time kicker”…ranked the nation’s No. 4 kicker by ESPN and
Scout…attended Montverde Academy before IMG where he was a teammate of current Seminole offensive tackle Abdul Bello…finished third in the kickoff competition at the 2015 Kohl’s National Invitational
Scholarship Camp...born on November 24, 1997...majoring in business.
Walvenski Aime, 6-5, 300, DT, Boynton Beach
- Physically imposing four-star defensive tackle prospect who spent two seasons at Fort Scott (Kansas) Community College...enrolled at Florida State in January after signing his national letter of
intent in December 2015…rated as the No. 3 junior college defensive tackle prospect and the No. 30 JUCO player overall by ESPN…tabbed as the country’s 10th-best defensive tackle in the JUCO ranks by
247Sports and No. 69 JUCO player overall by 247Sports…dominated in 2015, totaling 41 tackles, five TFLs and two sacks at Fort Scott...had 11 tackles in three games in 2014 before an injury ended his
season...joins current offensive lineman Kareem Are as Fort Scott products…collected four-star ratings from ESPN and Scout and three-star rankings from Rivals and 247Sports…attended Boca Raton Olympic
Heights High School…chose Florida State over offers from Alabama, Miami, and Auburn among others...born on August 18, 1995...majoring in criminology.
Mike Arnold, 6-4, 339, OL, Winter Haven
- Outstanding offensive lineman prospect with prototypical size and length…rated a four-star prospect by Rivals…ranked three-stars by 247Sports, ESPN and Scout…among the top prep school players in the
nation after originally signing with Virginia Tech in 2015…starred at Winter Haven High School, where he collected 2014 6A First Team All-State honors, before attending Milford Academy in New Berlin,
N.Y., where he led the football team to a 6-3 record this past fall…ranked No. 97 on the Orlando Sentinel’s Class of 2015 Top 100…named to Lakeland Ledger’s Super 16 list in 2015…called Florida State
his “dream school” after committing to the Seminoles on an official visit...born on October 26, 1995...majoring in business.
Josh Ball, 6-8, 311, OL, Fredericksburg, Va.
- Massive offensive tackle prospect from Virginia…a consensus four-star recruit and the top offensive line prospect in the state…played for Team East in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl…described as a
“physically developed lineman who has ideal height and size” by ESPN…ranked the No. 11 tackle prospect in the nation and No. 99 overall player by 247Sports…rated the 10th-best tackle and No. 179
overall prospect by Rivals…also a Top 25 prospect at his position according to ESPN and Scout…ranked a top five player in Virginia by 247Sports (No. 2), Rivals (No. 3) and ESPN (No. 4)…said his
favorite thing to do in football is pulling, despite playing tackle…collected American Family Insurance Virginia All-State First Team honors and All-Conference 4 accolades…chose FSU over several
finalists, including West Virginia, Penn State and Auburn...born on May 15, 1998...exploratory major.
Carlos Becker, 6-2, 183, DB, Kissimmee
- Four-star cornerback out of Osceola High School who has the height, length and speed to be dominant in coverage…combines excellent closing speed and ability to read the quarterback with the
aggressiveness to come up and stop the run…played in the 2016 Under Armour All-America Game as a member of Team Highlight…ranked as the No. 7 cornerback in the country and No. 46 overall prospect by
ESPN…rated the No. 11 cornerback and No. 113 overall recruit by 247Sports…rated the No. 3 cornerback in the state and No. 13 nationally by Scout…ranked the 10th-best player in Florida by ESPN and
state’s No. 14 prospect by 247Sports…listed as the No. 21 athlete in the nation by Rivals…collected Class 8A All-State First Team honors in 2015…recorded five interceptions, including one pick in the
Class 8A state championship final, as a senior in 2015 while leading Osceola to a 13-2 record and a second straight state runner-up finish…named the No. 7-ranked player in the Orlando Sentinel’s 2016
Central Florida Super60…finished his Osceola career with 10 total interceptions…also led the Kowboys to the Class 7A final in 2014…chose FSU over NC State, Ole Miss and Ohio State...born on November
10, 1996...majoring in food and nutrition science.
Andrew Boselli, 6-4, 303, OL, Jacksonville
- Consensus three-star offensive line prospect who committed to Florida State in April 2015...son of former Jacksonville Jaguars star offensive tackle Tony Boselli…has made a name for himself with a
standout prep career first at the Providence School before playing at the Episcopal School...collected Class 3A First Team All-State honors in 2015 after nabbing second-team accolades in 2014…tough,
hard-nosed and versatile offensive lineman who is expected to play guard or center for the Noles…rated one of the Top 100 players in Florida by 247Sports (No. 68) and ESPN (No. 84)…tabbed one of the
nation’s Top 50 offensive guard prospects by Scout, ESPN and 247Sports, including No. 26 by 247…chose FSU over LSU, Duke and Miami among several offers...born on August 5, 1997...majoring in business.
Josh Brown, 6-3, 216, LB, Charlotte, N.C.
- Athletic prospect with the ability to play as a linebacker or a rush end…consensus four-star outside linebacker who enrolled in January after leading Mallard Creek High School to a third consecutive
North Carolina Class 4A State Championship in 2015...totaled 130 tackles, 14 sacks, 21 tackles for loss, an interception and 12 quarterback hurries as a senior in 2015…named 2015 Defensive Player of
the Year by the Charlotte Observer…played in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl in January (2016)...had three tackles, a TFL, a forced fumble and pass breakup for Team East…named to the Associated Press
First Team All-State team in 2014 and 2015…ranked among the nation’s Top 20 at his position by ESPN (No. 19), Rivals (No. 10) and 247Sports (No. 9)…tabbed North Carolina’s No. 3 prospect and the
nation’s No. 95 player overall by 247Sports…chose FSU over several offers, including Alabama, Tennessee and North Carolina...born on December 3, 1997...majoring in management.
Brian Burns, 6-5, 218, DE, Fort Lauderdale
- Five-star recruit from 247Sports and Scout who has the length and athleticism to become a disruptive pass rusher at the collegiate level…played in the 2016 U.S. Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio
in January, tallying a pair of tackles and a pass breakup…named the Sun-Sentinel Defensive Player of the Year and grabbed Class 5A All-State First Team honors in 2015…four-star recruit by ESPN and
Rivals…ranked the 22nd-best player in the nation, second-best defensive end and fifth-best player in the state of Florida by 247Sports…rated No. 22 overall and fifth-ranked defensive end by
Scout…ranked No. 65 nationally, No. 4 defensive end and No. 11 in Florida by Rivals…tabbed the 160th overall prospect by ESPN, No. 21 defensive end and No. 29 in Florida…according to Scout, can play
either standing up or with his hand down, has a good first step and is very quick off the ball…at American Heritage, recorded 135 tackles and 28 sacks over his junior and senior seasons…helped
American Heritage win state titles in 2013 and 2014…chose Florida State over Florida and Georgia, among others...born on April 23, 1998...exploratory major.
Landon Dickerson, 6-5, 310, OL, Hickory, N.C.
- One of the nation’s top offensive line recruits…earned a five-star rating from 247Sports and nabbed four stars from ESPN, Rivals and Scout…played for Team Armour in the 2016 Under Armour
All-American Game in January…competed at Nike’s ‘The Opening’ prospect camp in 2015…the versatile lineman was tabbed the nation’s No. 1 offensive guard recruit by Rivals and a Top 5 offensive tackle
recruit by 247Sports (No. 5) and ESPN (No. 5)…also listed as nation’s No. 4 guard by Scout…physical athlete with the size and toughness to excel at the collegiate level and a number of
positions…tabbed the No. 2 player in North Carolina and No. 17 overall prospect in the nation by 247Sports…rated the fourth-best player in the state and No. 43 overall by Rivals…ranked No. 3 recruit
in North Carolina and No. 64 overall by ESPN…Scout’s No. 76 overall prospect…collected USA Today All-USA North Carolina First Team and All-Northwestern 3A-4A honors in 2015…led South Caldwell to an
11-3 record and to the third round of the state 4A football playoffs as a senior…selected for the N.C. Shrine Bowl All-Star game…nabbed North Carolina Prep Football News Preseason All-State entering
his senior season...chose Florida State over Tennessee, Auburn and Virginia Tech, among others...born on September 30, 1998...majoring in chemical engineering.
Keith Gavin, 6-3, 225, WR, Crawfordville
- Consensus four-star wide receiver from nearby Wakulla High School in Crawfordville…back-to-back Class 5A First Team All-State honoree who led the War Eagles to a 13-2 record and the 5A state
championship game as a senior in 2015…caught five passes for 73 yards and two touchdowns in the state final…named a 2016 Under Armour All-American, but did not play in the game…finished with 52
receptions for 959 yards and 16 touchdowns to go along with two return scores in 2015…caught 44 balls for 1,131 yards and 16 scores, while leading Wakulla to an 8-3 record in 2014…also starred at
safety for the War Eagles…two-time All-Big Bend First Team selection…2015 All-USA Florida Second Team selection…rated the nation’s No. 9 wide receiver and No. 79 overall prospect by ESPN…tabbed the
nation’s No. 16 receiver by Scout…rated a Top 200 national prospect by 247Sports, Rivals, ESPN and Scout…will provide a large frame as well as a red zone threat out wide…chose FSU over Alabama and
Florida among several offers...born on October 26, 1996...exploratory major.
Malik Henry, 6-2, 185, QB, Inglewood, Calif.
- One of the top passers in the 2016 class, committed to the Seminoles in November 2014 and never wavered…a consensus four-star recruit that is rated as one of the nation’s Top 60 prospects by ESPN,
Rivals and 247Sports...coming off an outstanding performance in the Under Armour All-America Game in January (2016) where he completed 9-of-12 passes for 75 yards and two touchdowns while leading Team
Highlight to a 27-0 victory...played his sophomore and junior years at Westlake Oaks Christian (Calif.) before finishing his prep career at Long Beach Poly in the fall of 2015...threw for 1,410 yards,
16 touchdowns and just one interception over seven games during his senior year…tabbed the No. 2 dual-threat quarterback in the nation, No. 1 player from California and No. 17 overall prospect by
ESPN…rated the nation’s No. 2 dual-threat signal-caller, No. 7 player in California and No. 34 overall recruit by Rivals…ranked No. 4 pro-style quarterback, No. 8 player in California and No. 53
player overall by 247Sports…competed in Nike’s Elite 11 quarterback camp in the summer of 2015, coached by former Super Bowl-winning quarterback Trent Dilfer… chose Florida State over several offers,
including Southern Cal, Arizona State, and UCLA...born on July 7, 1998...majoring in media and communication studies.
Dontavious Jackson, 6-2, 249, LB, Houston, Tex.
- Four-star powerful inside linebacker prospect...one of the top inside linebacker prospects in the nation, rated as a consensus Top 5 recruit at the position…played in the 2016 Under Armour
All-America Game, where he recorded four tackles and a quarterback hurry as a member of Team Highlight…rated the No. 4 inside linebacker in the nation by Scout and 247Sports…ranked the No. 5 inside
linebacker in the country by ESPN and Rivals…named the top inside linebacker from Texas by Scout…consensus Top 25 player from the state of Texas…ranked the No. 19 player from the state by
247Sports…rated the No. 18 player from the state of Texas by ESPN…tabbed No. 21 prospect in Texas by Rivals…ranked as the No. 65 overall prospect in the nation by Scout as well as No. 106 by
247Sports, No. 123 by ESPN and No. 168 by Rivals…collected 6A All-State honorable mention honors in 2015 while leading his prep squad to the playoffs…posted 165 tackles, including 27 tackles for loss
and six sacks as a junior at Alief Elsik in 2014…tallied 107 tackles as a sophomore in 2013…chose FSU over Texas, Michigan and Alabama...born on December 2, 1997...majoring in sport management.
Baveon Johnson, 6-3, 326, OL, Lakeland
- Nation’s top center prospect by ESPN, Rivals and 247Sports and a consensus four-star player from Lake Gibson High School…rated the No. 6 player in Florida and No. 29 overall prospect in the nation
by ESPN…ranked the seventh-best player in the state and No. 45 player overall by Rivals…tabbed No. 7 prep star in Florida and No. 71 overall prospect by 247Sports…Scout’s 89th-ranked prospect in the
nation and second-best center…named the Florida Athletic Coaches Association District 13 Player of the Year and a first-team all-district selection as a senior in 2015…described as very athletic for a
player of his size, making him effective at pulling as a blocker and able to play multiple positions…played center while snapping to quarterback Malik Henry as a member of Team Highlight in the 2016
Under Armour All-America Game, holding his own against some of the best defensive line prospects in the nation and leading his squad to a 27-0 victory…collected MVP honors at the Nike opening regional
camp in Orlando in 2015 and was invited to Nike’s The Opening in Beaverton, Ore….grabbed MVP honors at the 2015 Miami Nike Camp and 2015 Miami Rivals Camp…a lifelong Florida State fan, he chose FSU
over Florida, Kentucky, Miami and Mississippi State among several offers...born on April 11,1997...majoring in social science education.
Kyle Meyers, 6-0, 168, DB, New Orleans, La.
- Rangy defensive back prospect from New Orleans…rated a four-star cornerback by Scout, Rivals, and 247Sports…considered a Top 25 cornerback in the nation by Rivals (No. 22), Scout (No. 15) and
247Sports (No. 24)…ranked the No. 15 player in Louisiana by Scout and No. 17 by Rivals and 247Sports...rated the No. 35 player in Louisiana by ESPN…registered four interceptions along with 11 pass
deflections as a high school senior in 2015, leading Holy Cross to the second round of the playoffs…had 34 tackles and an interception for a touchdown in his junior season at Holy Cross...participated
in “The Opening,” a combine event held for recruits at Nike’s campus in Beaverton, Oregon…chose Florida State over offers from Ole Miss and LSU...born on July 12, 1998...exploratory major.
Gabe Nabers, 6-3, 244, FB, Hahira, Ga.
- Versatile offensive athlete expected to play fullback or H-back for the Seminoles after a standout career for perennial Georgia power Lowndes County High School in Valdosta, Ga.…collected Georgia
1-6A Utility Player of the Year honors in 2015 and honorable mention all-state accolades from the Georgia Sports Writers Association…led the Vikings to the first round of the playoffs in 2015…listed
as a three-star tight end prospect by ESPN and Scout…rated the nation’s No. 17 tight end/H-back recruit and a Top 100 prospect from Georgia by ESPN…can contribute in the passing game as he shows great
quickness and hands as both an in-line tight end and out of the backfield…also a strong blocker from either position…continues a strong pipeline from Lowndes to Florida State, joining recent defensive
standouts Telvin Smith, Greg Reid and Tyler Hunter…caught 17 balls for 173 yards and six touchdowns as a senior in 2015…also played defense, tallying 26 tackles, 4.5 TFLs, one sack, one interception,
two pass breakups, one fumble recovery and one blocked kick… chose Florida State over South Florida...born on November 5, 1997...majoring in biological science.
Amir Rasul, 5-10, 203, RB, Miami
- Speedy and explosive running back prospect from Miami…rated a four-star prospect by ESPN, Scout and Rivals…rated the number one running back in Florida by Rivals and ESPN…ranked the No. 2 running
back in Florida by Scout…played in the Semper Fidelis All-America Game in Carson, Calif., where he rushed for 68 yards and three touchdowns, two in the third quarter, to lead the East to a 28-13 win
over the West…tabbed the nation’s No. 100 overall prospect and 21st-best player in Florida by ESPN…ranked the nation’s No. 7 running back by ESPN and No. 13 by Scout and Rivals…rated No. 7 player in
2016 Class in Miami Herald’s Top 50…ran for 1,660 yards and 23 touchdowns across his last two seasons at Coral Gables and Columbus high schools…also added 19 catches for two more scores…has been
clocked at 4.51 in the 40-yard dash…also a track star who won the 100-meter dash at the 2013 state championships…top 100-meter dash time is 10.44…chose FSU over Miami, LSU and Alabama among several
schools...born on June 10, 1998...majoring in marketing.
Emmett Rice, 6-2, 203, LB, Miami Gardens
- Athletic linebacker prospect with great length who possesses the athleticism and versatility to make plays at the line of scrimmage and sideline to sideline…collected 2015 All-USA Florida Second
Team honors and 6A All-State Third Team accolades…product of powerhouse Norland High, the same school as former Seminole cornerback and first round pick Xavier Rhodes…recorded 94 tackles including 18
sacks as a junior in 2014…ranked the No. 4 prospect in the Miami Herald Class of 2016 Top 50…tabbed a four-star prospect by Rivals and ESPN and a three-star recruit by Scout and 247Sports…rated the
No. 15 outside linebacker prospect in the nation and No. 27 player in Florida by Rivals…tabbed the No. 20 player at his positon and 63rd-best player in the state by ESPN…ranked the No. 26 OLB and No.
53 prospect in Florida by 247Sports…similar in build to former Florida State All-American and NFL star linebacker Telvin Smith…chose FSU over Alabama, Florida and Louisville...born on September 3,
1997...majoring in media studies.
Janarius Robinson, 6-5, 249, DE, Panama City
- Explosive edge rusher with the ideal frame for the next level…consensus four-star defensive end prospect who enrolled in January and is expected to participate in spring practice…represented Team
East in the U.S. Army All-American Game in January (2016)…totaled seven sacks in his senior season, leading Bay High School to the playoffs for the first time in a decade…collected USA Today All-USA
Florida First Team honors in 2015…described as “high-motored defender with a disrupted skill-set” by ESPN…invited to The Opening in 2015 at Nike’s headquarters in Beaverton, Ore., where he proved to
be one of the most athletic defensive end participants…rated the nation’s No. 7 weakside defensive end, No. 17 player in Florida and No. 107 player overall by Rivals...tabbed 247Sports’ No. 10
prospect at his position, No. 15 player in Florida and No. 115 recruit overall…rated the No. 14 defensive end in the country, No. 22 player in Florida and No. 103 prospect overall by ESPN…rated No. 17
defensive end and No. 122 player overall by Scout…chose the Seminoles over Florida, Auburn and Alabama among several offers.
Levonta Taylor, 5-10, 169, DB, Virginia Beach, Va.
- Consensus five-star prospect and No. 1 cornerback in the nation…ranked as the No. 5 overall player nationally in the ESPN300…rated the No. 10 overall player in the nation by Rivals…tabbed the No. 12
overall player nationally by 247Sports…tabbed the No. 12 overall player by Scout…consensus top overall player from the state of Virginia…consensus Top 12 player in the nation…led Ocean Lakes to a 12-1
record in his senior season…forced 10 turnovers, including four interceptions to go along with 51 tackles…also averaged 33 yards on punt returns…scored four touchdowns on his first 13 touches of his
senior year…led the Dolphins to a 15-0 record and their first state championship in 2014, recording 40 tackles including 12 stops for a loss, while adding three special teams touchdowns, three scores
on defense and six touchdown receptions…participated in the 2016 Under Armour All-America Game as a member of Team Highlight and recorded a 41-yard punt return…named to the All-USA First Team Defense
as a senior by USA Today…member of Scout.com’s 2016 All-American defense…invited to “The Opening,” an all-star summer prospect camp held on the Nike Campus…was among the leaders in the event in 2015,
scoring an impressive 140.17 SPARQ rating, including a 4.34 40-yard dash…could log early playing time on special teams as a returner and in the secondary…chose Florida State over Alabama, Ohio State,
and Virginia among several offers...born on November 4, 1997...exploratory major.
Logan Tyler, 6-0, 201, K-P, Nixa, Mo.
- Elite kicker prospect rated a five-star as both a placekicker and punter by Kohl’s Kicking…three-star prospect according to 247Sports, Scout and ESPN…nation’s No. 1 kicker by ESPN…extremely strong
leg with field goal range up to 60 yards…hit a 90-yard kickoff at Kohl’s Kicking National Camp…kicked for Team Armour at the 2016 Under Armour All-America Game in Orlando…named the No. 2 placekicker
and No. 28 punter prospect in the nation by Kohl’s…named to the USA Today All-USA Second Team Defense as a punter…named to Kohl’s Kicking All-America First Team as both a kicker (2013) and punter
(2014)…collected First Team Missouri All-State honors as a placekicker by both media and coaches…named First Team All-Area (District 5/6) as a kicker, punter and defensive back…played quarterback,
running back, safety and outside linebacker as well as kicker and punter at Nixa High School…unanimously named First Team All-Ozark Conference as a kicker and as an athlete…converted three of four
field goal attempts and nailed 45 extra points and punted 22 times for an average of 43 yards as a senior in 2015…made 11 field goals and 38 extra points as a junior in 2014…also punted 51 times for a
44.5 average in 2014…recorded 140 touchbacks on kickoffs in three seasons…once made 19 consecutive kicks into the wind at Kohl’s Texas Showcase...born on July 30, 1997...majoring in biological
science.
Naseir Upshur, 6-2, 249, TE, Philadelphia, Pa.
- Athletic and rangy tight end prospect from Philadelphia who committed to the Seminoles in September after receiving 52 offers…consensus four-star prospect and top eight player from
Pennsylvania...consensus Top 12 prospect at the position nationally…tabbed the No. 5 tight end and No. 72 player overall nationally by Rivals...Scout’s No. 6 tight end and No. 152 overall
prospect…ranked the No. 9 tight end in the country by ESPN…rated the No. 12 tight end nationally by 247Sports…played alongside early enrollee quarterback Malik Henry as a member of Team Highlight in
the 2016 Under Armour All-America Game, finishing with one reception for six yards…caught 22 balls for 640 yards and 11 touchdowns in his senior season, while leading Imhotep Institute Charter to a
15-0 record and the Class AAA state championship…the Panthers became the first-ever Philadelphia Public League school to win a state football title…captured Class AAA All-State First Team honors…also
tallied 13 sacks as a defensive end in his final two seasons…chose Florida State over Michigan, Alabama and Ohio State...born on August 23, 1997...exploratory major.
Jauan Williams, 6-6, 300, OL, Cheltenham, Md.
- Consensus four-star offensive tackle prospect from Washington, D.C… played for Team Highlight in the Under Armour All-America Game…rated the second-best prospect from Washington, D.C., and the No. 3
recruit in the nation’s capital by both 247Sports and ESPN…tabbed the No. 7 offensive tackle recruit and No. 146 overall recruit in the nation by Rivals…ranked 11th-best offensive tackle and No. 110
overall player by ESPN…named the 27th-best offensive tackle by 247Sports…ranked the 27th-best offensive tackle recruit in the country by Scout…has a high motor and uses his length to engage
defenders…has physical traits sought after in prospects, but is also described as tough…2015 USA Today All-USA D.C. First Team selection…captured D.C. State Athletic Association all-state honors in
2015, as well…chose Florida State over Georgia, LSU, and Texas A&M, among others...born on February 20, 1997...majoring in computer science.
Cedric Wood, 6-3, 321, DT, Tallahassee
- Consensus four-star local product out of Godby High School who blossomed into one of the nation’s top defensive tackle prospects...collected Class 5A First Team All-State honors and First Team
All-Big Bend accolades from the Tallahassee Democrat after totaling 57 tackles, 12 TFLs and three sacks for Godby during the fall 2015 season…tabbed among the nation’s Top 25 defensive tackles by
247Sports (No. 16), Rivals (No. 20) and ESPN (No. 22)…ranked as the No. 20 player in Florida and No. 128 player overall by 247Sports…rated as Florida’s No. 32 prospect by Rivals and No. 38 by
ESPN…joins former Godby stars and current Seminole teammates linebacker Jacob Pugh and long snapper Stephen Gabbard…selected Florida State over offers from Alabama, Auburn and South Carolina...born on
June 5, 1997...exploratory major.
2016 Roster - By Name
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* 23 Ricky Aguayo K 6-2 196 Fr Mascotte (IMG Academy)
* 94 Walvenski Aime DT 6-5 300 So Boynton Beach (Olympic Heights/Fort Scott CC)
31 Omari Albert RB 5-7 217 Sr-R Orlando (Wekiva)
29 Nate Andrews DB 6-0 214 Sr *** Fairhope, Ala. (Fairhope)
* 72 Kareem Are OL 6-6 325 Sr-R * Elmont, N.Y. (Sewanhaka/Fort Scott CC)
65 Mike Arnold OL 6-4 339 Fr Winter Haven (Winter Haven)
79 Josh Ball OL 6-8 311 Fr Fredericksburg, Va. (Stafford)
35 Michael Barulich DB 5-11 195 Fr Orlando (Lake Nona)
* 15 Carlos Becker DB 6-2 183 Fr Kissimmee (Osceola)
* 78 Wilson Bell OL 6-5 320 Jr-R * Mobile, Ala. (Blount)
75 Abdul Bello OL 6-6 312 Fr-R Warri, Nigeria (Montverde Academy)
60 Andrew Boselli OL 6-4 303 Fr Jacksonville (Episcopal)
* 10 Calvin Brewton DB 6-0 186 So * Miami (Miami Central)
* 51 Josh Brown LB 6-3 216 Fr Charlotte, N.C. (Mallard Creek)
95 Keith Bryant DT 6-2 274 Jr-R * Delray Beach (Atlantic)
40 Ken Burnham LS 6-0 208 So-R Lithia (Newsome)
* 99 Brian Burns DE 6-5 218 Fr Fort Lauderdale (American Heritage-Delray Beach)
11 George Campbell WR 6-4 207 So * Clearwater (East Lake) core muscle injury
* 90 Demarcus Christmas DT 6-4 308 So-R * Sarasota (Manatee)
* 4 Dalvin Cook RB 5-11 213 Jr ** Miami (Miami Central)
* 16 J.J. Cosentino QB 6-5 230 So-R * Lower Burrell, Pa. (Central Catholic)
32 Array Culmer DB 5-7 158 So-R Jacksonville (Lee)
36 Fred Davis RB 5-11 214 Fr-R Jacksonville (Raines)
13 Lawrence Dawsey DB 5-11 165 Fr Tampa (Hillsborough)
42 Isaiah Denman WR 5-10 180 Fr-R Niceville
* 69 Landon Dickerson OL 6-5 310 Fr Hickory, N.C. (South Caldwell)
31 Kris Dixon DE 6-1 217 Fr-R Tallahassee (Godby)
43 Jake Duff RB 6-0 186 So North Fort Myers (North Fort Myers)
* 54 Alec Eberle OL 6-4 294 So-R * Mechanicsville, Va. (Atlee)
* 12 Deondre Francois QB 6-2 205 Fr-R Orlando (IMG Academy)
61 Harrison Frank LS 6-3 200 So Fort Lauderdale
96 Devin Freeman DL 6-0 260 Sr Orlando
* 62 Ethan Frith OL 6-7 316 So Summit, Miss. (North Pike)
* 47 Stephen Gabbard LS 6-3 248 Jr ** Tallahassee (Godby)
* 89 Keith Gavin WR 6-3 225 Fr Crawfordville (Wakulla)
49 N'Namdi Green TE 6-3 238 So-R Tampa (Berkeley Prep)
* 7 Ryan Green RB 5-11 204 Jr-R ** Saint Petersburg (Saint Petersburg Catholic)
13 Ja'Vonn Harrison WR 6-2 196 Jr ** Lakeland (Kathleen)
28 Gilbert Henric WR 6-0 194 So-R Miami (Columbus)
6 Malik Henry QB 6-2 185 Fr Inglewood, Calif. (Long Beach Poly)
* 59 Ryan Hoefeld OL 6-2 306 Jr-R ** New Orleans, La. (Brother Martin)
* 18 Ro'Derrick Hoskins LB 6-2 240 Jr-R ** Orlando (Evans)
43 Xavier Hurge DB 6-0 206 So-R Coral Springs (Florida Virtual School)
* 81 Ryan Izzo TE 6-5 245 So-R * Highland Lakes, N.J. (Pope John XXIII)
* 5 Dontavious Jackson LB 6-2 249 Fr Houston, Tex. (Alief Elsik)
* 87 Jared Jackson WR 6-2 199 Jr-R * Monticello (Aucilla Christian Academy)
* 28 Malique Jackson DB 6-0 170 Jr ** Jesup, Ga. (Wayne County)
3 Derwin James DB 6-3 211 So * Haines City (Haines City)
51 Baveon Johnson OL 6-3 326 Fr Lakeland (Lake Gibson)
* 77 Roderick Johnson OT 6-7 311 Jr ** Florissant, Mo. (Hazelwood Central)
* 55 Fredrick Jones DT 6-3 298 So-R * Miami (Miami Central)
* 74 Derrick Kelly OL 6-5 323 So-R * Quincy (East Gadsden)
* 85 Jeremy Kerr TE 6-6 270 Jr-R ** Saint Petersburg (Saint Petersburg)
30 Sh'Mar Kilby-Lane LB 6-2 219 So * Hollywood (Hallandale)
* 83 Bryan LaCivita WR 6-1 178 Jr-R ** Gainesville (Saint Francis Catholic)
* 7 Ermon Lane WR-SS 6-3 209 Jr ** Florida City (Homestead)
* 76 Rick Leonard OL 6-7 306 Jr ** Middletown, Md. (Middletown)
* 24 Marcus Lewis DB 6-1 190 So * Washington, D.C. (Gonzaga)
20 Bobby Lyons WR 6-0 184 So-R Orlando (Ocoee)
46 Daniel Maddox WR 6-2 194 Sr-R Pace
* 10 Sean Maguire QB 6-3 232 Sr-R *** Sparta, N.J. (Seton Hall Prep)
* 20 Trey Marshall DB 6-0 210 Jr ** Lake City (Columbia)
57 Corey Martinez OL 6-4 298 So-R * Tampa (Tampa Catholic)
* 4 Tarvarus McFadden DB 6-2 198 So * Fort Lauderdale (American Heritage-Delray Beach)
* 37 Kyle Meyers DB 6-0 168 Fr New Orleans, La. (Holy Cross)
* 70 Cole Minshew OL 6-5 338 Fr-R Pridgen, Ga. (Coffee County)
86 Justin Motlow WR 5-11 183 So-R Tampa (Tampa Catholic)
* 80 Nyqwan Murray WR 5-11 176 So * Orlando (Oak Ridge)
35 Gabe Nabers FB 6-3 244 Fr Hahira, Ga. (Lowndes County)
* 91 Derrick Nnadi DT 6-1 312 Jr ** Virginia Beach, Va. (Ocean Lakes)
48 Vernon Norwood LB 6-0 214 So-R Jupiter (Cardinal Newman)
* 9 Jacques Patrick RB 6-2 231 So * Orlando (Timber Creek)
* 40 Nick Patti LB 6-1 225 So-R * Fairhope, Ala. (Fairhope)
23 Herbans Paul DB 6-2 190 Jr-R Immokalee (Immokalee)
53 Joshua Peters OL 6-3 274 So-R * Orlando (First Academy)
* 5 Da'Vante Phillips WR 6-1 206 So * Miami (Miami Central)
* 33 Colton Plante FB 6-2 236 So * Orlando (First Academy)
38 Izaiah Prouse-Lackey DB 5-9 177 So-R Atlanta, Ga. (Riverwood)
* 16 Jacob Pugh LB 6-4 229 Jr ** Dade City (Godby)
45 Delvin Purifoy LB 6-2 246 So-R Cantonment (Pensacola Catholic)
* 22 Amir Rasul RB 5-10 203 Fr Miami (Coral Gables)
* 56 Emmett Rice LB 6-2 203 Fr Miami Gardens (Norland)
14 Jake Rizzo QB 6-0 193 Fr Fort Lauderdale (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
52 David Robbins OL 6-4 324 Fr-R Glenelg, Md. (Glenelg)
11 Janarius Robinson DE 6-5 249 Fr Panama City (Bay)
Kevin Robledo K 6-0 164 So Thousand Oaks, Calif.
* 71 Brock Ruble OL 6-8 319 So-R * Charlotte Hall, Md. (DeMatha Catholic)
* 15 Travis Rudolph WR 6-1 192 Jr ** West Palm Beach (Cardinal Newman)
* 88 Mavin Saunders TE 6-5 257 So-R * Bimini, Bahamas (The Kinkaid School)
* 92 Justin Shanks DT 6-2 344 Sr-R *** Prattville, Ala. (Prattville)
97 Isaiah Smallwood DE 6-3 216 So-R Dover (Strawberry Crest)
* 64 Willie Smith OL 6-2 303 Jr-R Sarasota
* 41 Jack Steed P 6-5 215 Sr-R Katy, Tex.
* 23 Freddie Stevenson FB 6-1 241 Sr *** Bartow (Bartow)
* 9 Josh Sweat DE 6-5 250 So * Chesapeake, Va. (Oscar Smith)
* 18 Auden Tate WR 6-5 225 So * Irmo, S.C. (Wharton)
86 Darvin Taylor DT 6-3 304 Fr-R Chester, Va. (Thomas Dale)
* 1 Levonta Taylor DB 5-10 169 Fr Virginia Beach, Va. (Ocean Lakes)
* 6 Matthew Thomas LB 6-3 227 Jr-R * Miami (Booker T. Washington)
67 Adam Torres DE 6-4 281 So-R Lake Mary (Lake Mary)
68 Greg Turnage OL 6-3 283 Fr-R Gainesville (Eastside)
* 21 Logan Tyler K-P 6-0 201 Fr Nixa, Mo. (Nixa)
* 82 Naseir Upshur TE 6-2 249 Fr Philadelphia, Pa. (Imhotep Institute Charter)
26 Johnathan Vickers RB 6-1 228 Jr ** Quincy (North Florida Christian)
* 44 DeMarcus Walker DE 6-4 280 Sr *** Jacksonville (Sandalwood)
* 66 Keith Weeks OL 6-4 280 Sr-R *** Valrico (Newsome)
* 19 A.J. Westbrook DB 6-0 186 So * Daytona Beach (Mainland)
* 27 Marquez White DB 6-0 184 Sr *** Dothan, Ala. (Northview)
* 8 Kermit Whitfield WR 5-8 182 Sr *** Orlando (Jones)
84 Jalen Wilkerson TE 6-4 273 Fr-R Douglas, Ga. (Coffee County)
* 12 Arthur Williams DT 6-4 327 So-R * Waycross, Ga. (Smith)
39 Claudio Williams DE 6-0 250 Fr-R Hialeah (Hialeah)
73 Jauan Williams OL 6-6 300 Fr Cheltenham, Md. (Archbishop Carroll)
* 32 Steven Williams RB 5-8 161 Sr-R * Naples (Tallahassee CC)
* 3 Bobo Wilson WR 5-10 184 Sr *** Miami (Columbus)
49 Cedric Wood DT 6-3 321 Fr Tallahassee (Godby)
2016 Roster - By Number
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T PY
R No Name Pos Hgt Wgt Cl Ltr Hometown (Prior School)
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Kevin Robledo K 6-0 164 So Thousand Oaks, Calif.
* 1 Levonta Taylor DB 5-10 169 Fr Virginia Beach, Va. (Ocean Lakes)
3 Derwin James DB 6-3 211 So * Haines City (Haines City)
* 3 Bobo Wilson WR 5-10 184 Sr *** Miami (Columbus)
* 4 Dalvin Cook RB 5-11 213 Jr ** Miami (Miami Central)
* 4 Tarvarus McFadden DB 6-2 198 So * Fort Lauderdale (American Heritage-Delray Beach)
* 5 Dontavious Jackson LB 6-2 249 Fr Houston, Tex. (Alief Elsik)
* 5 Da'Vante Phillips WR 6-1 206 So * Miami (Miami Central)
6 Malik Henry QB 6-2 185 Fr Inglewood, Calif. (Long Beach Poly)
* 6 Matthew Thomas LB 6-3 227 Jr-R * Miami (Booker T. Washington)
* 7 Ryan Green RB 5-11 204 Jr-R ** Saint Petersburg (Saint Petersburg Catholic)
* 7 Ermon Lane WR-SS 6-3 209 Jr ** Florida City (Homestead)
* 8 Kermit Whitfield WR 5-8 182 Sr *** Orlando (Jones)
* 9 Jacques Patrick RB 6-2 231 So * Orlando (Timber Creek)
* 9 Josh Sweat DE 6-5 250 So * Chesapeake, Va. (Oscar Smith)
* 10 Calvin Brewton DB 6-0 186 So * Miami (Miami Central)
* 10 Sean Maguire QB 6-3 232 Sr-R *** Sparta, N.J. (Seton Hall Prep)
11 George Campbell WR 6-4 207 So * Clearwater (East Lake) core muscle injury
11 Janarius Robinson DE 6-5 249 Fr Panama City (Bay)
* 12 Deondre Francois QB 6-2 205 Fr-R Orlando (IMG Academy)
* 12 Arthur Williams DT 6-4 327 So-R * Waycross, Ga. (Smith)
13 Lawrence Dawsey DB 5-11 165 Fr Tampa (Hillsborough)
13 Ja'Vonn Harrison WR 6-2 196 Jr ** Lakeland (Kathleen)
14 Jake Rizzo QB 6-0 193 Fr Fort Lauderdale (Saint Thomas Aquinas)
* 15 Carlos Becker DB 6-2 183 Fr Kissimmee (Osceola)
* 15 Travis Rudolph WR 6-1 192 Jr ** West Palm Beach (Cardinal Newman)
* 16 J.J. Cosentino QB 6-5 230 So-R * Lower Burrell, Pa. (Central Catholic)
* 16 Jacob Pugh LB 6-4 229 Jr ** Dade City (Godby)
* 18 Ro'Derrick Hoskins LB 6-2 240 Jr-R ** Orlando (Evans)
* 18 Auden Tate WR 6-5 225 So * Irmo, S.C. (Wharton)
* 19 A.J. Westbrook DB 6-0 186 So * Daytona Beach (Mainland)
20 Bobby Lyons WR 6-0 184 So-R Orlando (Ocoee)
* 20 Trey Marshall DB 6-0 210 Jr ** Lake City (Columbia)
* 21 Logan Tyler K-P 6-0 201 Fr Nixa, Mo. (Nixa)
* 22 Amir Rasul RB 5-10 203 Fr Miami (Coral Gables)
* 23 Ricky Aguayo K 6-2 196 Fr Mascotte (IMG Academy)
23 Herbans Paul DB 6-2 190 Jr-R Immokalee (Immokalee)
* 23 Freddie Stevenson FB 6-1 241 Sr *** Bartow (Bartow)
* 24 Marcus Lewis DB 6-1 190 So * Washington, D.C. (Gonzaga)
26 Johnathan Vickers RB 6-1 228 Jr ** Quincy (North Florida Christian)
* 27 Marquez White DB 6-0 184 Sr *** Dothan, Ala. (Northview)
28 Gilbert Henric WR 6-0 194 So-R Miami (Columbus)
* 28 Malique Jackson DB 6-0 170 Jr ** Jesup, Ga. (Wayne County)
29 Nate Andrews DB 6-0 214 Sr *** Fairhope, Ala. (Fairhope)
30 Sh'Mar Kilby-Lane LB 6-2 219 So * Hollywood (Hallandale)
31 Omari Albert RB 5-7 217 Sr-R Orlando (Wekiva)
31 Kris Dixon DE 6-1 217 Fr-R Tallahassee (Godby)
32 Array Culmer DB 5-7 158 So-R Jacksonville (Lee)
* 32 Steven Williams RB 5-8 161 Sr-R * Naples (Tallahassee CC)
* 33 Colton Plante FB 6-2 236 So * Orlando (First Academy)
35 Michael Barulich DB 5-11 195 Fr Orlando (Lake Nona)
35 Gabe Nabers FB 6-3 244 Fr Hahira, Ga. (Lowndes County)
36 Fred Davis RB 5-11 214 Fr-R Jacksonville (Raines)
* 37 Kyle Meyers DB 6-0 168 Fr New Orleans, La. (Holy Cross)
38 Izaiah Prouse-Lackey DB 5-9 177 So-R Atlanta, Ga. (Riverwood)
39 Claudio Williams DE 6-0 250 Fr-R Hialeah (Hialeah)
40 Ken Burnham LS 6-0 208 So-R Lithia (Newsome)
* 40 Nick Patti LB 6-1 225 So-R * Fairhope, Ala. (Fairhope)
* 41 Jack Steed P 6-5 215 Sr-R Katy, Tex.
42 Isaiah Denman WR 5-10 180 Fr-R Niceville
43 Jake Duff RB 6-0 186 So North Fort Myers (North Fort Myers)
43 Xavier Hurge DB 6-0 206 So-R Coral Springs (Florida Virtual School)
* 44 DeMarcus Walker DE 6-4 280 Sr *** Jacksonville (Sandalwood)
45 Delvin Purifoy LB 6-2 246 So-R Cantonment (Pensacola Catholic)
46 Daniel Maddox WR 6-2 194 Sr-R Pace
* 47 Stephen Gabbard LS 6-3 248 Jr ** Tallahassee (Godby)
48 Vernon Norwood LB 6-0 214 So-R Jupiter (Cardinal Newman)
49 N'Namdi Green TE 6-3 238 So-R Tampa (Berkeley Prep)
49 Cedric Wood DT 6-3 321 Fr Tallahassee (Godby)
* 51 Josh Brown LB 6-3 216 Fr Charlotte, N.C. (Mallard Creek)
51 Baveon Johnson OL 6-3 326 Fr Lakeland (Lake Gibson)
52 David Robbins OL 6-4 324 Fr-R Glenelg, Md. (Glenelg)
53 Joshua Peters OL 6-3 274 So-R * Orlando (First Academy)
* 54 Alec Eberle OL 6-4 294 So-R * Mechanicsville, Va. (Atlee)
* 55 Fredrick Jones DT 6-3 298 So-R * Miami (Miami Central)
* 56 Emmett Rice LB 6-2 203 Fr Miami Gardens (Norland)
57 Corey Martinez OL 6-4 298 So-R * Tampa (Tampa Catholic)
* 59 Ryan Hoefeld OL 6-2 306 Jr-R ** New Orleans, La. (Brother Martin)
60 Andrew Boselli OL 6-4 303 Fr Jacksonville (Episcopal)
61 Harrison Frank LS 6-3 200 So Fort Lauderdale
* 62 Ethan Frith OL 6-7 316 So Summit, Miss. (North Pike)
* 64 Willie Smith OL 6-2 303 Jr-R Sarasota
65 Mike Arnold OL 6-4 339 Fr Winter Haven (Winter Haven)
* 66 Keith Weeks OL 6-4 280 Sr-R *** Valrico (Newsome)
67 Adam Torres DE 6-4 281 So-R Lake Mary (Lake Mary)
68 Greg Turnage OL 6-3 283 Fr-R Gainesville (Eastside)
* 69 Landon Dickerson OL 6-5 310 Fr Hickory, N.C. (South Caldwell)
* 70 Cole Minshew OL 6-5 338 Fr-R Pridgen, Ga. (Coffee County)
* 71 Brock Ruble OL 6-8 319 So-R * Charlotte Hall, Md. (DeMatha Catholic)
* 72 Kareem Are OL 6-6 325 Sr-R * Elmont, N.Y. (Sewanhaka/Fort Scott CC)
73 Jauan Williams OL 6-6 300 Fr Cheltenham, Md. (Archbishop Carroll)
* 74 Derrick Kelly OL 6-5 323 So-R * Quincy (East Gadsden)
75 Abdul Bello OL 6-6 312 Fr-R Warri, Nigeria (Montverde Academy)
* 76 Rick Leonard OL 6-7 306 Jr ** Middletown, Md. (Middletown)
* 77 Roderick Johnson OT 6-7 311 Jr ** Florissant, Mo. (Hazelwood Central)
* 78 Wilson Bell OL 6-5 320 Jr-R * Mobile, Ala. (Blount)
79 Josh Ball OL 6-8 311 Fr Fredericksburg, Va. (Stafford)
* 80 Nyqwan Murray WR 5-11 176 So * Orlando (Oak Ridge)
* 81 Ryan Izzo TE 6-5 245 So-R * Highland Lakes, N.J. (Pope John XXIII)
* 82 Naseir Upshur TE 6-2 249 Fr Philadelphia, Pa. (Imhotep Institute Charter)
* 83 Bryan LaCivita WR 6-1 178 Jr-R ** Gainesville (Saint Francis Catholic)
84 Jalen Wilkerson TE 6-4 273 Fr-R Douglas, Ga. (Coffee County)
* 85 Jeremy Kerr TE 6-6 270 Jr-R ** Saint Petersburg (Saint Petersburg)
86 Justin Motlow WR 5-11 183 So-R Tampa (Tampa Catholic)
86 Darvin Taylor DT 6-3 304 Fr-R Chester, Va. (Thomas Dale)
* 87 Jared Jackson WR 6-2 199 Jr-R * Monticello (Aucilla Christian Academy)
* 88 Mavin Saunders TE 6-5 257 So-R * Bimini, Bahamas (The Kinkaid School)
* 89 Keith Gavin WR 6-3 225 Fr Crawfordville (Wakulla)
* 90 Demarcus Christmas DT 6-4 308 So-R * Sarasota (Manatee)
* 91 Derrick Nnadi DT 6-1 312 Jr ** Virginia Beach, Va. (Ocean Lakes)
* 92 Justin Shanks DT 6-2 344 Sr-R *** Prattville, Ala. (Prattville)
* 94 Walvenski Aime DT 6-5 300 So Boynton Beach (Olympic Heights/Fort Scott CC)
95 Keith Bryant DT 6-2 274 Jr-R * Delray Beach (Atlantic)
96 Devin Freeman DL 6-0 260 Sr Orlando
97 Isaiah Smallwood DE 6-3 216 So-R Dover (Strawberry Crest)
* 99 Brian Burns DE 6-5 218 Fr Fort Lauderdale (American Heritage-Delray Beach)
January 5, 2016 - Jalen Ramsey declared for the NFL draft
January 6, 2016 - Roberto Aguayo declared for the NFL draft
Ermon Lane switched to DB/No. 7 after the UNC game
2016 Conference Awards
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Ricky Aguayo Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - Honorable Mention
Kareem Are Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 2nd Team
Dalvin Cook Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 1st Team
Deondre Francois Atlantic Coast Conference - Rookie of the Year
Atlantic Coast Conference - Offensive Rookie of the Year
Roderick Johnson Atlantic Coast Conference - Jacobs Blocking Trophy
Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 1st Team
Trey Marshall Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - Honorable Mention
Tarvarus McFadden Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 1st Team
Derrick Nnadi Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 1st Team (Coach)
Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 3rd Team (Media)
Jacob Pugh Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - Honorable Mention
Travis Rudolph Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 2nd Team
Matthew Thomas Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - Honorable Mention
DeMarcus Walker Atlantic Coast Conference - Defensive Player of the Year
Atlantic Coast Conference - All-Conference - 1st Team
All-Conference - 12
2016 All-Americans
Name Organization
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Ricky Aguayo espn.com - 1st Team Freshman All-American
CampusInsiders.com - 2nd Team Freshman All-American
Brian Burns espn.com - 1st Team Freshman All-American
Football Writers Association - 1st Team Freshman All-American
USA Today/Sports Weekly - 1st Team Freshman All-American
Dalvin Cook American Football Coaches Association - 1st Team All-American
Associated Press - 1st Team All-American
Athlon Sports - 1st Team All-American
Walter Camp - 1st Team All-American
CBS Sports - 1st Team All-American
CampusInsiders.com - 1st Team All-American
espn.com - 1st Team All-American
FoxSportsNext.com - 1st Team All-American
Football Writers Association - 1st Team All-American
Pro Football Focus - 1st Team All-American
Phil Steele - 1st Team All-American
SBNation.com - 1st Team All-American
The Sporting News - 1st Team All-American
USA Today/Sports Weekly - 1st Team All-American
Sports Illustrated - 2nd Team All-American
NCAA - Unanimous All-American
Roderick Johnson Walter Camp - 1st Team All-American
American Football Coaches Association - 2nd Team All-American
FoxSportsNext.com - 2nd Team All-American
Sports Illustrated - 2nd Team All-American
Phil Steele - 3rd Team All-American
Athlon Sports - 4th Team All-American
Tarvarus McFadden Football Writers Association - 1st Team All-American
American Football Coaches Association - 2nd Team All-American
Walter Camp - 2nd Team All-American
Phil Steele - 2nd Team All-American
CampusInsiders.com - 2nd Team Sophomore All-American
Athlon Sports - 4th Team All-American
DeMarcus Walker American Football Coaches Association - 1st Team All-American
Athlon Sports - 1st Team All-American
Walter Camp - 1st Team All-American
SBNation.com - 1st Team All-American
The Sporting News - 1st Team All-American
USA Today/Sports Weekly - 1st Team All-American
Associated Press - 2nd Team All-American
CBS Sports - 2nd Team All-American
CampusInsiders.com - 2nd Team All-American
FoxSportsNext.com - 2nd Team All-American
Football Writers Association - 2nd Team All-American
Sports Illustrated - 2nd Team All-American
Phil Steele - 3rd Team All-American
NCAA - Consensus All-American
All-Americans - 6
2016 Noles in the Pros
Name No Pos Team
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Roberto Aguayo 19 K Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Kelvin Benjamin 13 WR Carolina Panthers
Anquan Boldin 80 WR Detroit Lions
Nigel Bradham 53 LB Philadelphia Eagles
Terrence Brooks 29 S Philadelphia Eagles
Tank Carradine 95 LB San Francisco 49ers
Tony Carter 29 CB New Orleans Saints
Antonio Cromartie 31 CB Indianapolis Colts
Ronald Darby 28 CB Buffalo Bills
Mario Edwards 97 DE Oakland Raiders
Javien Elliott 35 CB Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cameron Erving 74 OL Cleveland Browns
Devonta Freeman 24 RB Atlanta Falcons
Graham Gano 9 K Carolina Panthers
Eddie Goldman 91 NT Chicago Bears
Rashad Greene 13 WR Jacksonville Jaguars
Letroy Guion 98 DT Green Bay Packers
Bobby Hart 68 G New York Giants
Dustin Hopkins 3 K Washington Redskins
Rodney Hudson 61 C Oakland Raiders
Tre' Jackson 63 G New England Patroits
Sebastian Janikowski 11 K Oakland Raiders
Timmy Jernigan 99 DT Baltimore Ravens
Christian Jones 52 ILB Chicago Bears
Lamarcus Joyner 20 DB Los Angeles Rams
Nile Lawrence-Stample 70 DL Cleveland Browns
E.J. Manuel 3 QB Buffalo Bills
Josue Matias 66 G Tennessee Titans
Nick Moody 55 LB Washington Redskins
Nick O'Leary 84 TE Buffalo Bills
Christian Ponder 15 QB San Francisco 49ers
Jalen Ramsey 20 CB Jacksonville Jaguars
Xavier Rhodes 29 CB Minnesota Vikings
Patrick Robinson 25 CB Indianapolis Colts
Garrison Sanborn 65 LS Buffalo Bills
Antone Smith 36 RB Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Telvin Smith 50 LB Jacksonville Jaguars
Terrance Smith 48 LB Kansas City Chiefs
Chris Thompson 25 RB Washington Redskins
Lawrence Timmons 94 LB Pittsburgh Steelers
Will Tye 45 TE New York Giants
Dekoda Watson 57 OLB Denver Broncos
Menelik Watson 71 T Oakland Raiders
James Wilder 38 RB Buffalo Bills
Karlos Williams 30 RB Pittsburgh Steelers
P.J. Williams 25 CB New Orleans Saints
Vince Williams 98 LB Pittsburgh Steelers
Jameis Winston 3 QB Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Noles in the Pros - 48
2016 Schedule and Results
EOY Stats | Ref |
Conference games in bold
Overall Home Away Neutral
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FSU record is 10- 3 4-2 4-1 2-0
vs ACC 5- 3 2-2 3-1 0-0
Against Top 25 4- 3 1-2 1-1 2-0
Final AP - 8
Final USA - 8
2016 Atlantic Coast Conference Results
ATLANTIC DIVISION
1t Clemson 7- 1 14- 1
1t Louisville 7- 1 9- 4
3 Florida State 5- 3 10- 3
4t North Carolina State 3- 5 7- 6
4t Wake Forest 3- 5 7- 6
6t Boston College 2- 6 7- 6
6t Syracuse 2- 6 4- 8
COASTAL DIVISION
1 Virginia Tech 6- 2 10- 4
2t Miami 5- 3 9- 4
2t North Carolina 5- 3 8- 5
2t Pittsburgh 5- 3 8- 5
5 Georgia Tech 4- 4 9- 4
6t Duke 1- 7 4- 8
6t Virginia 1- 7 2-10
2016 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP, Orlando, Fla.
Date Score Comments
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12/03/2016 Clemson 42, Virginia Tech 35
2016 - 100 Yard Rushing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Yds Avg TDs
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Dalvin Cook 09/24/2016 South Florida 28 267 9.54 2
Dalvin Cook 11/19/2016 Syracuse 28 225 8.04 4
Dalvin Cook 10/29/2016 Clemson 19 169 8.89 4
Dalvin Cook 11/26/2016 Florida 26 153 5.88 1
Dalvin Cook 10/08/2016 Miami 27 150 5.56 0
Dalvin Cook 12/30/2016 Michigan 20 145 7.25 1
Dalvin Cook 10/01/2016 North Carolina 29 140 4.83 3
Jacques Patrick 09/24/2016 South Florida 20 124 6.20 1
Dalvin Cook 10/15/2016 Wake Forest 25 115 4.60 0
Dalvin Cook 11/11/2016 Boston College 18 108 6.00 1
2016 - 100 Yard Receiving Club
Name Date Opponent Rec Yds Avg TDs
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Travis Rudolph 10/15/2016 Wake Forest 13 238 18.31 0
Nyqwan Murray 11/05/2016 North Carolina State 9 153 17.00 0
Bobo Wilson 09/05/2016 Mississippi 9 125 13.89 0
Bobo Wilson 10/01/2016 North Carolina 6 120 20.00 0
Dalvin Cook 10/01/2016 North Carolina 6 106 17.67 0
Travis Rudolph 09/10/2016 Charleston Southern 7 105 15.00 2
Nyqwan Murray 12/30/2016 Michigan 2 104 52.00 2
Dalvin Cook 09/05/2016 Mississippi 7 101 14.43 0
Auden Tate 11/11/2016 Boston College 6 101 16.83 2
2016 - 300 Yard Passing Club
Name Date Opponent Att Cmp Yds Int Avg TDs
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Deondre Francois 09/05/2016 Mississippi 52 33 419 0 8.06 2
Deondre Francois 10/01/2016 North Carolina 32 20 372 0 11.63 0
Deondre Francois 11/05/2016 North Carolina State 39 22 330 0 8.46 1
Deondre Francois 10/15/2016 Wake Forest 37 22 319 1 8.62 1
Deondre Francois 11/19/2016 Syracuse 28 18 315 1 11.25 2
2016 EOY Stats
Overall Team Statistics
TEAM STATISTICS FSU OPP
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SCORING....................... 453 325
Points Per Game............. 34.8 25.0
TOUCHDOWNS.................... 57 40
TDs Rushing................. 33 19
TDs Passing................. 23 18
TDs Fumble Return........... 0 1
TDs Punt Return............. 1 1
TDs Interception............ 0 1
TDs Kickoff Return.......... 0 0
TDs Lateral................. 0 0
TDs Free Kick............... 0 0
PAT-ATTEMPTS.................. 51-54 34-40
Kick........................ 51-52 32-35
Pass........................ 0- 2 2- 5
Run......................... 0- 0 0- 0
FIELD GOALS-ATTEMPTS.......... 20-28 15-20
SAFETY........................ 0 1
DEFENSIVE EXTRA POINT......... 0 1
FIRST DOWNS................... 321 245
Rushing..................... 149 89
Passing..................... 143 125
Penalty..................... 29 31
RUSHING YARDAGE............... 2630 1664
Yards gained rushing........ 3102 2111
Yards lost rushing.......... 472 447
Rushing Attempts............ 518 457
Average Per Rush............ 5.1 3.6
Average Per Game............ 202.3 128.0
PASSING YARDAGE............... 3433 2874
Att-Comp-Int................ 421-244- 8 404-224-15
Efficiency.................. 140.68 122.48
Average Per Pass............ 8.2 7.1
Average Per Catch........... 14.1 12.8
Average Per Game............ 264.1 221.1
TOTAL OFFENSE................. 6063 4538
Total Plays................. 939 861
Average Per Play............ 6.5 5.3
Average Per Game............ 466.4 349.1
KICK RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 33- 745 33- 595
Average Per Return.......... 22.6 18.0
PUNT RETURNS: #-YARDS......... 22-163 15-279
Average Per Return.......... 7.4 18.6
INT RETURNS: #-YARDS.......... 15- 37 8- 84
Average Per Return.......... 2.5 10.5
FUMBLE RETURNS: #-YARDS....... 8- -5 12- 51
Average Per Return.......... -0.6 4.3
FUMBLES-LOST.................. 23-12 15- 8
PENALTIES-YARDS............... 100- 948 86- 768
Average Per Game............ 72.9 59.1
PUNTS-YARDS................... 56-2227 76-3191
Average Per Punt............ 39.8 42.0
Net punt average............ 34.8 39.8
TIME OF POSSESSION/GAME....... 32:55 27:05
3RD DOWN CONVERSIONS-3RD DOWN. 74-169 61-180
3rd-Down Pct................ .438 .339
4TH DOWN CONVERSIONS-4TH DOWN. 3- 5 8-18
4th-Down Pct................ .600 .444
SACKS BY-YARDS................ 51-318 36-301
MISC YARDS.................... 0 38
ATTENDANCE.................... 460,801 273,111
Games-Avg Per Game.......... 6-76,800 5-54,622
ATTENDANCE-NEUTRAL FIELD...... 130,474
Games-Avg Per Game.......... 2-65,237
| | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th |
Total |
|---|
| Florida State | 117 | 95 |
135 | 109 |
456 |
| Opponents | 69 | 97 |
60 | 99 |
325 |
Overall Individual Statistics
RUSHING G Att Gain Loss Net Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Dalvin Cook 13 288 1845 80 1765 6.1 19 75t 135.8
Jacques Patrick 13 61 364 14 350 5.7 4 41 26.9
Deondre Francois 13 108 526 328 198 1.8 5 35t 15.2
Freddie Stevenson 12 13 95 5 90 6.9 4 38 7.5
Kermit Whitfield 13 8 79 0 79 9.9 1 21 6.1
Ryan Green 11 11 78 3 75 6.8 0 17 6.8
Amir Rasul 8 6 46 0 46 7.7 0 21 5.8
Johnathan Vickers 4 5 47 3 44 8.8 0 30 11.0
Bobo Wilson 7 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 0.9
Steven Williams 1 1 5 0 5 5.0 0 5 5.0
J.J. Cosentino 3 3 8 5 3 1.0 0 6 1.0
Colton Plante 2 1 2 0 2 2.0 0 2 1.0
Omari Albert 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 1.0
Sean Maguire 7 1 0 10 -10 -10.0 0 -10 -1.4
Total......... 13 518 3102 472 2630 5.1 33 75t 202.3
Opponents..... 13 457 2111 447 1664 3.6 19 48 128.0
PASSING G Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD Long Avg/G
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Deondre Francois 13 142.10 400-235- 7 .588 3350 20 92t 257.7
Sean Maguire 7 141.47 12- 7- 1 .583 64 2 28 9.1
J.J. Cosentino 3 76.62 9- 2- 0 .222 19 1 12t 6.3
Total......... 13 140.68 421-244- 8 .580 3433 23 92t 264.1
Opponents..... 13 122.48 404-224-15 .554 2874 18 84t 221.1
RECEIVING G No Yds Avg TD Long Avg/G
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Travis Rudolph 13 56 840 15.0 7 58 64.6
Dalvin Cook 13 33 488 14.8 1 59t 37.5
Nyqwan Murray 13 27 441 16.3 5 92t 33.9
Auden Tate 13 25 409 16.4 6 39 31.5
Kermit Whitfield 13 34 395 11.6 1 28 30.4
Bobo Wilson 7 30 390 13.0 1 34 55.7
Ryan Izzo 13 19 227 11.9 1 39 17.5
Mavin Saunders 12 10 182 18.2 0 33 15.2
Da'Vante Phillips 9 4 33 8.3 0 10 3.7
Jacques Patrick 13 4 21 5.3 0 13 1.6
Freddie Stevenson 12 1 6 6.0 1 6t 0.5
Ja'Vonn Harrison 3 1 1 1.0 0 1 0.3
Total......... 13 244 3433 14.1 23 92t 264.1
Opponents..... 13 224 2874 12.8 18 84t 221.1
PUNT RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
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Bobo Wilson 9 155 17.2 1 89t
Nyqwan Murray 13 8 0.6 0 7
Total......... 22 163 7.4 1 89t
Opponent...... 15 279 18.6 1 69t
INTERCEPTIONS No Yds Avg TD Long
------------------------------------------
Tarvarus McFadden 8 16 2.0 0
Marquez White 2 14 7.0 0
Ermon Lane 1 7 7.0 0
Nate Andrews 1 0 0.0 0
Derwin James 1 0 0.0 0
Marcus Lewis 1 0 0.0 0
Carlos Becker 1 0 0.0 0
Total......... 15 37 2.5 0 15
Opponent...... 8 84 10.5 1 36
KICK RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long
------------------------------------------
Kermit Whitfield 26 595 22.9 0 53
Keith Gavin 1 66 66.0 0 66
Ryan Green 4 61 15.3 0 23
Freddie Stevenson 1 12 12.0 0 12
Amir Rasul 1 11 11.0 0 11
Total......... 33 745 22.6 0 66
Opponent...... 33 595 18.0 0 36
Fum
FUMBLE RETURNS No Yds Avg TD Long For
-----------------------------------------------
DeMarcus Walker 2 3 1.5 0 . 3
Emmett Rice 1 -8 -8.0 0 . 0
Derrick Nnadi 1 0 0.0 0 . 1
Jacob Pugh 1 0 0.0 0 . 1
Demarcus Christmas 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Marcus Lewis 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Amir Rasul 1 0 0.0 0 . 0
Matthew Thomas 0 0 . 0 . 1
Arthur Williams 0 0 . 0 . 1
Josh Sweat 0 0 . 0 . 1
Brian Burns 0 0 . 0 . 1
Total......... 8 -5 -0.6 0 3 9
Opponent...... 12 51 4.3 1 39
|-------- PATs --------|
Name TD FGs Kick Rush Rcv Pass DXP Saf Points
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Dalvin Cook 20 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 120
Ricky Aguayo 0 19-26 51-52 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 108
Travis Rudolph 7 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 42
Auden Tate 6 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 36
Freddie Stevenson 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30
Deondre Francois 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-2 0 0 30
Nyqwan Murray 5 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 30
Jacques Patrick 4 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 24
Kermit Whitfield 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Bobo Wilson 2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 12
Ryan Izzo 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
Logan Tyler 0 1-2 3-3 0-0 0 0-0 0 0 6
====================================================================
FSU 57 20-28 54-55 0-0 0 0-2 0 0 456
Opponent 40 15-20 32-35 0-0 2 2-5 1 1 325
| Touchdowns | R | C |
P | I | FR |
PR | KR | L | FK |
|---|
| Dalvin Cook |
19 |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Travis Rudolph |
. |
7 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Auden Tate |
. |
6 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Freddie Stevenson |
4 |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Deondre Francois |
5 |
. |
20 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Nyqwan Murray |
. |
5 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Jacques Patrick |
4 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Kermit Whitfield |
1 |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Bobo Wilson |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
| Ryan Izzo |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Sean Maguire |
. |
. |
2 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| J.J. Cosentino |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
. |
| Total |
33 |
23 |
23 |
. |
. |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
| Opponents |
20 |
17 |
17 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
. |
. |
. |
R = Rushing
C = Catch
P = Pass
I = Interception
FR = Fumble Recovery/Return
PR = Punt Return/Blocked Punt
KR = Kickoff Return
L = Lateral
FK = Free Kick Return
TOTAL OFFENSE G Plays Rush Pass Total Avg/G
--------------------------------------------------
Deondre Francois 13 508 198 3350 3548 272.9
Dalvin Cook 13 288 1765 0 1765 135.8
Jacques Patrick 13 61 350 0 350 26.9
Freddie Stevenson 12 13 90 0 90 7.5
Kermit Whitfield 13 8 79 0 79 6.1
Ryan Green 11 11 75 0 75 6.8
Sean Maguire 7 13 -10 64 54 7.7
Amir Rasul 8 6 46 0 46 5.8
Johnathan Vickers 4 5 44 0 44 11.0
J.J. Cosentino 3 12 3 19 22 7.3
Bobo Wilson 7 1 6 0 6 0.9
Steven Williams 1 1 5 0 5 5.0
Colton Plante 2 1 2 0 2 1.0
Omari Albert 1 1 1 0 1 1.0
Total......... 13 939 2630 3433 6063 466.4
Opponent...... 13 861 1664 2874 4538 349.1
FIELD GOALS FGM-FGA Pct 01-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50-99 Lg
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Ricky Aguayo 19-26 .731 0- 0 5- 5 7- 7 7-13 0- 1 47
Logan Tyler 1- 2 .500 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 0- 0 1- 2 53
| FG SEQUENCE |
Ricky Aguayo |
Logan Tyler |
|---|
| Mississippi |
(25), (21), (40), (40), (44), (30) |
None |
| Charleston Southern |
(46) |
None |
| Louisville |
49, (47), (33) |
None |
| South Florida |
(25), (35) |
None |
| North Carolina |
45, 52, 45 |
None |
| Miami |
(31), (32) |
None |
| Wake Forest |
47, (29) |
None |
| Clemson |
None |
None |
| North Carolina State |
(32) |
None |
| Boston College |
None |
(53) |
| Syracuse |
(42) |
54 |
| Florida |
49, (22), 44 |
None |
| Michigan |
(42), (38) |
None |
() For made field goals
PUNTING No Yds Avg Long TB FC I20 Blkd
-------------------------------------------------------
Logan Tyler 54 2177 40.3 57 2 15 11 0
Jack Steed 1 33 33.0 33 0 1 0 0
Team 1 17 17.0 17 0 0 0 0
Total......... 56 2227 39.8 57 2 16 11 0
Opponent...... 76 3191 42.0 67 3 31 27 2
ALL PURPOSE G Rush Rec PR KR IR FR Tot Avg/G
----------------------------------------------------------------
Dalvin Cook 13 1765 488 0 0 0 0 2253 173.3
Kermit Whitfield 13 79 395 0 595 0 0 1069 82.2
Travis Rudolph 13 0 840 0 0 0 0 840 64.6
Bobo Wilson 7 6 390 155 0 0 0 551 78.7
Nyqwan Murray 13 0 441 8 0 0 0 449 34.5
Auden Tate 13 0 409 0 0 0 0 409 31.5
Jacques Patrick 13 350 21 0 0 0 0 371 28.5
Ryan Izzo 13 0 227 0 0 0 0 227 17.5
Deondre Francois 13 198 0 0 0 0 0 198 15.2
Mavin Saunders 12 0 182 0 0 0 0 182 15.2
Ryan Green 11 75 0 0 61 0 0 136 12.4
Freddie Stevenson 12 90 6 0 12 0 0 108 9.0
Keith Gavin 8 0 0 0 66 0 0 66 8.3
Amir Rasul 8 46 0 0 11 0 0 57 7.1
Johnathan Vickers 4 44 0 0 0 0 0 44 11.0
Da'Vante Phillips 9 0 33 0 0 0 0 33 3.7
Tarvarus McFadden 13 0 0 0 0 16 0 16 1.2
Marquez White 13 0 0 0 0 14 0 14 1.1
Ermon Lane 8 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 0.9
Steven Williams 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 5.0
J.J. Cosentino 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 1.0
DeMarcus Walker 13 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0.2
Colton Plante 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 1.0
Ja'Vonn Harrison 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.3
Omari Albert 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1.0
Emmett Rice 12 0 0 0 0 0 -8 -8 -0.7
Sean Maguire 7 -10 0 0 0 0 0 -10 -1.4
Total......... 13 2630 3433 163 745 37 -5 7003 538.7
Opponent...... 13 1664 2874 279 595 84 51 5547 426.7
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE LEADERS GP UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Matthew Thomas 13 50 27 77 11.0- 32.0 1.0- 2.0 . 2 4 . 1 . .
DeMarcus Walker 13 46 22 68 21.5-134.0 16.0-118.0 . 2 4 2- 3 3 1 .
Trey Marshall 12 40 18 58 2.0- 4.0 . . 4 2 . . . .
Ro'Derrick Hoskins 13 33 20 53 5.5- 12.0 2.5- 7.0 . 2 2 . . . .
Derrick Nnadi 13 26 23 49 10.5- 35.0 6.0- 29.0 . 1 2 1- 0 1 . .
Jacob Pugh 13 29 14 43 6.0- 42.0 4.5- 38.0 . . 2 1- 0 1 . .
Josh Sweat 12 25 16 41 11.5- 49.0 7.0- 39.0 . 1 6 . 1 . .
A.J. Westbrook 13 31 9 40 1.5- 3.0 1.0- 1.0 . 4 1 . . . .
Ermon Lane 8 26 11 37 0.5- 0.0 . 1- 7 2 . . . . .
Marquez White 13 19 6 25 2.0- 3.0 . 2- 14 4 . . . . .
Brian Burns 13 15 9 24 10.5- 58.0 9.5- 57.0 . . 1 . 1 1 .
Demarcus Christmas 13 11 10 21 2.5- 13.0 2.0- 12.0 . 5 . 1- 0 . . .
Marcus Lewis 8 18 3 21 1.0- 5.0 . 1- 0 2 . 1- 0 . . .
Tarvarus McFadden 13 16 4 20 3.0- 12.0 . 8- 16 6 . . . . .
Dontavious Jackson 12 9 11 20 3.0- 12.0 0.5- 3.0 . . . . . . .
Nate Andrews 4 13 5 18 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Kyle Meyers 13 12 5 17 . . . 3 1 . . . .
Walvenski Aime 13 11 6 17 . . . . 1 . . 1 .
Fredrick Jones 13 11 4 15 1.0- 4.0 . . . 1 . . . .
Levonta Taylor 12 14 1 15 1.0- 1.0 . . 1 . . . . .
Emmett Rice 12 5 7 12 . . . . . 1- -8 . . .
Jared Jackson 12 5 6 11 . . . . . . . . .
Derwin James 2 9 2 11 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Calvin Brewton 9 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . .
Carlos Becker 12 2 3 5 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Nick Patti 11 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Arthur Williams 3 4 . 4 1.0- 12.0 1.0- 12.0 . 1 . . 1 . .
Logan Tyler 13 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Justin Shanks 3 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Jalen Wilkerson 3 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Freddie Stevenson 12 . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Josh Brown 10 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Stephen Gabbard 13 . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Auden Tate 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Nyqwan Murray 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jack Steed 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Travis Rudolph 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Dalvin Cook 13 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Mavin Saunders 12 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Malique Jackson 6 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Keith Weeks 13 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jeremy Kerr 13 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kermit Whitfield 13 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Alec Eberle 13 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ryan Izzo 13 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Roderick Johnson 13 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jacques Patrick 13 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Deondre Francois 13 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ricky Aguayo 13 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Wilson Bell 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ryan Green 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kareem Are 11 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Da'Vante Phillips 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Brock Ruble 9 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Amir Rasul 8 . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Keith Gavin 8 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Sean Maguire 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bobo Wilson 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Rick Leonard 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Naseir Upshur 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Landon Dickerson 7 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cole Minshew 6 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Derrick Kelly 5 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Johnathan Vickers 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Isaiah Smallwood 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ethan Frith 4 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bryan LaCivita 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
J.J. Cosentino 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ja'Vonn Harrison 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Gabe Nabers 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Baveon Johnson 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
David Robbins 3 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Colton Plante 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Andrew Boselli 2 . . . . . . . . . . . .
George Campbell 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Izaiah Prouse-Lackey 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Array Culmer 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Lawrence Dawsey 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Michael Barulich 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Jake Rizzo 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Reinard Wilson 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Abdul Bello 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ken Burnham 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Cedric Wood 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Corey Martinez 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Steven Williams 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Omari Albert 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Kris Dixon 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
Ryan Hoefeld 1 . . . . . . . . . . . .
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals 504 249 753 95.0-431.0 51.0-318.0 15- 37 40 27 8- -5 9 3 .
Game Participation
## Player GP-GS UMs CSU UL USF UNC UM Wake CU NCS BC SU UF Mich
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
23 Ricky Aguayo 13- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
94 Walvenski Aime 13- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
31 Omari Albert 1- 0 xx
29 Nate Andrews 4- 3 xx D-DB D-FS D-DB
72 Kareem Are 11- 9 xx O-LG O-OL O-LG O-OL O-LG O-LG O-LG O-LG xx O-LG
65 Mike Arnold 0- 0
79 Josh Ball 0- 0
35 Michael Barulich 1- 0 xx
15 Carlos Becker 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
78 Wilson Bell 11- 5 O-RG xx xx xx xx xx O-RG O-RG O-RG O-RG xx
75 Abdul Bello 1- 0 xx
60 Andrew Boselli 2- 0 xx xx
10 Calvin Brewton 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
51 Josh Brown 10- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
95 Keith Bryant 0- 0
40 Ken Burnham 1- 0 xx
99 Brian Burns 13- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
11 George Campbell 1- 0 xx
90 Demarcus Christmas 13-13 D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT D-DT
4 Dalvin Cook 13-13 O-RB O-TB O-TB O-RB O-TB O-RB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-TB O-RB O-TB O-RB
16 J.J. Cosentino 3- 0 xx xx xx
32 Array Culmer 1- 0 xx
36 Fred Davis 0- 0
13 Lawrence Dawsey 1- 0 xx
42 Isaiah Denman 0- 0
69 Landon Dickerson 7- 7 O-RG O-RG O-OL O-RG O-OL O-RG O-RG
31 Kris Dixon 1- 0 xx
43 Jake Duff 0- 0
54 Alec Eberle 13-13 O-C O-C O-C O-OL O-C O-OL O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C O-C
12 Deondre Francois 13-13 O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB O-QB
61 Harrison Frank 0- 0
96 Devin Freeman 0- 0
62 Ethan Frith 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
47 Stephen Gabbard 13- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
89 Keith Gavin 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
49 N'Namdi Green 0- 0
7 Ryan Green 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
13 Ja'Vonn Harrison 3- 1 O-WR xx xx
28 Gilbert Henric 0- 0
6 Malik Henry 0- 0
59 Ryan Hoefeld 1- 0 xx
18 Ro'Derrick Hoskins 13-13 D-LB D-MIKE D-MIKE D-LB D-MIKE D-LB D-MIKE D-MIKE D-MIKE D-MIKE D-MIKE D-MIKE D-MLB
43 Xavier Hurge 0- 0
81 Ryan Izzo 13-12 O-TE xx O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE O-TE
5 Dontavious Jackson 12- 1 xx xx xx xx xx D-WLB xx xx xx xx xx xx
87 Jared Jackson 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
28 Malique Jackson 6- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx
3 Derwin James 2- 2 D-FS D-FS
51 Baveon Johnson 3- 0 xx xx xx
77 Roderick Johnson 13-13 O-LT O-LT O-LT O-OL O-LT O-OL O-LT O-LT O-LT O-LT O-LT O-LT O-LT
55 Fredrick Jones 13- 2 xx xx xx D-DT D-NT xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
74 Derrick Kelly 5- 2 O-LG O-LG xx xx xx
85 Jeremy Kerr 13- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
30 Sh'Mar Kilby-Lane 0- 0
83 Bryan LaCivita 3- 0 xx xx xx
7 Ermon Lane 8- 4 xx xx D-FS D-FS D-LS xx D-SS xx
76 Rick Leonard 7- 6 O-RT O-RT O-RT xx O-RT O-RT O-RT
24 Marcus Lewis 8- 5 D-DB D-CB D-FS D-DB D-STAR xx xx xx
20 Bobby Lyons 0- 0
46 Daniel Maddox 0- 0
10 Sean Maguire 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
20 Trey Marshall 12-12 D-SS D-SS D-SS D-DB D-SS D-DB D-STAR D-SS D-SS D-STAR D-SS D-SS
57 Corey Martinez 1- 0 xx
4 Tarvarus McFadden 13-13 D-CB D-CB D-CB D-DB D-CB D-DB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB
37 Kyle Meyers 13- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
70 Cole Minshew 6- 3 xx xx xx O-LG O-LG O-RG
86 Justin Motlow 0- 0
80 Nyqwan Murray 13- 2 xx O-WR xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx O-WR
35 Gabe Nabers 3- 0 xx xx xx
91 Derrick Nnadi 13-11 D-NG D-NG D-NG xx xx D-DT D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-NG D-DT
48 Vernon Norwood 0- 0
9 Jacques Patrick 13- 1 xx O-TB xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
40 Nick Patti 11- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
23 Herbans Paul 0- 0
53 Joshua Peters 0- 0
5 Da'Vante Phillips 9- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
33 Colton Plante 2- 0 xx xx
38 Izaiah Prouse-Lackey 1- 0 xx
16 Jacob Pugh 13- 8 xx D-SAM D-SAM D-LB xx D-LB xx xx D-BUCK D-SAM xx D-SAM D-SLB
45 Delvin Purifoy 0- 0
22 Amir Rasul 8- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
56 Emmett Rice 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
14 Jake Rizzo 1- 0 xx
52 David Robbins 3- 0 xx xx xx
11 Janarius Robinson 0- 0
Kevin Robledo 0- 0
71 Brock Ruble 9- 7 xx xx O-OL O-RT O-OL O-RT O-RT O-RT O-RT
15 Travis Rudolph 13-13 O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR
88 Mavin Saunders 12- 3 xx xx O-TE xx xx xx O-TE xx O-TE xx xx xx
92 Justin Shanks 3- 0 xx xx xx
97 Isaiah Smallwood 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
64 Willie Smith 0- 0
41 Jack Steed 13- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
23 Freddie Stevenson 12- 4 O-FB xx xx O-FB xx xx xx O-FB xx xx O-FB xx
9 Josh Sweat 12-10 D-DE xx xx D-BUCK D-DE D-BUCK D-BUCK D-BUCK D-BUCK D-BUCK D-BUCK D-BUCK
18 Auden Tate 13- 4 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx O-WR O-WR O-WR O-WR xx xx
86 Darvin Taylor 0- 0
1 Levonta Taylor 12- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
6 Matthew Thomas 13-12 D-LB D-WLB D-WLB D-LB D-WLB D-LB xx D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB D-WLB
67 Adam Torres 0- 0
68 Greg Turnage 0- 0
21 Logan Tyler 13- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
82 Naseir Upshur 7- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
26 Johnathan Vickers 4- 0 xx xx xx xx
44 DeMarcus Walker 13-13 D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE D-DE
66 Keith Weeks 13- 0 xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx xx
19 A.J. Westbrook 13- 8 xx xx D-FS xx xx xx D-FS D-FS D-S D-FS D-FS D-FS D-FS
27 Marquez White 13-13 D-CB D-CB D-CB D-DB D-CB D-DB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB D-CB
8 Kermit Whitfield 13- 7 xx xx O-WR xx O-WR O-WR O-WR xx xx xx O-WR O-WR O-WR
84 Jalen Wilkerson 3- 0 xx xx xx
12 Arthur Williams 3- 0 xx xx xx
39 Claudio Williams 0- 0
73 Jauan Williams 0- 0
32 Steven Williams 1- 0 xx
3 Bobo Wilson 7- 5 xx O-WR O-WR O-WR xx O-WR O-WR
49 Cedric Wood 1- 0 xx
Florida State 45, Mississippi 34
09/05/2016, Orlando, Fla.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com. Dazzling Debuts: Francois, Aguayo Rally Noles Past Ole Miss.
By Tim Linafelt, Seminoles.com Senior Writer
ORLANDO, FL – In a little more than 30
minutes of game time, Florida State found its quarterback, its defense and its kicker.
The Seminoles might have found the resolve needed to make a run to the College Football Playoff, too.
Because after a first half in which everything went wrong, FSU bounced back with one of the most impressive second halves of the Jimbo Fisher era and beyond. And, as a result, they earned the largest
comeback victory in school history.
Deondre Francois threw for 419 yards and and two touchdowns, Ricky Aguayo set a school record with six field goals and DeMarcus Walker racked up 4 ½ sacks as the
No. 4 Seminoles rallied from a 22-point deficit and escaped Orlando with a 45-34 win over No. 11 Mississippi at Camping World Stadium.
The Seminoles outscored the Rebels 39-6 over the final 30:28
to reach 1-0 for the seventh consecutive season. They’ll return home to face Charleston Southern on Saturday at 12:30 p.m.
“When you're in a heavyweight fight, you're going to take shots,” FSU
coach Jimbo Fisher said. “People are going to hit you, you know that. You've just got to have the willingness to come back.”
As the game approached halftime, the Seminoles appeared to be headed
toward the wrong end of a rout. FSU looked out of sorts for much of the first two quarters, and Ole Miss quarterback Chad Kelly took advantage with three first-half touchdown passes on the way to a
28-6 lead.
The night, however, would eventually belong to Francois, the redshirt freshman quarterback making his first collegiate appearance in his hometown.
After a month of comparisons to
former Seminole Jameis Winston, who, by the way, watched Monday’s game from the FSU sidelines, Francois delivered a debut arguably as memorable as Winston’s.
Although he didn’t have as high of a
completion percentage or as many touchdowns as Winston did at Pittsburgh in 2013 (incidentally, also on Labor Day), Francois deftly guided the Seminoles on nine straight scoring drives to end the
game.
He completed 33 of his 52 passing attempts and also gave the Rebels fits with his legs, adding another 59 yards on the ground.
It was good enough to render star running back Dalvin Cook
with what was likely the quietest 192-yard night (91 rushing, 101 receiving) he'll ever have.
"He had 200 yards of offense, and we just feel like he wasn't there," Fisher said with a smile. " I
mean, think about how good is that?"
“I just had a lot of first-time jitters, but once I got settled in, got banged up a few times, I felt better,” Francois said. “…I just felt too blessed to lose
the game.”
Francois showed a veteran’s poise in the pocket, most notably on a 16-yard touchdown strike to Travis Rudolph at the end of the first half.
With the Ole Miss defense closing in,
Francois held his positioning, delivered a perfect throw and then absorbed a crushing blow from a Rebels defender.
Francois stayed down for a few extra moments but made his way to the sideline and
was ready to go for the second half. That touchdown, meanwhile, proved the turning point in the game: It cut FSU’s deficit to 28-13 at halftime and proved to be the first of 33 straight points that
swung the game in the Seminoles’ favor.
“I’m going to tell you now,” Fisher said, “when you stand there and deliver one of them (throws) you realize this is college football. And your teammates,
that’s when your teammates respect you, when they see you standing there and taking those shots, and you don't duck and wench away.
“I thought it was tremendous and I thought it was a drive of the
game that gave us a chance to come back in the game.”
Francois will grab most of the headlines, but he will, however, have to share some of the spotlight with FSU’s new kicker.
A true freshman
also carrying the weight of heavy expectations – his older brother, Roberto, was an All-American at FSU for three years – Ricky Aguayo needed just one game to place his name atop the Florida State
record books.
“I just reminded him every play, Create your own legacy. … I’m behind you, I’m in your corner,’” sophomore safety Derwin James said. “And he came through for us every time, and that’s
big. That really helped us.”
A native of nearby Mascotte, Fla., Aguayo was a perfect 6 for 6 on field goal attempts Monday night, with makes of 21, 25, 30, 40 (twice), and 44 yards.
His last
field goal, from 30 yards, provided the final margin, as well as some welcome breathing room with 4:53 to go.
Fisher had praise for both Aguayo and fellow freshman Logan Tyler, who averaged 44
yards on three punts and also was effective in handling kickoff duties.
“Those guys they had a big night,” Fisher said.
After an uneven first half, FSU’s defense answered the bell in the second,
limiting the Rebels to just one scoring drive amidst the Seminoles’ offensive onslaught. Ole Miss went into halftime with 312 yards of total offense. The Rebels finished the game with 380.
That’s
thanks to a mammoth second-half effort from Walker, who finished just half a sack away from tying FSU’s single-game record and also forced a strip-sack of Kelly that led to the Seminoles’ first lead
of the game.
Sophomore defensive backs James, Tarvarus McFadden and Marcus Lewis each grabbed the first interceptions of their careers.
“Our defense was outstanding the second half,” Fisher
said. “I mean, the first half, (Ole Miss) had their thing, but that defense, after they felt us getting a surge on offense, I mean they swarmed now. I mean, they created turnovers. They created
sacks. They created havoc.”
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Mississippi |
7 |
21 |
0 |
6 |
34 |
| Florida State |
3 |
10 |
23 |
9 |
45 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 3, pass (kick), 13:14
3- 7 Ricky Aguayo, 25, field goal, 0:01
2nd 3-14 Opp, 3, pass (kick), 12:42
3-21 Opp, 21, pass (kick), 9:42
6-21 Ricky Aguayo, 21, field goal, 4:49
6-28 Opp, 11, run (kick), 3:04
13-28 Travis Rudolph, 16, pass from Deondre Francois (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 0:28
3rd 16-28 Ricky Aguayo, 40, field goal, 12:18
23-28 Freddie Stevenson, 1, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 11:28
29-28 Kermit Whitfield, 3, run (Deondre Francois, pass failed), 9:17
36-28 Ryan Izzo, 2, pass from Deondre Francois (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 4:12
4th 39-28 Ricky Aguayo, 40, field goal, 12:56
39-34 Opp, 20, pass (pass failed), 12:09
42-34 Ricky Aguayo, 44, field goal, 9:16
45-34 Ricky Aguayo, 30, field goal, 4:53
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 32 21
Rushes-yards 41-161 25- 67
Passing 419 313
Att-Comp-Int 52-33-0 39-21-3
Total Yards 93-580 64-380
Punt Returns 1--5 1-7
Kickoff Returns 3-81 4-74
Interception Ret. 3-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 3-44.0 4-44.0
Sacks By-Yds 5-40 3-16
Fumbles-Lost 3-0 1-1
Penalties-Yds 15-127 8-74
3rd Down Conversions 9-18 5-11
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1
Time of Posession 42:39 17:21
Attendance 63,042
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dalvin Cook 23 91 0 18
Deondre Francois 9 59 0 31
Freddie Stevenson 2 8 1 7
Kermit Whitfield 1 3 1 3t
Jacques Patrick 5 2 0 4
Team 1 -2 0 -2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 41 161 2 31
Opp 25 67 1 14
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Bobo Wilson 9 125 0 31
Dalvin Cook 7 101 0 25
Travis Rudolph 6 74 1 27
Kermit Whitfield 5 53 0 24
Ryan Izzo 3 41 1 29
Jacques Patrick 1 13 0 13
Da'Vante Phillips 1 8 0 8
Nyqwan Murray 1 4 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 33 419 2 31
Opp 21 313 4 42
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Deondre Francois 33 52 0 419 2 31
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 33 52 0 419 2 31
Opp 21 39 3 313 4 42
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Bobo Wilson 1 -5 0 -5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 -5 0
Opp 1 7 0 7
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Kermit Whitfield 2 69 0 46
Freddie Stevenson 1 12 0 12
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 81 0 46
Opp 4 74 0 20
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Logan Tyler 3 132 47
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 132 47
Opp 4 176 51
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Derwin James 6 2 8 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Matthew Thomas 7 . 7 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . . . .
Trey Marshall 4 3 7 . . . 1 . . . . .
DeMarcus Walker 5 1 6 4.5- 37.0 4.5- 37.0 . . . . 1 . .
Marcus Lewis 5 . 5 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Ro'Derrick Hoskins 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . .
Jacob Pugh 3 1 4 0.5- 3.0 0.5- 3.0 . . . . . . .
Derrick Nnadi . 2 2 . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Tarvarus McFadden 1 . 1 . . 1- 0 1 . . . . .
Josh Brown 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Josh Sweat 1 . 1 . . . . 2 . . . .
Kyle Meyers . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Logan Tyler . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Freddie Stevenson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Demarcus Christmas . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Levonta Taylor . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 34 18 52 6.0- 47.0 5.0- 40.0 3- 0 3 2 1- 0 1 . .
Opp 54 32 86 6.0- 25.0 3.0- 16.0 . 6 5 . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
RB 4 Dalvin Cook
QB 12 Deondre Francois
WR 13 Ja'Vonn Harrison
WR 15 Travis Rudolph
FB 23 Freddie Stevenson
C 54 Alec Eberle
LG 74 Derrick Kelly
RT 76 Rick Leonard
LT 77 Roderick Johnson
RG 78 Wilson Bell
TE 81 Ryan Izzo
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
FS 3 Derwin James
CB 4 Tarvarus McFadden
LB 6 Matthew Thomas
DE 9 Josh Sweat
LB 18 Ro'Derrick Hoskins
SS 20 Trey Marshall
DB 24 Marcus Lewis
CB 27 Marquez White
DE 44 DeMarcus Walker
DT 90 Demarcus Christmas
NG 91 Derrick Nnadi
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
Izaiah Prouse-Lackey
1 Levonta Taylor
1 Ermon Lane
3 Bobo Wilson
5 Da'Vante Phillips
7 Ryan Green
8 Kermit Whitfield
9 Jacques Patrick
10 Calvin Brewton
10 Sean Maguire
11 George Campbell
13 Lawrence Dawsey
14 Jake Rizzo
16 Jacob Pugh
16 J.J. Cosentino
18 Auden Tate
19 A.J. Westbrook
21 Logan Tyler
22 Amir Rasul
23 Ricky Aguayo
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
26 Johnathan Vickers
32 Array Culmer
35 Gabe Nabers
35 Michael Barulich
37 Kyle Meyers
40 Nick Patti
41 Jack Steed
47 Stephen Gabbard
51 Josh Brown
51 Baveon Johnson
55 Fredrick Jones
66 Keith Weeks
80 Nyqwan Murray
82 Bryan LaCivita
82 Naseir Upshur
85 Jeremy Kerr
88 Mavin Saunders
94 Walvenski Aime
97 Isaiah Smallwood
99 Brian Burns
|
Florida State 52, Charleston Southern 8
09/10/2016, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com. Shipwrecked: Football Defeats Bucs 52-8.
By Tim Linafelt, Seminoles.com Senior Writer
TALLAHASSEE, FL – A short week of rest and practice, along
with a handful of starters sidelined by injury, might have lent a little more drama than usual to Florida State’s home opener against FCS power Charleston Southern.
But the Seminoles made quick
work of the Buccaneers in the first half, then cruised in the second as coach Jimbo Fisher emptied his bench in a 52-8 victory in front of 75,831 fans at Doak Campbell Stadium.
Redshirt freshman
quarterback Deondre Francois continued his hot start to the season, connecting on 25 of 32 passes for 262 yards and three touchdowns. Francois also tossed his first career interception midway through
the second quarter, but, by then, FSU was well on its way to a lopsided victory.
The Seminoles are 2-0 for the sixth straight season. They’ll open ACC play in a marquee matchup at No. 13 Louisville
next Saturday (noon, ABC).
“I was very proud of the way we started the game. We were efficient early in the game,” FSU coach Jimbo Fisher said. “Still not as clean as I wanted to be during the
plays at the end … just a little lethargic there, kind of, on offense.”
Having played their season opener on Monday night, the Seminoles effectively had just two days of practice to get ready for
the Buccaneers, who entered the game ranked seventh in the FCS Coaches Poll.
And FSU on Saturday was without left guard Kareem Are (concussion), right guard Wilson Bell (ankle) and fullback Freddie
Stevenson (ankle), which led to extended action for Derrick Kelly, Colton Plante and Landon Dickerson, a true freshman who made his first career start in place of Bell.
Charleston Southern (1-2),
meanwhile, entered the game with some adversity of its own: The school announced Friday that 14 players had been suspended due to potential NCAA violations related to purchases at the school’s
bookstore.
That made what was already a steep uphill climb virtually insurmountable.
Behind a hot connection between Francois and junior receiver Travis Rudolph, the Seminoles scored touchdowns
on each of their first four possessions and led 28-0 after one quarter.
A pair of TD passes from Francois to Rudolph (seven catches, 105 yards) sandwiched Dalvin Cook’s first touchdown run of the
season, and senior Bobo Wilson polished off the scoring spree with an 89-yard punt return for a score.
It was FSU’s first punt return for a touchdown since Tyler Hunter did it against Duke in
2012.
“He outkicked the coverage,” Wilson said, referring to CSU punter Truett Burns. “I saw that and knew I had like 10 yards between me and the next defender, so I just made it happen.”
“That
was wonderful,” Fisher said.
Cook, for his part, finished with fewer total yards than he did in last week’s opener against Mississippi, but, on occasion, appeared to flash more of the burst and
elusiveness that have become his trademarks over the last few seasons.
He ran for 83 yards on just 11 carries, 37 of which came on a winding, weaving touchdown run through the heart of the
Charleston Southern defense midway through the third quarter.
That was the second of two touchdowns for Cook, who was held scoreless last week.
“It was good to see him get back. He wasn’t in a
groove (against Ole Miss),” Fisher said. “Then he started to get some runs and we started seeing the old Dalvin coming back.”
Cook’s fellow running back, sophomore Jacques Patrick, also had an
impressive sequence in which he touched the ball five times on a six-play drive, and finished it off with a two-yard plunge into the end zone.
The 6-2, 230-pound sophomore posted 26 yards on his
five carries, often at the expense of would-be tacklers from Charleston Southern.
“Coach Fisher always preaches, ‘Do your job,’ and that’s my job,” Patrick said. “I’m a bigger guy, so I’ve got to
make guys pay every time I get the ball.”
The Seminoles lowered the throttle in the second half, but that didn’t stop sophomore Auden Tate from scoring the first touchdown of his career late in the
third quarter.
A 6-foot-5 receiver from Tampa, Tate has been pegged as an obvious red-zone target since a breakout performance at the Garnet & Gold Game earlier this year.
And Tate lived up to
that billing Saturday, leaping up and over a CSU defender for a 1-yard touchdown catch in the back corner of the end zone.
Freshman Ricky Aguayo later made it a perfect 7-for-7 on the season with a
46-yard field goal that provided the final margin.
On defense, the Seminoles received a game-high five tackles and two sacks from freshman Brian Burns, who helped corral CSU’s rushing attack to
just 152 yards on 39 attempts.
The Buccaneers, whose offense is based on the triple-option, had averaged 287.0 rushing yards per game.
The Seminoles also continued a welcome trend of creating
turnovers. FSU recovered three of six Charleston Southern fumbles and turned those into 14 points. Through two games, the Seminoles have forced seven turnovers while committing just one of their
own.
“We want to get at least four or five turnovers a game,” sophomore defensive back Marcus Lewis said. “We practice it. We’ve got drills that we do during the week, just to get the ball out.
That’s what we preach. We’ve got to have turnovers.”
FSU’s defensive day did, however, come at a cost, as sophomore Derwin James left the game midway through the third quarter with a left knee
injury and did not return.
Fisher after the game did not have an update on James’ status.
“We’ll have to wait see,” Fisher said. “See what the doctors say.”
With FSU’s first two wins in the
books, eyes now turn to Louisville, where FSU will play the 13th-ranked Cardinals in what should be one of the marquee matchups of the conference slate.
Louisville turned heads in a 62-28 victory
over Syracuse on Friday, and ESPN’s College Gameday pregame show is expected to be on hand when the Seminoles visit next week.
Which means that after a bit of a breather following their dramatic
victory over Mississippi, the Seminoles are due for another stiff challenge.
“We’re going to be severely tested next week,” Fisher said. “So we’d better be ready.”
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Charleston Southern |
0 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
8 |
| Florida State |
28 |
7 |
14 |
3 |
52 |
1st 7- 0 Travis Rudolph, 36, pass from Deondre Francois (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 9:26
14- 0 Dalvin Cook, 1, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 4:18
21- 0 Travis Rudolph, 21, pass from Deondre Francois (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 3:17
28- 0 Bobo Wilson, 89, punt return/blocked punt (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 0:22
2nd 35- 0 Jacques Patrick, 2, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 4:44
35- 6 Opp, 57, pass (kick failed), 2:50
3rd 42- 6 Dalvin Cook, 37, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 10:00
49- 6 Auden Tate, 1, pass from Deondre Francois (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 2:22
4th 49- 8 Opp, safety, 14:42
Note: JJ Cosentino recovered his own fumble in the end zone.
52- 8 Ricky Aguayo, 46, field goal, 4:59
52- 8 Opp, 48, field goal failed, 2:27
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 26 15
Rushes-yards 36-169 39-152
Passing 269 142
Att-Comp-Int 35-26-1 20-7-0
Total Yards 71-438 59-294
Punt Returns 1-89 1--6
Kickoff Returns 2-17 4-73
Interception Ret. 0-0 1-4
Fumble Returns 3--8 0-0
Punts 2-51.0 7-38.7
Sacks By-Yds 4-37 3-22
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 6-3
Penalties-Yds 6-60 8-51
3rd Down Conversions 8-11 2-12
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Time of Posession 30:19 29:41
Attendance 75,831
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dalvin Cook 11 83 2 37t
Amir Rasul 6 46 0 21
Jacques Patrick 5 26 1 11
Ryan Green 3 6 0 5
Reinard Wilson 1 6 0 6
Johnathan Vickers 2 4 0 3
J.J. Cosentino 2 1 0 6
Deondre Francois 6 -3 0 9
---------------------------------------------
FSU 36 169 3 37t
Opp 39 152 0 25
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Travis Rudolph 7 105 2 36t
Bobo Wilson 4 53 0 28
Nyqwan Murray 3 31 0 13
Ryan Izzo 2 20 0 12
Kermit Whitfield 2 17 0 9
Da'Vante Phillips 2 15 0 8
Auden Tate 2 13 1 12
Dalvin Cook 1 9 0 9
Jacques Patrick 2 5 0 6
Ja'Vonn Harrison 1 1 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 26 269 3 36t
Opp 7 142 1 57t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Deondre Francois 25 32 1 262 3 36t
J.J. Cosentino 1 3 0 7 0 7
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 26 35 1 269 3 36t
Opp 7 20 0 142 1 57t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Bobo Wilson 1 89 1 89t
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 89 1 89t
Opp 1 -6 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Amir Rasul 1 11 0 11
Ryan Green 1 6 0 6
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 17 0 11
Opp 4 73 0 26
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Logan Tyler 2 102 52
----------------------------------------
FSU 2 102 52
Opp 7 271 49
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Brian Burns 4 1 5 3.0- 20.0 2.0- 19.0 . . 1 . 1 . .
Ro'Derrick Hoskins 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Marcus Lewis 3 1 4 1.0- 5.0 . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Levonta Taylor 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Derrick Nnadi 3 . 3 1.0- 6.0 1.0- 6.0 . . . . . . .
Derwin James 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Dontavious Jackson 2 1 3 1.0- 7.0 . . . . . . . .
Jared Jackson 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Matthew Thomas 1 2 3 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Josh Sweat 2 . 2 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . . .
Arthur Williams 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Emmett Rice 1 1 2 . . . . . 1- -8 . . .
DeMarcus Walker 1 1 2 . . . . . . 1 . .
Jacob Pugh 1 1 2 . . . . 1 . . . .
Carlos Becker 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Walvenski Aime 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Team 1 . 1 1.0- 12.0 1.0- 12.0 . . . . 1 . .
Fredrick Jones 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Malique Jackson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Calvin Brewton 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Justin Shanks 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Travis Rudolph 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jalen Wilkerson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Demarcus Christmas . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
Tarvarus McFadden . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
Kyle Meyers . . . . . . . 1 . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 40 12 52 9.0- 57.0 4.0- 37.0 . 2 3 3- -8 3 . .
Opp 46 26 72 7.0- 33.0 3.0- 22.0 1- 4 4 . . 1 . 1
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
WR 3 Bobo Wilson
TB 4 Dalvin Cook
TB 9 Jacques Patrick
QB 12 Deondre Francois
WR 15 Travis Rudolph
C 54 Alec Eberle
RG 69 Landon Dickerson
LG 74 Derrick Kelly
RT 76 Rick Leonard
LT 77 Roderick Johnson
WR 80 Nyqwan Murray
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
FS 3 Derwin James
CB 4 Tarvarus McFadden
WLB 6 Matthew Thomas
SAM 16 Jacob Pugh
MIKE 18 Ro'Derrick Hoskins
SS 20 Trey Marshall
CB 24 Marcus Lewis
CB 27 Marquez White
DE 44 DeMarcus Walker
DT 90 Demarcus Christmas
NG 91 Derrick Nnadi
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Levonta Taylor
5 Da'Vante Phillips
5 Dontavious Jackson
7 Ryan Green
8 Kermit Whitfield
9 Josh Sweat
10 Calvin Brewton
12 Arthur Williams
13 Ja'Vonn Harrison
15 Carlos Becker
16 J.J. Cosentino
18 Auden Tate
19 A.J. Westbrook
21 Logan Tyler
22 Amir Rasul
23 Ricky Aguayo
26 Johnathan Vickers
28 Malique Jackson
33 Colton Plante
35 Gabe Nabers
37 Kyle Meyers
40 Ken Burnham
40 Nick Patti
41 Jack Steed
47 Stephen Gabbard
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
49 Cedric Wood
51 Baveon Johnson
51 Josh Brown
52 David Robbins
55 Fredrick Jones
56 Emmett Rice
60 Andrew Boselli
62 Ethan Frith
66 Keith Weeks
70 Cole Minshew
71 Brock Ruble
72 Kareem Are
75 Abdul Bello
78 Wilson Bell
81 Ryan Izzo
82 Naseir Upshur
82 Bryan LaCivita
84 Jalen Wilkerson
85 Jeremy Kerr
87 Jared Jackson
89 Keith Gavin
92 Justin Shanks
94 Walvenski Aime
99 Brian Burns
99 Reinard Wilson
|
Louisville 63, Florida State 20
09/17/2016, Louisville, Ky.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com. Football Falls In Top 10 Battle.
By Tim Linafelt, Seminoles.com Senior Writer
LOUISVILLE, KY – In their comeback victory over Ole Miss two weeks
ago, Florida State’s script followed a familiar pattern of scoring before halftime, getting the ball back to start the third quarter and then scoring again.
So maybe the surest sign that things
would be different here at Louisville’s Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium came when Louisville, not the Seminoles, scored the momentous touchdown at the end of the second quarter.
And it was Louisville,
not FSU, that scored the decisive blow early in the third.
By then, the Seminoles trailed by 32 points and their hopes for yet another jump-off-the-mat rally were gone. This time, the hole was too
far deep as No. 2 FSU fell prey to a Heisman-worthy performance by Louisville quarterback Lamar Jackson in a 63-20 defeat.
“It starts with me and ends with me as the head coach,” FSU’s Jimbo Fisher
said after the game. “You’ve got to fix it and look at your issues and (see) what you’ve got to do.
“Find it, correct it, coach them better. And they’ve got to play better.”
FSU (2-1, 0-1 ACC)
will get a chance to play better at South Florida next Saturday at noon. The No. 10 Cardinals improved to 3-0 and, after a trip to Marshall next week, will then travel to Clemson for a game that will
have massive implications for the ACC Atlantic Division.
Louisville’s Jackson cemented his status as college football’s preeminent rising star with a 372-yard, five-touchdown performance that kept
the FSU defense guessing all day.
The Seminoles, meanwhile, never could find a groove on offense and, save for a few moments after cutting their deficit to 14-10 early in the second quarter, never
gave the Cardinals much of a scare.
“Second half, they got the momentum and we couldn’t ever change it,” Fisher said. “You play with fire when you let teams get ahead of you. We felt like we had
weathered it.”
Playing in his first true road environment, redshirt freshman quarterback Deondre Francois completed seven of 18 passes for 101 yards and a touchdown. But he also threw an
interception and mishandled an exchange with running back Dalvin Cook that led to another turnover.
And Francois was sacked five times by a Louisville defense that, afforded a big lead, could be
relentless in its pass rush.
Cook didn’t fare much better, carrying 16 times for just 54 yards.
“We didn’t block anybody,” Fisher said. “I actually thought (Cook) ran pretty decent. I liked our
scheme coming in. we had some plays, we just didn’t make a block.”
Behind a balanced effort through the air and on the ground, Louisville outgained FSU 530-284 despite conceding a
time-of-possession advantage to the Seminoles.
Matthew Thomas had 10 tackles to lead the FSU defense, which was playing shorthanded with safety Derwin James sidelined while recovering from knee
surgery.
With James out and a handful of other FSU defenders hit by injuries throughout the game, the Cardinals struck for seven plays of more than 20 yards. The Seminoles had just one.
“(Injuries) make a difference, but that’s ball,” Fisher said. “That’s not their fault, that’s our fault … that’s football. You build depth and develop young players.”
Florida State’s day perhaps
could best be summed up by Louisville’s fateful drive at the end of the second quarter.
Leading 28-10 with less than a minute to go in the half, Jackson threw a low pass toward the right sideline
that appeared to bounce off the turf for an incompletion.
But it didn’t. Instead, Cardinals receiver James Quick caught the ball between his knees and, in the ensuing confusion, gathered it in his
arms and raced 44 yards to the FSU 2-yard line.
Three plays later, Jackson scampered into the end zone for a score that made it 35-10.
And as the Cardinals kept scoring throughout the second
half, the Seminoles had just two second-half drives of more than four plays.
“We didn’t communicate like we should have, like we did throughout the week” junior linebacker Jacob Pugh said. “It
seemed like when we got on the field, everything went blank.”
Their usual comeback plan thwarted, the Seminoles were left to watch as the Cardinals served notice to the nation that the ACC Atlantic
is no longer the exclusive domain of FSU and Clemson.
FSU received that message in a resounding way on Saturday. And the Cardinals will look to deliver it again when they see Deshaun Watson and the
Tigers on Oct. 1.
One the other side, the Seminoles resolved to glean what they can from this one and, otherwise, move on and turn their focus toward next week’s trip to USF.
“We’ve just got to
bounce back,” said junior Travis Rudolph, the team’s leading receiver with two catches for 40 yards. “We’ve got to look forward to the next game. We can’t control what just happened, we’ve just got to
deal with it.”
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
3 |
7 |
0 |
10 |
20 |
| Louisville |
14 |
21 |
14 |
14 |
63 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 2, run (kick), 12:54
0- 7 Ricky Aguayo, 49, field goal failed, 7:24
0-14 Opp, 14, run (kick), 4:50
3-14 Ricky Aguayo, 47, field goal, 1:41
2nd 3-14 Opp, 48, field goal failed, 13:20
10-14 Auden Tate, 20, pass from Deondre Francois (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 10:56
10-21 Opp, 2, run (kick), 7:40
10-28 Opp, 4, pass (kick), 5:03
10-35 Opp, 1, run (kick), 0:12
3rd 10-42 Opp, 69, punt return/blocked punt (kick), 13:49
10-49 Opp, 1, run (kick), 5:02
4th 10-56 Opp, 47, run (kick), 14:27
10-63 Opp, 6, run (kick), 12:30
17-63 Auden Tate, 12, pass from J.J. Cosentino (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 5:19
20-63 Ricky Aguayo, 33, field goal, 0:51
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 20 24
Rushes-yards 43-171 46-314
Passing 113 216
Att-Comp-Int 24-8-1 20-13-1
Total Yards 67-284 66-530
Punt Returns 1-0 2-130
Kickoff Returns 6-133 2-32
Interception Ret. 1-0 1-36
Fumble Returns 0-0 1-0
Punts 8-44.8 4-33.0
Sacks By-Yds 1-9 5-47
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Penalties-Yds 8-84 5-56
3rd Down Conversions 2-13 5-10
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-0
Time of Posession 31:59 28:01
Attendance 55,632
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Jacques Patrick 7 79 0 41
Dalvin Cook 16 54 0 14
Johnathan Vickers 3 40 0 30
Ryan Green 3 32 0 17
J.J. Cosentino 1 2 0 2
Team 1 -2 0 -2
Deondre Francois 12 -34 0 13
---------------------------------------------
FSU 43 171 0 41
Opp 46 314 7 47t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Travis Rudolph 2 40 0 23
Auden Tate 2 32 2 20t
Ryan Izzo 1 14 0 14
Nyqwan Murray 1 11 0 11
Dalvin Cook 1 8 0 8
Bobo Wilson 1 8 0 8
---------------------------------------------
FSU 8 113 2 23
Opp 13 216 1 44
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Deondre Francois 7 18 1 101 1 23
J.J. Cosentino 1 6 0 12 1 12t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 8 24 1 113 2 23
Opp 13 20 1 216 1 44
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Bobo Wilson 1 0 0 0
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 0 0
Opp 2 130 1 69t
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Kermit Whitfield 6 133 0 35
---------------------------------------------
FSU 6 133 0 35
Opp 2 32 0 16
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Logan Tyler 8 358 51
----------------------------------------
FSU 8 358 51
Opp 4 132 39
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Matthew Thomas 6 4 10 . . . . . . . . .
Jacob Pugh 6 2 8 2.0- 12.0 1.0- 9.0 . . . . . . .
DeMarcus Walker 4 3 7 . . . . . . . . .
Nate Andrews 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Walvenski Aime 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .
Trey Marshall 2 3 5 . . . . . . . . .
A.J. Westbrook 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Marcus Lewis 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Ro'Derrick Hoskins 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Marquez White 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jared Jackson 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Demarcus Christmas 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Tarvarus McFadden 1 1 2 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Jalen Wilkerson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Arthur Williams 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Fredrick Jones 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Nick Patti 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Nyqwan Murray 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Derrick Nnadi . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kyle Meyers . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Burns . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Emmett Rice . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 40 24 64 2.0- 12.0 1.0- 9.0 1- 0 1 . . . . .
Opp 38 28 66 9.0- 55.0 5.0- 47.0 1- 36 5 5 1- 0 . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
WR 3 Bobo Wilson
TB 4 Dalvin Cook
WR 8 Kermit Whitfield
QB 12 Deondre Francois
WR 15 Travis Rudolph
C 54 Alec Eberle
RG 69 Landon Dickerson
LG 72 Kareem Are
RT 76 Rick Leonard
LT 77 Roderick Johnson
TE 81 Ryan Izzo
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 4 Tarvarus McFadden
WLB 6 Matthew Thomas
SAM 16 Jacob Pugh
MIKE 18 Ro'Derrick Hoskins
FS 19 A.J. Westbrook
SS 20 Trey Marshall
FS 24 Marcus Lewis
CB 27 Marquez White
DE 44 DeMarcus Walker
DT 90 Demarcus Christmas
NG 91 Derrick Nnadi
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Levonta Taylor
5 Da'Vante Phillips
5 Dontavious Jackson
7 Ryan Green
9 Josh Sweat
9 Jacques Patrick
10 Calvin Brewton
12 Arthur Williams
15 Carlos Becker
16 J.J. Cosentino
18 Auden Tate
21 Logan Tyler
22 Amir Rasul
23 Freddie Stevenson
23 Ricky Aguayo
26 Johnathan Vickers
28 Malique Jackson
29 Nate Andrews
35 Gabe Nabers
37 Kyle Meyers
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
40 Nick Patti
41 Jack Steed
47 Stephen Gabbard
51 Josh Brown
55 Fredrick Jones
56 Emmett Rice
60 Andrew Boselli
62 Ethan Frith
66 Keith Weeks
70 Cole Minshew
71 Brock Ruble
78 Wilson Bell
80 Nyqwan Murray
84 Jalen Wilkerson
85 Jeremy Kerr
87 Jared Jackson
88 Mavin Saunders
89 Keith Gavin
94 Walvenski Aime
99 Brian Burns
|
Florida State 55, South Florida 35
09/24/2016, Tampa, Fla.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com. Cook's Career Day Fuels Football's 55-35 Win.
By Tim Linafelt, Seminoles.com Senior Writer
TAMPA, FL – Dalvin Cook is back in a big way.
So too,
apparently, is the Florida State football team.
Cook took his first carry of Saturday’s game at South Florida 75 yards – his longest carry of the season – for a touchdown that sparked the No. 13
Seminoles to a 55-35 victory over the Bulls at Raymond James Stadium.
Florida State is 3-1 and resumes ACC play at home next week against North Carolina.
“It’s always good to see the No. 4
jersey from behind, running down the field,” junior left tackle Roderick Johnson said. “That’s my favorite part of the game.”
After three games without the type of highlight-reel runs or
eye-popping stat lines that have become his trademark, Cook jumpstarted his Heisman Trophy candidacy by rushing for a career-high 267 yards and two touchdowns.
It’s the third 200-yard game of
Cook’s career and the second-highest single-game rushing total in school history. Cook now owns three of FSU’s top five rushing performances of all-time, as well as five of its 20 longest touchdown
runs.
He added a team-high four receptions and 62 yards through the air to bring his total offensive output to a career-best 329 yards and, along the way, answered any critics who might have
questions about his performances this season.
“I don’t pay attention to that at all,” Cook said. “I know my body. I know my mind. There’s nothing wrong with Dalvin, to answer all the questions.”
USF certainly wouldn’t argue.
In two games against the Bulls, Cook has run for a total of 533 yards, and he’s posted the two best rushing efforts of his career against them. He beat last year’s
total – 266 – by one yard on Saturday.
“People keep saying there was something wrong with him. I didn’t see anything wrong with him,” sophomore running back Jacques Patrick said. “He’s the same guy
from last year. That was good to see him have a great game.”
But Cook didn’t have a monopoly on FSU’s running of the Bulls.
Patrick added another 124 yards and a score on 20 carries, giving FSU
its first 200-100 rushing combo since 1985.
Quarterback Deondre Francois chipped in another 75 yards and a touchdown on the ground, and even fullback Freddie Stevenson got in on the act with 12
yards and two scores.
All told, the Seminoles chewed up 478 rushing yards – just one short of the school record – while averaging 7.6 yards per attempt.
For context, the No. 1 rushing team in
the nation, Air Force, averages 432.5 yards per game.
“We did some better things at the line of scrimmage,” FSU coach Jimbo Fisher said.
With so much success on the ground, Francois had a
lighter workload in the passing game, but he took advantage of his opportunities by completing 6 of his first 6 passes on the way to a 169-yard day.
Francois’ lone touchdown pass went for 13 yards
to Jesus Wilson, and he also connected with sophomore Auden Tate for a 39-yard completion that led to a score.
“We’re not trying to prove anything, we’re just trying to get better every week,”
Francois said. “We’re trying to establish the run every week and go from there.”
Florida State’s defense, meanwhile enjoyed a strong bounce-back effort of its own in the first half.
After an
ominous start that saw the Bulls score two touchdowns on their first two drives. including an 84-yard pass for a TD on their first play from scrimmage, the Seminoles tightened up and held USF off the
scoreboard until late in the third quarter.
Consider that through their first two drives, USF accounted for 156 yards and two scores.
The Seminoles then forced six punts and two interceptions on
USF’s next nine drives while allowing a total of just 65 yards.
By then, midway through the third quarter, the Seminoles led 45-14 and any thoughts that the they might suffer a letdown after last
week’s loss at Louisville were long gone.
The Seminoles sacked USF’s Quinton Flowers three times and also forced two turnovers. Sophomore cornerback Tarvarus McFadden grabbed his team-leading third
interception of the season, and Nate Andrews later added a pick of his own on a deep USF pass near the end zone.
That the Bulls struck for three touchdowns in the second half, however, ensured that
Fisher will still have plenty to critique when the team goes through its film review from the game.
“We’ve got to stop that,” he said. “We’ve got to learn to finish games and play 60 minutes.
“That’s what we’re not doing, and we’re going to learn to do.”
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
28 |
10 |
7 |
10 |
55 |
| South Florida |
14 |
0 |
7 |
14 |
35 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 84, pass (kick), 14:43
7- 7 Dalvin Cook, 75, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 14:31
7-14 Opp, 1, run (kick), 11:49
14-14 Dalvin Cook, 13, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 10:22
21-14 Freddie Stevenson, 1, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 6:11
28-14 Bobo Wilson, 13, pass from Deondre Francois (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 0:25
2nd 31-14 Ricky Aguayo, 25, field goal, 7:04
38-14 Freddie Stevenson, 1, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 1:18
3rd 45-14 Jacques Patrick, 2, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 7:07
45-21 Opp, 24, run (kick), 3:22
4th 48-21 Ricky Aguayo, 35, field goal, 13:33
48-28 Opp, 4, run (kick), 10:21
55-28 Deondre Francois, 35, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 8:46
55-35 Opp, 2, run (kick), 7:39
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 31 17
Rushes-yards 63-478 41-290
Passing 169 160
Att-Comp-Int 19-11-0 14-5-2
Total Yards 82-647 55-450
Punt Returns 4-59 1-8
Kickoff Returns 4-128 4-62
Interception Ret. 2-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 1-0
Punts 3-34.7 6-47.5
Sacks By-Yds 3-25 3-17
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 0-0
Penalties-Yds 4-50 8-68
3rd Down Conversions 6-11 4-11
4th Down Conversions 0-0 1-1
Time of Posession 40:19 19:41
Attendance 61,665
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dalvin Cook 28 267 2 75t
Jacques Patrick 20 124 1 27
Deondre Francois 10 75 1 35t
Freddie Stevenson 5 12 2 13
---------------------------------------------
FSU 63 478 6 75t
Opp 41 290 4 48
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dalvin Cook 4 62 0 27
Auden Tate 1 39 0 39
Bobo Wilson 2 34 1 21
Travis Rudolph 1 14 0 14
Mavin Saunders 1 12 0 12
Kermit Whitfield 2 8 0 8
---------------------------------------------
FSU 11 169 1 39
Opp 5 160 1 84t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Deondre Francois 11 19 0 169 1 39
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 11 19 0 169 1 39
Opp 5 14 2 160 1 84t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Bobo Wilson 4 59 0 18
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 59 0 18
Opp 1 8 0 8
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Kermit Whitfield 4 128 0 53
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 128 0 53
Opp 4 62 0 16
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Logan Tyler 3 104 41
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 104 41
Opp 6 285 54
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nate Andrews 4 2 6 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Trey Marshall 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Fredrick Jones 3 . 3 1.0- 4.0 . . . . . . . .
DeMarcus Walker 3 . 3 2.0- 15.0 1.0- 13.0 . . . . . . .
Tarvarus McFadden 2 1 3 1.0- 7.0 . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Brian Burns 3 . 3 2.0- 12.0 2.0- 12.0 . . . . . . .
Walvenski Aime 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Jacob Pugh 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
A.J. Westbrook 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Emmett Rice 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Matthew Thomas 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Dontavious Jackson 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Calvin Brewton 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Marquez White 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Ro'Derrick Hoskins 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Nick Patti 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marcus Lewis . 1 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 34 6 40 6.0- 38.0 3.0- 25.0 2- 0 1 . . . . .
Opp 54 36 90 7.0- 26.0 3.0- 17.0 . 1 . 1- 0 1 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
WR 3 Bobo Wilson
RB 4 Dalvin Cook
QB 12 Deondre Francois
WR 15 Travis Rudolph
OL 54 Alec Eberle
OL 69 Landon Dickerson
OL 71 Brock Ruble
OL 72 Kareem Are
OL 77 Roderick Johnson
TE 81 Ryan Izzo
TE 88 Mavin Saunders
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
DB 4 Tarvarus McFadden
LB 6 Matthew Thomas
LB 16 Jacob Pugh
LB 18 Ro'Derrick Hoskins
DB 20 Trey Marshall
DB 24 Marcus Lewis
DB 27 Marquez White
DB 29 Nate Andrews
DE 44 DeMarcus Walker
DT 55 Fredrick Jones
DT 90 Demarcus Christmas
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Levonta Taylor
5 Dontavious Jackson
5 Da'Vante Phillips
7 Ryan Green
8 Kermit Whitfield
9 Jacques Patrick
10 Calvin Brewton
10 Sean Maguire
13 Ja'Vonn Harrison
15 Carlos Becker
18 Auden Tate
19 A.J. Westbrook
21 Logan Tyler
22 Amir Rasul
23 Freddie Stevenson
23 Ricky Aguayo
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
26 Johnathan Vickers
37 Kyle Meyers
40 Nick Patti
41 Jack Steed
47 Stephen Gabbard
51 Josh Brown
56 Emmett Rice
66 Keith Weeks
78 Wilson Bell
80 Nyqwan Murray
85 Jeremy Kerr
87 Jared Jackson
91 Derrick Nnadi
94 Walvenski Aime
99 Brian Burns
|
North Carolina 37, Florida State 35
10/01/2016, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com. Heartache At Home: Noles' Comeback Bid Kicked By Heels.
By Tim Linafelt, Seminoles.com Senior Writer
TALLAHASSEE, FL – For about 19 seconds, the
Florida State Seminoles appeared to have done it again.
After spotting North Carolina a 21-point lead midway through the first half, FSU flirted with a rally that would have made for its largest
comeback victory in the history of Doak Campbell Stadium.
Dalvin Cook was spectacular, Deondre Francois looked like a star in the making and the Seminoles’ defenders, stretched to their limits by
North Carolina’s hurry-up offense, blocked a UNC extra-point attempt that gave FSU a window to escape with a victory.
And when Francois evaded pressure and scrambled into the end zone with 23
seconds to play, the Seminoles appeared to have crawled through that window, ready to emerge with a one-point win.
The Tar Heels, however, had other ideas. With two timeouts in hand, UNC used a
deep completion and an ill-timed pass interference penalty to reach FSU’s 37-yard line with 4 seconds on the clock.
UNC kicker Nick Weiler then stepped up and drilled his 54-yard field goal through
the uprights to give the Tar Heels a stunning, 37-35 victory.
It was the longest field goal of Weiler’s career.
“We had them for a minute,” senior defensive end DeMarcus Walker said. “You’ve got
to give North Carolina credit.”
Florida State falls to 3-2 and is 0-2 in ACC play for the first time since 2011. The Seminoles will have to move on from this one quickly – they’ve got a date with
coach Mark Richt and the No. 11 Miami Hurricanes next week.
“We’ve got to keep these guys up and get ready for practice on Monday,” junior running back Dalvin Cook said. “We have another football
game come Saturday.”
Cook certainly did his part against the Tar Heels.
A week after rushing for a career-high 267 yards against South Florida, Cook torched UNC (4-1, 2-0 ACC) for 246 total
yards and became the first Seminole to have at least 100 yards rushing (140) and receiving (106) in the same game.
Cook scored three touchdowns, two in the second half, and his 41-yard
catch-and-run on FSU’s final drive set up Francois for the go-ahead score.
Francois had one of the best games of his young career, too. He completed 20 of 32 passes for 372 yards, and he added
another 32 yards and a touchdown on the ground.
“We went out there and did our part on the offensive side,” Cook said. “But we are a team. We win as a team. We lose as a team. So we’ve got to put
our defense in a better situation. We’ve just got to play better.”
Despite big days from UNC’s Mitch Trubisky (31-38, 405 yards, 3 TDs) and Ryan Switzer (14 catches, 158 yards), FSU actually
outgained the Tar Heels, 595-538, and controlled the ball for nearly 35 minutes.
But UNC’s ability to excel in key situations – especially on third down – proved the difference.
North Carolina
converted nine of 13 third-down attempts, compared to a 4-for-11 from FSU.
And, after a week’s reprieve, the Seminoles again struggled with penalties. They were flagged 13 times for 120 yards,
while UNC committed just six penalties for 49 yards.
“Everyone took turns making the mistakes,” Francois said. “Against a good team like North Carolina, you can't do that. Those were self-inflicted
wounds that hurt us.”
Then again, the Tar Heels suffered some self-inflicted wounds of their own that helped the Seminoles work their way back into the game.
Among them:
- A lost
fumble at the FSU 5-yard line late in the second quarter. The Tar Heels led 21-7 at the time and were set to receive the ball to start the third quarter.
- A roughing the punter call that gave the
Seminoles a first down after facing a second-and-32 just two plays before. That penalty, which occurred just moments after officials reversed a safety call that would have made the score 30-14, led to
a Cook TD run that cut FSU’s deficit to seven.
- An extra-point attempt blocked by Walvenski Aime that held the Seminoles’ deficit to six points.
That last miscue seemed enough to doom the Tar
Heels’ upset bid, as Ricky Aguayo’s extra-point after FSU’s ensuing touchdown made it 35-34. Aguayo had missed two field-goal attempts and had another one blocked earlier in the game.
Weiler,
the UNC kicker, hadn’t fared much better when he trotted out on the field to kick his game-winner. The senior had missed his only attempt of the game – a 51-yarder – to go along with the PAT block,
and he entered the game having missed 4 of his 6 attempts this season.
But once Weiler’s last-second kick left his foot, there was never a doubt where it was headed.
“Once it went in, I knew the
game was over,” Francois said. “That’s it.”
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| North Carolina |
7 |
14 |
7 |
9 |
37 |
| Florida State |
0 |
7 |
7 |
21 |
35 |
1st 0- 0 Ricky Aguayo, 45, field goal failed, 11:37
0- 7 Opp, 22, pass (kick), 7:57
0- 7 Ricky Aguayo, 52, field goal blocked by Opp, 5:20
0- 7 Ricky Aguayo, 45, field goal failed, 0:30
2nd 0-14 Opp, 13, run (kick), 14:04
0-21 Opp, 4, run (kick), 6:52
7-21 Dalvin Cook, 9, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 4:47
3rd 7-21 Opp, 51, field goal failed, 11:30
14-21 Jacques Patrick, 0, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 9:37
Note: Patrick ran for 18 yards to the NC1, he fumbled then
recovered the ball in the end zone.
14-28 Opp, 15, run (kick), 7:18
4th 21-28 Dalvin Cook, 1, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 13:22
28-28 Dalvin Cook, 3, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 5:11
28-34 Opp, 34, pass (kick blocked by Walvenski Aime), 2:31
35-34 Deondre Francois, 2, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 0:23
35-37 Opp, 54, field goal, 0:00
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 30 28
Rushes-yards 43-223 32-133
Passing 372 405
Att-Comp-Int 32-20-0 38-31-0
Total Yards 75-595 70-538
Punt Returns 0-0 0-0
Kickoff Returns 2-40 1-21
Interception Ret. 0-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 0-0
Punts 1-33.0 1-39.0
Sacks By-Yds 3-12 2-18
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1
Penalties-Yds 13-120 6-49
3rd Down Conversions 4-11 9-13
4th Down Conversions 2-2 0-1
Time of Posession 34:58 25:02
Attendance 77,584
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dalvin Cook 29 140 3 14
Deondre Francois 10 32 1 18
Kermit Whitfield 2 29 0 21
Jacques Patrick 2 22 0 18
---------------------------------------------
FSU 43 223 4 21
Opp 32 133 3 30
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Bobo Wilson 6 120 0 34
Dalvin Cook 6 106 0 41
Mavin Saunders 3 74 0 33
Ryan Izzo 4 63 0 34
Travis Rudolph 1 9 0 9
---------------------------------------------
FSU 20 372 0 41
Opp 31 405 2 44
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Deondre Francois 20 32 0 372 0 41
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 20 32 0 372 0 41
Opp 31 38 0 405 2 44
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Kermit Whitfield 2 40 0 22
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 40 0 22
Opp 1 21 0 21
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Logan Tyler 1 33 33
----------------------------------------
FSU 1 33 33
Opp 1 39 39
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Matthew Thomas 5 3 8 1.0- 3.0 . . 1 . . 1 . .
Trey Marshall 7 . 7 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Marcus Lewis 5 1 6 . . . . . . . . .
Nate Andrews 4 2 6 . . . . . . . . .
DeMarcus Walker 3 3 6 1.0- 7.0 1.0- 7.0 . . 1 . 1 . .
Marquez White 5 . 5 . . . . . . . . .
Ro'Derrick Hoskins 3 2 5 . . . . . . . . .
Demarcus Christmas 2 3 5 0.5- 2.0 0.5- 2.0 . . . . . . .
Dontavious Jackson 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Kyle Meyers 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Walvenski Aime 1 1 2 . . . . 1 . . 1 .
Fredrick Jones 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Tarvarus McFadden 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
A.J. Westbrook 1 . 1 1.0- 1.0 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . .
Jack Steed 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Josh Sweat . 1 1 . . . . 1 . . . .
Derrick Nnadi . 1 1 0.5- 2.0 0.5- 2.0 . . . . . . .
Jacob Pugh . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 45 18 63 5.0- 16.0 3.0- 12.0 . 1 3 1- 0 2 1 .
Opp 40 28 68 4.0- 21.0 2.0- 18.0 . 4 3 . 1 1 .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
TB 4 Dalvin Cook
WR 8 Kermit Whitfield
QB 12 Deondre Francois
WR 15 Travis Rudolph
FB 23 Freddie Stevenson
C 54 Alec Eberle
RG 69 Landon Dickerson
RT 71 Brock Ruble
LG 72 Kareem Are
LT 77 Roderick Johnson
TE 81 Ryan Izzo
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 4 Tarvarus McFadden
WLB 6 Matthew Thomas
BUCK 9 Josh Sweat
MIKE 18 Ro'Derrick Hoskins
SS 20 Trey Marshall
STAR 24 Marcus Lewis
CB 27 Marquez White
FS 29 Nate Andrews
DE 44 DeMarcus Walker
NT 55 Fredrick Jones
DT 90 Demarcus Christmas
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
3 Bobo Wilson
5 Dontavious Jackson
7 Ryan Green
9 Jacques Patrick
15 Carlos Becker
16 Jacob Pugh
18 Auden Tate
19 A.J. Westbrook
21 Logan Tyler
23 Ricky Aguayo
37 Kyle Meyers
40 Nick Patti
41 Jack Steed
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
47 Stephen Gabbard
51 Josh Brown
56 Emmett Rice
66 Keith Weeks
78 Wilson Bell
80 Nyqwan Murray
85 Jeremy Kerr
87 Jared Jackson
88 Mavin Saunders
91 Derrick Nnadi
94 Walvenski Aime
99 Brian Burns
|
Florida State 20, Miami 19
10/08/2016, Miami Gardens, Fla.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com. Block Party: Walker's Heroics Preserve Seven Straight Over UM.
By Tim Linafelt, Seminoles.com Senior Writer
MIAMI GARDENS, FL – Call it “The Block
at Hard Rock.”
In a series defined by wide-rights and wide-lefts and muffed snaps, perhaps it was only appropriate that the latest chapter of the Florida State-Miami rivalry swung on a kick.
DeMarcus Walker’s blocked extra-point with 1:41 left in the fourth quarter preserved a one-point advantage for the Seminoles after Miami scored what looked to be a game-tying touchdown.
One first
down later, Florida State ran out the clock on a 20-19 victory as Miami fans headed for the exits and the war chant echoed throughout Hard Rock Stadium.
"Florida State-Miami, isn't it?" said FSU
coach Jimbo Fisher, who got an early start on his 51st birthday celebrations as the clock ticked past midnight.
“I don’t comprehend it. It’s something special because I know how many times Florida
State was on the other end of those games for so many years. They’re a great team and it’s just a great rivalry.”
A rivalry which belongs to the Seminoles for yet another year. The victory is FSU’s
seventh straight over the Hurricanes, which matches the longest streak in series history by either team. (FSU won seven straight between 1963 and 1972.)
For seniors like Walker and receiver Bobo
Wilson, it means a full four years without a loss to Miami.
For junior Dalvin Cook, who tormented his hometown team for 209 total yards and a touchdown, it’s another year of bragging rights over
friends and family back home.
And for Florida State (4-2, 1-2 ACC), it’s an emphatic statement about the program’s place atop the state’s college football hierarchy.
Despite a 4-0 record and No.
10 national ranking – and despite an FSU team that many national pundits thought was reeling after a 3-2 start – the Hurricanes, now 4-1, will have to wait at least another year.
“I can brag now,”
Wilson said with a smile.
And he can do so knowing that he and the Seminoles earned every bit of this one.
Wearing throwback uniforms that harkened back to the program’s glory days of the 1980s
and 90s, the Hurricanes built an early 13-0 lead that had most of the 65,585 fans in attendance ready to party like it was 1991.
But thanks to FSU’s best defensive effort of the season and a gutsy
performance from quarterback Deondre Francois, the Seminoles crashed the celebration in the second half.
It started with a beautiful, 59-yard touchdown pass from Francois to Cook, who inexplicably
found himself all alone on the left sideline for a score that cut FSU’s deficit to 13-10.
“I kind of snuck out of the backfield without being noticed,” Cook said. “Which is hard.”
Following a
Miami three-and-out, Francois found Kermit Whitfield for a 20-yard touchdown that gave the Seminoles their first lead of the game.
“The nerves started to go away for our offense,” Francois said.
“And we just started to convert.”
Francois survived a relentless attack from the Miami defense, having been sacked three times and twice enduring hits that required attention from the team's
medical staff.
Fisher said he expects his quarterback to be sore on Sunday, but, for Francois, staying on the sideline was never an option.
“It didn’t matter if I felt good or not. It’s my
team,” Francois said. “I’m the quarterback of this team and they needed me, so I went back in the game.”
Charles Kelly’s defense, meanwhile, put the brakes on a Miami offense that entered
Saturday’s game as one of the best in the nation.
Through four games, the Hurricanes averaged 475 yards and 47 points per contest.
Against the Seminoles, they managed just 276 yards – including
a paltry 62 on the ground – and went more than 30 minutes between scores in the second and fourth quarters.
That’s thanks in large part to sophomore cornerback Tarvarus McFadden, who picked off
UM’s Brad Kaaya in the end zone early in the third quarter to keep FSU’s deficit at 13-3. It was McFadden’s fourth interception of the season.
“I was extremely proud of our defense,” Fisher said.
“The big stops and the things they did today – they played their tails off.”
And yet, the Hurricanes wouldn’t let the Seminoles leave town without one more memorable finish.
Facing a late
fourth-and-5 from Florida State’s 11-yard line, Kaaya floated a pass over McFadden – he would later say he lost the ball in the stadium lights – and into the arms of receiver Stacy Coley for a
touchdown that made it 20-19.
It was the duo’s second scoring hookup of the night, and, with just 1:38 to go, it looked like the touchdown that might send the game to overtime.
But first, Miami
had to make the extra point.
And, after sizing up the Hurricanes kicking unit throughout the game, Walker felt like there was a weakness he could exploit.
“They kicked so many field goals, I
knew what side was stronger and what side was weaker,” Walker said. “Coach (Odell) Haggins, he wanted us to block it from the left. And I looked to the sidelines and I said, ‘No, let’s go right.’”
Walker might be the only player on Florida State’s roster with that kind of leeway. And he made sure not to let his coach’s trust go to waste by delivering a play that might come to represent the
pivotal moment in FSU’s 2016 season.
Walker felt the ball deflect off of his hand, but even then worried that the ball might still make its way through the uprights.
It wasn’t until he saw his
teammates celebrating that he realized what had happened.
“I didn’t block that,” Walker said. “We did that as a defense. As a team.”
With another win over the Hurricanes in hand, the Seminoles
are set to return home to face Wake Forest next Saturday (3:30 p.m., ESPN). They’ll then have a bye week before hosting No. 2 Clemson on Oct. 29.
But no one in the Florida State locker room was
ready to look forward just yet.
Wins over Miami – even the seventh in a row – are always savored a little bit longer.
“Five years from now,” Cook said, “you’ll go back and tell whoever you tell
the story to – ‘I was a part of that game where we came back, the defense blocked an extra-point.’ …
"It’s just a great feeling, just to be a part of it.”
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
3 |
14 |
3 |
20 |
| Miami |
3 |
10 |
0 |
6 |
19 |
1st 0- 3 Opp, 37, field goal, 1:16
2nd 0-10 Opp, 21, pass (kick), 5:40
0-13 Opp, 51, field goal, 1:16
3-13 Ricky Aguayo, 31, field goal, 0:06
3rd 10-13 Dalvin Cook, 59, pass from Deondre Francois (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 8:06
17-13 Kermit Whitfield, 20, pass from Deondre Francois (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 3:32
4th 20-13 Ricky Aguayo, 32, field goal, 9:02
20-19 Opp, 11, pass (kick blocked by DeMarcus Walker), 1:38
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 22 20
Rushes-yards 43-167 28- 62
Passing 240 214
Att-Comp-Int 33-21-1 32-19-1
Total Yards 76-407 60-276
Punt Returns 2-12 3-58
Kickoff Returns 2-26 1-8
Interception Ret. 1-0 1-11
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 5-45.6 6-45.8
Sacks By-Yds 3-14 2-21
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0
Penalties-Yds 8-77 10-110
3rd Down Conversions 9-17 4-13
4th Down Conversions 0-1 1-1
Time of Posession 36:57 23:03
Attendance 65,685
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dalvin Cook 27 150 0 54
Deondre Francois 10 21 0 15
Jacques Patrick 3 11 0 8
Team 2 -5 0
Sean Maguire 1 -10 0 -10
---------------------------------------------
FSU 43 167 0 54
Opp 28 62 0 12
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Kermit Whitfield 7 83 1 28
Dalvin Cook 1 59 1 59t
Bobo Wilson 7 48 0 14
Travis Rudolph 2 17 0 10
Auden Tate 1 14 0 14
Mavin Saunders 1 11 0 11
Ryan Izzo 2 8 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 21 240 2 59t
Opp 19 214 2 38
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Deondre Francois 20 31 0 234 2 59t
Sean Maguire 1 2 1 6 0 6
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 21 33 1 240 2 59t
Opp 19 32 1 214 2 38
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Bobo Wilson 2 12 0 13
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 12 0 13
Opp 3 58 0 43
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Kermit Whitfield 2 26 0 14
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 26 0 14
Opp 1 8 0 8
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Logan Tyler 5 228 57
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 228 57
Opp 6 275 63
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Derrick Nnadi 6 1 7 2.5- 8.0 1.0- 6.0 . . . . . . .
Jacob Pugh 4 1 5 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . . . .
Ermon Lane 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Walvenski Aime 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Matthew Thomas 3 . 3 . . . . 1 . . . .
Josh Sweat 3 . 3 1.0- 3.0 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . .
Trey Marshall 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Demarcus Christmas 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Marquez White 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Marcus Lewis 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
DeMarcus Walker 1 1 2 0.5- 1.0 . . . 1 . . 1 .
Nate Andrews 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Logan Tyler 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jalen Wilkerson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Tarvarus McFadden 1 . 1 1.0- 4.0 . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Ro'Derrick Hoskins 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Dontavious Jackson 1 . 1 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Levonta Taylor 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Nick Patti 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Mavin Saunders 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Stephen Gabbard . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
A.J. Westbrook . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jared Jackson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Kyle Meyers . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 41 8 49 7.0- 22.0 3.0- 14.0 1- 0 4 2 . . 1 .
Opp 53 10 63 6.0- 30.0 2.0- 21.0 1- 11 7 1 . . . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
WR 3 Bobo Wilson
RB 4 Dalvin Cook
WR 8 Kermit Whitfield
QB 12 Deondre Francois
WR 15 Travis Rudolph
OL 54 Alec Eberle
OL 69 Landon Dickerson
OL 71 Brock Ruble
OL 72 Kareem Are
OL 77 Roderick Johnson
TE 81 Ryan Izzo
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
DB 4 Tarvarus McFadden
LB 6 Matthew Thomas
DE 9 Josh Sweat
LB 16 Jacob Pugh
LB 18 Ro'Derrick Hoskins
DB 20 Trey Marshall
DB 27 Marquez White
DB 29 Nate Andrews
DE 44 DeMarcus Walker
DT 90 Demarcus Christmas
DT 91 Derrick Nnadi
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Levonta Taylor
5 Dontavious Jackson
5 Da'Vante Phillips
7 Ryan Green
7 Ermon Lane
9 Jacques Patrick
10 Sean Maguire
15 Carlos Becker
18 Auden Tate
19 A.J. Westbrook
21 Logan Tyler
22 Amir Rasul
23 Freddie Stevenson
23 Ricky Aguayo
24 Marcus Lewis
28 Malique Jackson
37 Kyle Meyers
40 Nick Patti
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
41 Jack Steed
47 Stephen Gabbard
51 Baveon Johnson
51 Josh Brown
55 Fredrick Jones
56 Emmett Rice
66 Keith Weeks
74 Derrick Kelly
78 Wilson Bell
80 Nyqwan Murray
84 Jalen Wilkerson
85 Jeremy Kerr
87 Jared Jackson
88 Mavin Saunders
89 Keith Gavin
94 Walvenski Aime
97 Isaiah Smallwood
99 Brian Burns
|
Florida State 17, Wake Forest 6
10/15/2016, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com. Defense Dominates, Rudolph Erupts In Win Over Wake.
By Tim Linafelt, Seminoles.com Senior Writer
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Despite all the unpredictability
across college football, one thing remains certain: Wake Forest does not score touchdowns inside Doak Campbell Stadium.
Florida State held the Demon Deacons out of the end zone at home for the
fifth consecutive game – a streak which spans 21 quarters and 10 years – and Travis Rudolph erupted for the fourth-highest receiving total in school history as the No. 14 Seminoles downed Wake Forest,
17-6, in front of a homecoming crowd in Tallahassee.
Florida State (5-2, 2-2) has a week off before welcoming No. 3 Clemson to Tallahassee on Oct. 29.
“Good win, got to heal up now,” FSU coach
Jimbo Fisher said. “…Coming down the stretch, we’ve got great football teams coming – Clemson, NC State, Boston College, Syracuse and Florida. It’s going to be a heck of a run.”
The Seminoles’
defense enjoyed another strong outing and, as a result, Rudolph nearly eclipsed the Demon Deacons’ yardage total all by himself.
The junior receiver caught 13 passes for 238 yards, while FSU
limited Wake Forest (5-2, 2-2) to just 252 yards of offense and 3.8 yards per play.
It was the second 200-yard game of Rudolph’s career (He had 201 in last year’s Peach Bowl) and the second
straight week that Charles Kelly’s defense has set a season low in yards allowed.
“Hats off to our defense,” Fisher said. “They were outstanding. They played the run tremendously well, pressured
the quarterback, contested throws, created turnovers, created opportunities.
“And when they were pushed against the wall, they played their tails off.”
For the second time in as many games, the
Seminoles set the tone with an early sack. This time, sophomore Josh Sweat brought down Wake’s John Wolford on the second play from scrimmage for his second sack of the season and second since last
week’s game at Miami.
By the time it was over, the Seminoles had sacked Wolford five times – two from senior DeMarcus Walker, 1.5 from Sweat and half-sacks credited to Demarcus Christmas,
Ro’Derrick Hoskins and Dontavious Jackson.
FSU’s pass-rush resurgence also paid dividends for the secondary, which got interceptions from Marquez White and Tarvarus McFadden as part of three Wake
Forest turnovers.
“When we guard our man for four, five seconds, it’s going to be a sack or a turnover,” said senior cornerback Marquez White, who grabbed his first interception of the season.
Lined up across from a deceptively stout defense, the Seminoles’ offense took a little while to get going and didn’t score its first points – a 29-yard field goal from Ricky Aguayo – until the last
play of the first quarter.
From there, though, Rudolph took over with the type of game that lived up to the promise from his finale in the Peach Bowl.
Rudolph caught four passes of at least 20
yards and averaged 18.3 yards per reception. And he came tantalizingly close to the end zone on a wild play at the end of the second quarter.
With the ball at FSU’s 41-yard line and 2 seconds on
the clock, quarterback Deondre Francois heaved the ball toward the end zone, where it deflected off two Wake Forest defenders and into the arms of Rudolph.
He made two men miss at the 3-yard line
before a mob of Demon Deacons brought him down a yard short of the goal line.
“We go through (tip drills) every Thursday. I just have to be in the right position,” Rudolph said. “…I really wanted
to score.”
Rudolph will have to take solace in carving his name next to some all-time greats in the FSU record book. His 238 yards placed behind only Ron Sellers (260 against Wake Forest in 1968
and 259 against South Carolina that same season) and Peter Warrick (249 against Clemson in 1997) in school history.
“Any time you go get numbers, you look at it, it makes you feel good,” Fisher
said. “It makes you play good.”
No surprise then that quarterback Deondre Francois had another solid outing as well. He threw for 319 yards and a touchdown, ran for another and crossed the 300-yard
threshold for the third time this season.
And even though Francois turned the ball over twice, he responded to a third-quarter interception by completing his next 11 passes and finishing with a
59.4 completion percentage (22 of 37).
“I was just seeing it well,” Francois said. “Jimbo was calling it well. He was putting our offense in a position to be successful. We started to dial it
up.”
Dalvin Cook added 115 yards on 25 carries to reach the century mark for the fourth straight game. However, the best news from Cook’s day came when he returned from an injury suffered while
absorbing a big hit after a catch over the middle of the field.
When asked what happened on the play, Fisher responded: “Football.”
The hit jarred the ball loose – the first of two Cook fumbles
– and sent him to the sideline for a series.
But he showed no ill effects for the rest of the game and even chased down Wake defensive end Josh Banks for a touchdown-saving tackle after Banks
recovered a Francois fumble in the fourth quarter.
A touchdown would have cut FSU’s advantage to just one score. But after Cook’s tackle, FSU’s defense forced a three-and-out and Wake’s 40-yard
field goal attempt deflected off the left upright and no good.
“That was a huge play in that football game,” Fisher said. “I mean, as big a play as there was. That just tells you the heart.”
Wilson leaves with an injury, status uncertain.
Senior receiver Jesus Wilson left in the second quarter with a foot injury and did not return. He later appeared with crutches on the
sideline, but Fisher did not yet have an update on the severity of his injury.
“Have to wait and see,” he said.
Wilson entered the game as FSU’s leading receiver. He had 29 catches for 388 yards
through six games, and he had caught one pass for two yards at the time of his injury.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Wake Forest |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
6 |
| Florida State |
3 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
17 |
1st 0- 0 Ricky Aguayo, 47, field goal failed, 3:42
3- 0 Ricky Aguayo, 29, field goal, 0:00
2nd 3- 3 Opp, 34, field goal, 11:05
10- 3 Deondre Francois, 2, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 3:16
3rd 10- 6 Opp, 29, field goal, 11:58
17- 6 Auden Tate, 11, pass from Deondre Francois (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 7:32
4th 17- 6 Opp, 40, field goal failed, 5:03
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 27 13
Rushes-yards 38-123 32- 68
Passing 319 184
Att-Comp-Int 37-22-1 34-16-2
Total Yards 75-442 66-252
Punt Returns 0-0 1-25
Kickoff Returns 1-22 2-34
Interception Ret. 2-15 1-0
Fumble Returns 1-0 3-39
Punts 5-37.2 6-44.7
Sacks By-Yds 5-36 3-30
Fumbles-Lost 3-3 1-1
Penalties-Yds 4-42 5-40
3rd Down Conversions 4-12 5-16
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-2
Time of Posession 32:26 27:34
Attendance 77,102
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dalvin Cook 25 115 0 18
Jacques Patrick 2 15 0 12
Freddie Stevenson 1 -1 0 -1
Deondre Francois 10 -6 1 13
---------------------------------------------
FSU 38 123 1 18
Opp 32 68 0 19
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Travis Rudolph 13 238 0 58
Kermit Whitfield 3 29 0 18
Auden Tate 2 20 1 11t
Dalvin Cook 1 11 0 11
Da'Vante Phillips 1 10 0 10
Ryan Izzo 1 9 0 9
Bobo Wilson 1 2 0 2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 22 319 1 58
Opp 16 184 0 32
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Deondre Francois 22 37 1 319 1 58
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 22 37 1 319 1 58
Opp 16 34 2 184 0 32
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
FSU 0 0 0
Opp 1 25 0 25
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Kermit Whitfield 1 22 0 22
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 22 0 22
Opp 2 34 0 22
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Logan Tyler 5 186 54
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 186 54
Opp 6 268 67
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trey Marshall 6 2 8 1.0- 3.0 . . 2 . . . . .
Ermon Lane 4 3 7 0.5- 0.0 . . 1 . . . . .
Josh Sweat 4 3 7 1.5- 11.0 1.5- 11.0 . . . . . . .
DeMarcus Walker 4 2 6 2.0- 15.0 2.0- 15.0 . . . . . . .
Ro'Derrick Hoskins 2 3 5 0.5- 3.0 0.5- 3.0 . . 2 . . . .
Derrick Nnadi 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
Dontavious Jackson . 4 4 1.0- 4.0 0.5- 3.0 . . . . . . .
A.J. Westbrook 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Demarcus Christmas 1 2 3 0.5- 4.0 0.5- 4.0 . 1 . . . . .
Kyle Meyers 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Dalvin Cook 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jared Jackson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Levonta Taylor 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Marquez White . 1 1 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Matthew Thomas . 1 1 . . . . 2 . . . .
Tarvarus McFadden . 1 1 . . 1- 15 1 . . . . .
Amir Rasul . . . . . . . . 1- 0 . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 31 24 55 7.0- 40.0 5.0- 36.0 2- 15 5 4 1- 0 . . .
Opp 42 24 66 7.0- 39.0 3.0- 30.0 1- 0 4 2 3- 39 3 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
WR 3 Bobo Wilson
TB 4 Dalvin Cook
WR 8 Kermit Whitfield
QB 12 Deondre Francois
WR 15 Travis Rudolph
C 54 Alec Eberle
RG 69 Landon Dickerson
RT 71 Brock Ruble
LG 72 Kareem Are
LT 77 Roderick Johnson
TE 81 Ryan Izzo
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 4 Tarvarus McFadden
WLB 5 Dontavious Jackson
FS 7 Ermon Lane
BUCK 9 Josh Sweat
MIKE 18 Ro'Derrick Hoskins
FS 19 A.J. Westbrook
STAR 20 Trey Marshall
CB 27 Marquez White
DE 44 DeMarcus Walker
DT 90 Demarcus Christmas
NG 91 Derrick Nnadi
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Levonta Taylor
5 Da'Vante Phillips
6 Matthew Thomas
7 Ryan Green
9 Jacques Patrick
15 Carlos Becker
16 Jacob Pugh
18 Auden Tate
21 Logan Tyler
22 Amir Rasul
23 Freddie Stevenson
23 Ricky Aguayo
24 Marcus Lewis
28 Malique Jackson
37 Kyle Meyers
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
40 Nick Patti
41 Jack Steed
47 Stephen Gabbard
51 Josh Brown
55 Fredrick Jones
56 Emmett Rice
66 Keith Weeks
80 Nyqwan Murray
85 Jeremy Kerr
87 Jared Jackson
88 Mavin Saunders
89 Keith Gavin
94 Walvenski Aime
99 Brian Burns
|
Clemson 37, Florida State 34
10/29/2016, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com. Cook Shines, But Noles Can't Catch Tigers.
By Tim Linafelt, Seminoles.com Senior Writer
TALLAHASSEE, FL – In a back-and-forth duel between Heisman
contenders, it was Clemson’s Deshaun Watson who delivered the decisive blow on Saturday night.
Watson accounted for 430 yards of offense and two touchdowns – including a 34-yard score to Jordan
Leggett that proved to be the game-winner – as the No. 3 Tigers escaped with a 37-34 victory over No. 12 Florida State here at Doak Campbell Stadium.
Watson’s effort countered an outstanding effort
from Florida State’s Dalvin Cook, who ran for 169 yards and a career-high four touchdowns.
“That game was a heavyweight fight. They’re going to throw haymakers, we’re going to throw haymakers,” FSU
coach Jimbo Fisher said. “We kept going at each other. We had an opportunity to seal it back up or win it at the end and we didn’t get it done.”
Florida State fell into a 14-0 hole after 15
minutes, but, thanks to Cook, stormed back and outscored the Tigers 21-6 over the second and third quarters.
The Miami native got the Seminoles on the board with a 4-yard TD run midway through the
fourth quarter, and he gave them their first lead with a 43-yard scoring scamper in the third.
That made the score 21-20, and Cook extended it 28-20 when he took his next carry 70 yards to the end
zone.
With that run, Cook joined Warrick Dunn (1994-96) as the only Seminoles to rush for 1,000 yards in three straight seasons.
“They were giving us what we wanted all game,” Cook said. “… We
knew what they were going to do. They were going to stack the box and try to take the run away. We tried to establish the passing game early and I think we did that pretty good and the running game
just opened up in the second half.”
For all of Cook’s heroics, though, it was a run that didn’t count that had Fisher fuming after the game.
Clinging to a 28-26 lead after a Clemson touchdown
and a failed two-point attempt, Cook took his first-down carry down the right sideline for what appeared to be a gain of about 60 yards.
Instead, officials flagged fullback Freddie Stevenson for an
illegal block that nullified the run and moved the Seminoles behind the chains.
Replays showed Stevenson colliding with a Clemson defender’s hip, but the play otherwise looked like a standard
block.
“It was ridiculous,” Fisher said. “It was not a chop.”
Added Cook, “It was a legal block... that was a call you can't make in games like that.”
In the aftermath of the play, officials
issued an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty to the FSU sideline, which moved the Seminoles back even farther.
So instead of a first down deep in Clemson territory, FSU instead faced first-and-25 from
its own 10. Three plays later, the Seminoles were forced to punt.
“That was a huge call in the game,” Fisher said. “We still had chances in the game to win after that. But it is ridiculous.”
The
drama, however, was far from finished.
Clemson regained the lead with an eight-play drive that ended in a 46-yard field goal from Greg Huegel.
The Seminoles then answered with a five-play,
80-yard drive that ended with Cook’s fourth score of the night, an eight-yard run that made it 34-29. FSU attempted a two-point conversion in an effort to stretch the lead to seven, but Deondre
Francois’ pass to Travis Rudolph fell incomplete.
That proved significant, as Clemson took just five plays to march 75 yards for a score. And when Watson found Mike Williams for two points – a
conversion the Tigers likely would not have attempted down seven – it gave FSU a three-point deficit.
FSU made it as deep as the Clemson 34-yard line on the ensuing drive and appeared to be in good
position to at least attempt a game-tying. But more penalties and some untimely sacks snuffed out the Seminoles’ rally.
Back-to-back false start flags moved FSU back to the 44 without even
snapping the ball. Francois then threw a pair of incompletions before being sacked for a loss of 12 on third-and-20, which forced the Seminoles to use their final timeout.
Hoping for a miracle,
Francois was sacked once more on fourth-and-32 to end the game.
“When we gave up sacks, that’s mostly because we beat ourselves,” junior left tackle Roderick Johnson said. “…We’re still working on
techniques and fundamentals and things like that, and still putting ourselves in place to get in front of defenders and block them.”
Francois was sacked six times while absorbing several heavy
hits. He left the game for a single play in the fourth quarter after being driven into the ground and losing his helmet.
Fisher felt after the game that some of the shots on Francois were illegal
and should have drawn targeting penalties. FSU safety Trey Marshall was ejected for targeting in the fourth quarter.
“He got hit with the crown of the helmet right in the chest,” Fisher said.
“(Francois) gets killed in Miami and he gets killed here. Both of them bad. Real bad.”
Francois still managed to complete 17 of 35 passes for 286 yards, a touchdown and an interception.
The
Seminoles were flagged 13 times for 111 yards.
Otherwise, FSU closely followed its blueprint for an upset. The Seminoles turned two Clemson turnovers into 14 points, and they twice held the Tigers
to field goals after entering the red zone.
“Guys battled. They played hard, left their guts on the line,” Fisher said. “They played very hard, but we’ve got to play better.”
With senior
receiver Jesus Wilson sidelined by a foot injury, sophomore Nyqwan Murray filled in with the finest game of his career. The Orlando native caught six passes for 96 yards and the first touchdown of his
career.
That was part of an FSU offense that amassed 449 total yards and averaged 7.1 yards per play against a Clemson defense that came into the game allowing just 298.6 yards per contest.
Marshall led the FSU defense with 11 tackles (including eight solo stops) and DeMarcus Walker added 10 tackles and two pass deflections.
The Tigers finished with 511 yards of total offense, but
needed 81 plays to get there.
“(The defense) had their moments,” Fisher said. “They really stopped them, and played well, played physical. Of course, Clemson came back and made some plays. Our guys
played hard. They played physical, played hard.
“Again, they’ve just got to (make) those two or three critical plays.”
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Clemson |
14 |
3 |
3 |
17 |
37 |
| Florida State |
0 |
14 |
14 |
6 |
34 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 1, run (kick), 11:05
0-14 Opp, 4, pass (kick), 1:41
2nd 7-14 Dalvin Cook, 4, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 8:20
7-17 Opp, 23, field goal, 1:49
14-17 Nyqwan Murray, 5, pass from Deondre Francois (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 0:23
3rd 14-20 Opp, 34, field goal, 9:08
21-20 Dalvin Cook, 43, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 6:18
28-20 Dalvin Cook, 70, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 0:43
4th 28-26 Opp, 2, run (pass failed), 11:30
28-29 Opp, 46, field goal, 5:25
34-29 Dalvin Cook, 8, run (Deondre Francois, pass failed), 3:23
34-37 Opp, 34, pass (pass), 2:06
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 23 25
Rushes-yards 28-163 38-133
Passing 286 378
Att-Comp-Int 35-17-1 43-27-2
Total Yards 63-449 81-511
Punt Returns 0-0 1--8
Kickoff Returns 5-93 1-22
Interception Ret. 2-15 1-3
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 7-37.9 4-38.0
Sacks By-Yds 4-13 6-56
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 0-0
Penalties-Yds 13-111 9-84
3rd Down Conversions 4-12 7-17
4th Down Conversions 0-1 2-2
Time of Posession 26:58 33:02
Attendance 78,025
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dalvin Cook 19 169 4 70t
Freddie Stevenson 2 41 0 38
Deondre Francois 7 -47 0 9
---------------------------------------------
FSU 28 163 4 70t
Opp 38 133 2 18
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Nyqwan Murray 6 96 1 40
Kermit Whitfield 4 70 0 23
Travis Rudolph 3 63 0 26
Auden Tate 1 23 0 23
Mavin Saunders 1 19 0 19
Dalvin Cook 2 15 0 11
---------------------------------------------
FSU 17 286 1 40
Opp 27 378 2 41
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Deondre Francois 17 35 1 286 1 40
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 17 35 1 286 1 40
Opp 27 43 2 378 2 41
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
FSU 0 0 0
Opp 1 -8 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Kermit Whitfield 5 93 0 22
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 93 0 22
Opp 1 22 0 22
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Logan Tyler 7 265 51
----------------------------------------
FSU 7 265 51
Opp 4 152 44
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Trey Marshall 8 3 11 . . . 1 . . . . .
DeMarcus Walker 3 7 10 . . . 2 1 . . . .
Derrick Nnadi 4 4 8 2.0- 6.0 1.0- 5.0 . 1 . . . . .
A.J. Westbrook 2 4 6 . . . . . . . . .
Ermon Lane 4 1 5 . . . . . . . . .
Jacob Pugh 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Demarcus Christmas 2 2 4 1.0- 6.0 1.0- 6.0 . 1 . . . . .
Josh Sweat 2 1 3 1.0- 1.0 . . . 2 . . . .
Ro'Derrick Hoskins 2 1 3 1.0- 1.0 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . .
Tarvarus McFadden 2 . 2 1.0- 1.0 . 1- 1 . . . . . .
Calvin Brewton 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Marquez White 1 1 2 . . 1- 14 . . . . . .
Kyle Meyers 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Dontavious Jackson . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Marcus Lewis 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Burns 1 . 1 1.0- 1.0 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . .
Matthew Thomas 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Fredrick Jones . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jared Jackson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 39 30 69 7.0- 16.0 4.0- 13.0 2- 15 5 3 . . . .
Opp 33 18 51 10.0- 66.0 6.0- 56.0 1- 3 3 1 . 1 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
TB 4 Dalvin Cook
QB 12 Deondre Francois
WR 15 Travis Rudolph
WR 18 Auden Tate
C 54 Alec Eberle
RG 69 Landon Dickerson
RT 71 Brock Ruble
LG 72 Kareem Are
LT 77 Roderick Johnson
TE 81 Ryan Izzo
TE 88 Mavin Saunders
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 4 Tarvarus McFadden
WLB 6 Matthew Thomas
FS 7 Ermon Lane
BUCK 9 Josh Sweat
MIKE 18 Ro'Derrick Hoskins
FS 19 A.J. Westbrook
SS 20 Trey Marshall
CB 27 Marquez White
DE 44 DeMarcus Walker
DT 90 Demarcus Christmas
NG 91 Derrick Nnadi
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Levonta Taylor
5 Da'Vante Phillips
5 Dontavious Jackson
7 Ryan Green
8 Kermit Whitfield
9 Jacques Patrick
10 Calvin Brewton
10 Sean Maguire
15 Carlos Becker
16 Jacob Pugh
21 Logan Tyler
22 Amir Rasul
23 Freddie Stevenson
23 Ricky Aguayo
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
24 Marcus Lewis
37 Kyle Meyers
40 Nick Patti
41 Jack Steed
47 Stephen Gabbard
51 Josh Brown
55 Fredrick Jones
56 Emmett Rice
66 Keith Weeks
80 Nyqwan Murray
85 Jeremy Kerr
87 Jared Jackson
94 Walvenski Aime
99 Brian Burns
|
Florida State 24, North Carolina State 20
11/05/2016, Raleigh, N.C.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com. Francois, Noles Rally Past Pack.
By Tim Linafelt, Seminoles.com Senior Writer
RALEIGH, NC – Playing in a stadium that has dealt Florida State more
than its share of heartbreak over the last 20 years, the Seminoles returned the favor to North Carolina State on Saturday night.
With FSU trailing or tied for the first 56-plus minutes, quarterback
Deondre Francois needed just five plays to march the offense 83 yards for a late touchdown that gave the Seminoles their only lead of the game.
Francois’ 19-yard touchdown pass to Travis Rudolph,
thrown as he was falling backward in the face of an all-out blitz, proved to be the difference in the Seminoles’ 24-20 victory, which improves FSU to 6-3 (3-3 in ACC play) headed into Friday’s home
game against Boston College.
“I feel good right now,” FSU coach Jimbo Fisher said. “I’m not going to lie.”
And with good reason.
The Seminoles now own back-to-back wins in NC State’s
Carter-Finley Stadium for the first time since 1994-96.
And although FSU first exorcised those demons with a win here two years ago, this one might have been extra cathartic.
The Seminoles
rallied from deficits of 10-3 and 20-10, using a pair of touchdowns in the second half to complete their comeback.
But while the offense did its job – and gave Francois his first fourth-quarter
comeback victory in the process – it wasn’t until the defense held up its end of the bargain that the Seminoles could exhale.
Taking over with 3:09 to play, the Wolfpack drove as deep as the
24-yard line and conjured bitter memories of dramatic victories over FSU in 2010 in 2012.
But the FSU defense flipped the script this time, forcing a loss of two and then three consecutive
incompletions to preserve the win.
Safe to say it was a significant moment for a defense that surrendered three fourth-quarter touchdowns to Clemson last week.
“We had to do what we had to do in
the moment,” safety Ermon Lane said. “We weren’t think of anything but what we had to do.”
Francois, meanwhile, threw for 330 yards and a touchdown to top the 300-yard mark for the fourth time this
season.
More importantly, the redshirt freshman rose to the occasion after NC State focused its efforts on slowing down star running back Dalvin Cook.
By and large, those efforts worked: Cook
finished with 18 carries for 65 yards, his lowest output since Week 3 at Louisville.
But the Wolfpack couldn’t stop everything. After a slow first half, Francois excelled in the second and threw
for 228 yards across the third and fourth quarters.
“They’ve got a good (defensive) front and that’s what they’ve done,” Fisher said. “...If they’re going to play that, you’ve got to have a
two-headed monster. You’ve got to be able to throw and run.”
A little luck doesn’t hurt, either. Francois pulled an ace when, just one play before his TD pass to Rudolph, NC State’s Shawn Boone
dropped a potential interception in the end zone.
From despair to jubilation in the span of a few seconds.
“How many times have you seen that? I’ve seen it happen to us,” Fisher said. “You don’t
take advantage of an opportunity and all of a sudden (you regret it) the next play.”
Added Francois, “We all say the next play is the most important play. And that’s what I was saying to myself.
Just focus on the next play, try to get the ball to the end zone.”
Although Rudolph caught the decisive score, sophomore Nyqwan Murray was FSU’s most dangerous receiving threat for the second
straight week.
Seven days removed from a breakout performance against Clemson, Murray tormented the Wolfpack secondary for nine catches for 153 yards.
Both of those figures improved on career
highs set last week.
“There’s still a lot he can really clean up and he knows that,” Fisher said. “... But I’m going to tell you, he has a chance to be a very good player.”
The Wolfpack
outgained FSU 469-393, however that figure hides the fact that NC State gained just 184 yards and scored only seven points after halftime.
That’s thanks in large part to another outstanding effort
from senior DeMarcus Walker (10 tackles, two sacks) and steady improvement from a secondary that was missing three starting safeties.
Junior Trey Marshall, who missed the first half due to a
targeting penalty incurred in last week’s contest, missed the game with concussion-like symptoms.
Fisher said he had hoped that Marshall could play, but that his symptoms had not cleared by the end
of the week.
“Knowing him, he was wanted to play. You can bank on that,” Fisher said. “It was actually a small, lingering thing.”
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
0 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
24 |
| North Carolina State |
7 |
6 |
7 |
0 |
20 |
1st 0- 7 Opp, 28, pass (kick), 1:52
2nd 3- 7 Ricky Aguayo, 32, field goal, 12:36
3- 7 Opp, 31, field goal failed, 8:41
3-10 Opp, 20, field goal, 4:01
10-10 Jacques Patrick, 2, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 1:20
10-13 Opp, 39, field goal, 0:06
3rd 10-20 Opp, 23, run (kick), 3:05
17-20 Dalvin Cook, 10, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 0:00
4th 24-20 Travis Rudolph, 19, pass from Deondre Francois (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 3:09
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 20 31
Rushes-yards 24- 63 41-165
Passing 330 304
Att-Comp-Int 39-22-0 41-25-1
Total Yards 63-393 82-469
Punt Returns 0-0 0-0
Kickoff Returns 4-81 3-60
Interception Ret. 1-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 1-0
Punts 5-37.0 4-32.3
Sacks By-Yds 2-12 1-8
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 2-0
Penalties-Yds 6-59 3-28
3rd Down Conversions 4-11 8-16
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Time of Posession 26:09 33:51
Attendance 57,789
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dalvin Cook 18 65 1 14
Kermit Whitfield 1 12 0 12
Jacques Patrick 1 2 1 2t
Deondre Francois 1 -8 0 -8
Team 3 -8 0 -2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 24 63 2 14
Opp 41 165 1 25
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Nyqwan Murray 9 153 0 37
Auden Tate 3 68 0 38
Travis Rudolph 3 39 1 19t
Kermit Whitfield 2 34 0 27
Ryan Izzo 3 19 0 9
Dalvin Cook 2 17 0 9
---------------------------------------------
FSU 22 330 1 38
Opp 25 304 1 31
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Deondre Francois 22 39 0 330 1 38
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 22 39 0 330 1 38
Opp 25 41 1 304 1 31
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Ryan Green 2 45 0 23
Kermit Whitfield 2 36 0 24
---------------------------------------------
FSU 4 81 0 24
Opp 3 60 0 23
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Logan Tyler 5 185 43
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 185 43
Opp 4 129 36
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DeMarcus Walker 8 2 10 2.0- 12.0 2.0- 12.0 . . . . . . .
Ermon Lane 7 3 10 . . . . . . . . .
Matthew Thomas 2 7 9 0.5- 1.0 . . 1 1 . . . .
Derrick Nnadi 4 4 8 . . . . . . . . .
Jacob Pugh 3 5 8 0.5- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
A.J. Westbrook 6 1 7 . . . 3 1 . . . .
Kyle Meyers 4 2 6 . . . 1 . . . . .
Levonta Taylor 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
Brian Burns 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Ro'Derrick Hoskins 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Tarvarus McFadden 2 . 2 . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
Josh Sweat 1 1 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Jared Jackson . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Dontavious Jackson . 2 2 . . . . . . . . .
Fredrick Jones 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Walvenski Aime 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Josh Brown . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Logan Tyler . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Emmett Rice . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 47 34 81 3.0- 14.0 2.0- 12.0 1- 0 6 2 . . . .
Opp 31 26 57 4.0- 20.0 1.0- 8.0 . 5 2 1- 0 1 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
TB 4 Dalvin Cook
QB 12 Deondre Francois
WR 15 Travis Rudolph
WR 18 Auden Tate
FB 23 Freddie Stevenson
C 54 Alec Eberle
RT 71 Brock Ruble
LG 72 Kareem Are
LT 77 Roderick Johnson
RG 78 Wilson Bell
TE 81 Ryan Izzo
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 4 Tarvarus McFadden
WLB 6 Matthew Thomas
LS 7 Ermon Lane
BUCK 9 Josh Sweat
BUCK 16 Jacob Pugh
MIKE 18 Ro'Derrick Hoskins
S 19 A.J. Westbrook
CB 27 Marquez White
DE 44 DeMarcus Walker
DT 90 Demarcus Christmas
NG 91 Derrick Nnadi
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Levonta Taylor
5 Da'Vante Phillips
5 Dontavious Jackson
7 Ryan Green
8 Kermit Whitfield
9 Jacques Patrick
10 Calvin Brewton
15 Carlos Becker
21 Logan Tyler
22 Amir Rasul
23 Ricky Aguayo
37 Kyle Meyers
41 Jack Steed
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
47 Stephen Gabbard
51 Josh Brown
55 Fredrick Jones
56 Emmett Rice
66 Keith Weeks
80 Nyqwan Murray
82 Naseir Upshur
85 Jeremy Kerr
87 Jared Jackson
88 Mavin Saunders
94 Walvenski Aime
99 Brian Burns
|
Florida State 45, Boston College 7
11/11/2016, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com. Friday Night Is Alright: Football Cruises Past Eagles.
By Tim Linafelt, Seminoles.com Senior Writer
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Jimbo Fisher first noticed
that things were a little different when he turned on his T.V. this afternoon and, instead of the usual slate of college football games, saw soap operas and Law and Order re-runs.
Just one of the
many quirks of playing on a Friday.
Things were different once the Seminoles took the field, too – and in way that Fisher can get behind.
In a season full of close contests and stressful
finishes, the Seminoles on Friday flipped the script against Boston College.
They started fast, jumped out to an early lead and finished with most of their starters watching from the sidelines as
FSU’s reserves polished off a 45-7 victory over the Eagles.
The Seminoles improved to 7-3, 4-3 in ACC play. They’ll wrap up their conference slate next week at Syracuse.
“It felt weird,” Fisher
said with a laugh. “We used to do that a lot.”
Indeed, for as unique as Friday’s setting was – it marked FSU’s first Friday home game since 1957 – the game itself felt a lot like old times.
The
Seminoles dominated an ACC opponent from the start, forcing a quick punt after the opening kickoff then scoring on their first drive of the game.
FSU built a 21-point lead by halftime and appeared
to be cruising toward a shutout before BC punched in a late score against the Seminoles’ second-team defense.
Until that point, the Eagles had moved across the 50-yard line just once.
“That was
my Friday talk – learning about getting ahead and staying ahead,” Fisher said. “We need to play from ahead and finish, and we did all of those things.”
The Seminoles appear to have dodged a major
bullet, too.
With FSU leading 35-0 late in the third quarter, quarterback Deondre Francois absorbed a late blow from Boston College’s Zach Allen and got up favoring his right shoulder.
Allen was
flagged for roughing the passer and Francois left the game with what was later announced as a shoulder contusion. He didn’t return, but Fisher said afterward that he was fine and is expected to play
at Syracuse next week.
“It didn’t dislocate or anything, just a bruise,” Fisher said. “We’ll heal him up and be ready to go.”
Francois was in the midst of an efficient performance at the time of
his injury. Aided by a 9-of-11 first quarter, Francois finished 16 for 24 with 183 yards and three touchdowns – two of them to sophomore Auden Tate.
Fifth-year senior Sean Maguire, who took part in
Senior Day ceremonies prior to the game, threw for 53 yards and two touchdowns in relief.
“I gave Sean a new nickname: ‘Mr. Always-Ready,’” junior running back Dalvin Cook said. “…We’re just lucky
to have him as a teammate and to be a part of this offense. Sean’s a great teammate and a great guy to be in the locker room with, and I love him to death.”
Tate paced FSU’s receivers with
career-highs in catches (six) and yardage (101) to go along with those two scores. And junior Travis Rudolph chipped in six catches for 81 yards, including a 20-yard catch-and-run down the sideline
and into the end zone that put FSU up 28-0.
Cook, meanwhile, continued to flirt with Warrick Dunn’s career rushing record, but his date with history will have to wait. Cook entered the game needing
127 yards to surpass Dunn’s total of 3,959. He finished with 108 – reaching the century mark for the sixth time this season – and easily could have had more had Fisher not pulled his starters in the
fourth quarter.
“I went over to him and said I’d have never forgiven myself if he went out there in the fourth quarter – with what this team can still achieve and the year it can still have – and
for him to get injured at the end of the football game. …
“And he said, ‘Coach, we won the game. That’s what I’m here for.’ (That’s) another sign of why he’s Dalvin.”
Boston College’s offense
has struggled for most of the season, and the Seminoles made sure not to break the trend.
The Seminoles limited the Eagles to an anemic 146 total yards and surrendered just 3.0 yards per play.
That total was aided in large part by nine tackles for loss and three sacks of BC quarterback Patrick Towles, who completed just 3 of 11 passes for 29 yards.
Linebackers Matthew Thomas and
Ro’Derrick Hoskins tied for the team lead with six tackles, and DeMarcus Walker was credited with 0.5 sacks to bring his season total to 11.
“It was effort and execution,” Walker said. “We didn’t
do anything special. We just lined up and played football.”
Some things stay the same, regardless of when the game is played.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Boston College |
0 |
0 |
0 |
7 |
7 |
| Florida State |
14 |
7 |
14 |
10 |
45 |
1st 7- 0 Auden Tate, 6, pass from Deondre Francois (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 8:50
14- 0 Nyqwan Murray, 4, pass from Deondre Francois (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 1:08
2nd 21- 0 Dalvin Cook, 19, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 2:50
3rd 28- 0 Travis Rudolph, 20, pass from Deondre Francois (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 3:51
35- 0 Auden Tate, 6, pass from Sean Maguire (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 0:25
4th 38- 0 Logan Tyler, 53, field goal, 12:01
45- 0 Freddie Stevenson, 6, pass from Sean Maguire (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 8:18
45- 7 Opp, 1, run (kick), 3:21
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 24 8
Rushes-yards 39-180 35- 96
Passing 236 50
Att-Comp-Int 31-21-0 13-4-0
Total Yards 70-416 48-146
Punt Returns 2-5 0-0
Kickoff Returns 2-22 3-43
Interception Ret. 0-0 0-0
Fumble Returns 0-0 0-0
Punts 5-39.8 10-38.4
Sacks By-Yds 3-18 4-37
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0
Penalties-Yds 4-33 6-50
3rd Down Conversions 5-13 1-12
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-1
Time of Posession 32:49 27:11
Attendance 73,917
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dalvin Cook 18 108 1 30
Ryan Green 3 21 0 11
Jacques Patrick 4 19 0 8
Deondre Francois 10 15 0 19
Kermit Whitfield 1 9 0 9
Steven Williams 1 5 0 5
Colton Plante 1 2 0 2
Omari Albert 1 1 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 39 180 1 30
Opp 35 96 1 39
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Auden Tate 6 101 2 28
Travis Rudolph 6 81 1 20t
Mavin Saunders 1 19 0 19
Dalvin Cook 2 12 0 9
Kermit Whitfield 2 9 0 15
Freddie Stevenson 1 6 1 6t
Nyqwan Murray 2 4 1 4t
Ryan Izzo 1 4 0 4
---------------------------------------------
FSU 21 236 5 28
Opp 4 50 0 21
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Deondre Francois 16 24 0 183 3 27
Sean Maguire 5 7 0 53 2 28
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 21 31 0 236 5 28
Opp 4 13 0 50 0 21
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Nyqwan Murray 2 5 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 5 0 5
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Kermit Whitfield 1 12 0 12
Ryan Green 1 10 0 10
---------------------------------------------
FSU 2 22 0 12
Opp 3 43 0 16
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Logan Tyler 5 199 45
----------------------------------------
FSU 5 199 45
Opp 10 384 50
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Matthew Thomas 5 1 6 2.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Ro'Derrick Hoskins 4 2 6 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . . .
Emmett Rice 1 4 5 . . . . . . . . .
Josh Sweat 2 2 4 0.5- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Trey Marshall 2 2 4 . . . . . . . . .
A.J. Westbrook 3 . 3 . . . . . . . . .
Ermon Lane 2 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
DeMarcus Walker 1 2 3 1.5- 8.0 0.5- 2.0 . . . . . . .
Derrick Nnadi 1 2 3 1.5- 4.0 1.0- 3.0 . . 1 . . . .
Dontavious Jackson 1 2 3 . . . . . . . . .
Demarcus Christmas 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Marquez White 2 . 2 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Brian Burns . 2 2 0.5- 3.0 0.5- 3.0 . . . . . . .
Walvenski Aime 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Tarvarus McFadden 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Jacob Pugh 1 . 1 1.0- 10.0 1.0- 10.0 . . . . . . .
Fredrick Jones . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Carlos Becker . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
Team . . . . . . . . . . 1 .
Kyle Meyers . . . . . . 1 . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 29 22 51 9.0- 34.0 3.0- 18.0 . 3 1 . . 1 .
Opp 39 20 59 10.0- 55.0 4.0- 37.0 . 5 . . 2 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
TB 4 Dalvin Cook
QB 12 Deondre Francois
WR 15 Travis Rudolph
WR 18 Auden Tate
C 54 Alec Eberle
RT 71 Brock Ruble
LG 72 Kareem Are
LT 77 Roderick Johnson
RG 78 Wilson Bell
TE 81 Ryan Izzo
TE 88 Mavin Saunders
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 4 Tarvarus McFadden
WLB 6 Matthew Thomas
BUCK 9 Josh Sweat
SAM 16 Jacob Pugh
MIKE 18 Ro'Derrick Hoskins
FS 19 A.J. Westbrook
SS 20 Trey Marshall
CB 27 Marquez White
DE 44 DeMarcus Walker
DT 90 Demarcus Christmas
NG 91 Derrick Nnadi
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Levonta Taylor
5 Dontavious Jackson
5 Da'Vante Phillips
7 Ermon Lane
7 Ryan Green
8 Kermit Whitfield
9 Jacques Patrick
10 Calvin Brewton
10 Sean Maguire
12 Arthur Williams
15 Carlos Becker
21 Logan Tyler
23 Freddie Stevenson
23 Ricky Aguayo
28 Malique Jackson
31 Omari Albert
31 Kris Dixon
32 Steven Williams
33 Colton Plante
37 Kyle Meyers
40 Nick Patti
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
41 Jack Steed
47 Stephen Gabbard
52 David Robbins
55 Fredrick Jones
56 Emmett Rice
57 Corey Martinez
62 Ethan Frith
66 Keith Weeks
70 Cole Minshew
74 Derrick Kelly
76 Rick Leonard
80 Nyqwan Murray
82 Naseir Upshur
82 Bryan LaCivita
85 Jeremy Kerr
87 Jared Jackson
89 Keith Gavin
92 Justin Shanks
94 Walvenski Aime
97 Isaiah Smallwood
99 Brian Burns
|
Florida State 45, Syracuse 14
11/19/2016, Syracuse, N.Y.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com. Football Rolls 45-14 Behind Cook's Record-Setting Day.
By Tim Linafelt, Seminoles.com Senior Writer
SYRACUSE, NY – Dalvin Cook made quick work of
Florida State’s career rushing record, and the Seminoles did the same to the Syracuse Orange.
With a 41-yard gain on his second carry of the day, Cook reached 3,987 rushing yards for his career and
surpassed the mark held for 20 years by FSU Hall of Famer Warrick Dunn (3,959 yards).
Cook, however, was just getting started. He would go on the run for 227 yards and four touchdowns – three in
the third quarter – as the No. 17 Seminoles raced past Syracuse for a 45-14 victory at the Carrier Dome.
FSU improved to 8-3 and finishes its ACC campaign 5-3. The Seminoles host No. 23 Florida, a
16-10 winner over No. 16 LSU earlier in the day, in next week’s regular-season finale.
It was a big day for the number four.
Not only did Cook – who wears jersey No. 4 – become FSU’s career
rushing leader, but he also:
- ran for four touchdowns on Saturday
- reached the 200-yard mark for the fourth time in his career
- scored the 44th rushing touchdown of his career
- and
became the first Seminole to rush for 4,000 yards.
Even another No. 4, sophomore cornerback Tarvarus McFadden, got in on the action with second-quarter interception in the end zone. That
interception, McFadden’s nation-leading eighth of the season, led to a Cook score that gave the Seminoles a 21-0 advantage. McFadden is now No. 2 on FSU’s list for interceptions in a single season.
He needs four more to catch Terrell Buckley, who had 12 in 1991.
There were plenty of other Seminoles to take turns in the spotlight, too.
Quarterback Deondre Francois threw for 315 yards and
touchdowns on each of FSU’s first two drives, and each of the six Seminoles to catch a pass on Saturday had at least 37 receiving yards.
Sophomore Auden Tate led the way with 77 yards on five
catches, but junior Travis Rudolph (5-64, 1 TD) and senior Kermit Whitfield (4-59) weren’t too far behind.
And FSU continued its late-season trend of stout defensive efforts, limiting Syracuse’s
hurry-up offense to just 233 total yards and 3.2 yards per play.
That was thanks in large part to a relentless pass rush that sacked Syracuse quarterback Zack Mahoney seven times, a season high for
FSU this season.
Senior DeMarcus Walker and freshman Brian Burns each had two sacks, while Josh Sweat, Matthew Thomas and Ro’Derrick Hoskins each had one.
All told, the Seminoles doubled up
Syracuse in both total yardage (654-233) and yards per play (8.6-3.2) despite running just four more plays than the Orange.
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida State |
14 |
7 |
21 |
3 |
45 |
| Syracuse |
0 |
7 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
1st 7- 0 Nyqwan Murray, 16, pass from Deondre Francois (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 11:07
14- 0 Travis Rudolph, 15, pass from Deondre Francois (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 7:11
2nd 21- 0 Dalvin Cook, 25, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 6:35
21- 0 Logan Tyler, 54, field goal failed, 1:04
21- 7 Opp, 46, pass (kick), 0:00
3rd 28- 7 Dalvin Cook, 11, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 11:40
35- 7 Dalvin Cook, 17, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 5:59
35-14 Opp, 17, pass (kick), 4:27
42-14 Dalvin Cook, 8, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 1:37
4th 45-14 Ricky Aguayo, 42, field goal, 5:41
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 33 13
Rushes-yards 45-334 35- 37
Passing 320 196
Att-Comp-Int 31-19-1 37-16-2
Total Yards 76-654 72-233
Punt Returns 5--1 2-64
Kickoff Returns 0-0 4-97
Interception Ret. 2-7 1-1
Fumble Returns 0-0 3-0
Punts 3-40.3 10-42.4
Sacks By-Yds 8-29 2-7
Fumbles-Lost 3-3 0-0
Penalties-Yds 9-85 10-77
3rd Down Conversions 5-10 4-17
4th Down Conversions 0-0 0-2
Time of Posession 34:43 25:17
Attendance 32,340
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dalvin Cook 28 225 4 41
Jacques Patrick 10 50 0 15
Deondre Francois 4 22 0 18
Kermit Whitfield 1 21 0 21
Ryan Green 2 16 0 9
---------------------------------------------
FSU 45 334 4 41
Opp 35 37 0 7
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Auden Tate 5 77 0 18
Travis Rudolph 5 64 1 16
Kermit Whitfield 4 59 0 28
Mavin Saunders 2 44 0 28
Ryan Izzo 1 39 0 39
Nyqwan Murray 2 37 1 21
---------------------------------------------
FSU 19 320 2 39
Opp 16 196 2 46t
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Deondre Francois 18 28 1 315 2 39
Sean Maguire 1 3 0 5 0 5
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 19 31 1 320 2 39
Opp 16 37 2 196 2 46t
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Nyqwan Murray 5 -1 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 5 -1 0 5
Opp 2 64 0 42
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------
FSU 0 0 0
Opp 4 97 0 36
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Logan Tyler 2 88 48
Jack Steed 1 33 33
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 121 48
Opp 10 424 53
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Josh Sweat 7 1 8 2.5- 7.0 1.5- 6.0 . . 1 . . . .
Matthew Thomas 5 . 5 1.0- 2.0 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . .
Brian Burns 3 2 5 2.5- 12.0 2.5- 12.0 . . . . . 1 .
A.J. Westbrook 4 . 4 . . . . . . . . .
DeMarcus Walker 4 . 4 2.0- 6.0 2.0- 6.0 . . . . . . .
Ro'Derrick Hoskins 3 1 4 1.0- 3.0 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . .
Derrick Nnadi 3 1 4 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Ermon Lane 2 2 4 . . 1- 7 . . . . . .
Fredrick Jones 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Marquez White 2 1 3 . . . . . . . . .
Levonta Taylor 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Justin Shanks 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Carlos Becker 1 1 2 . . . . . . . . .
Kyle Meyers 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Calvin Brewton 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Trey Marshall 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Nick Patti 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Emmett Rice 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Jared Jackson 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Tarvarus McFadden . . . . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 46 10 56 10.0- 32.0 8.0- 29.0 2- 7 . 1 . . 1 .
Opp 51 16 67 5.0- 13.0 2.0- 7.0 1- 1 2 2 3- 0 2 . .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
RB 4 Dalvin Cook
WR 8 Kermit Whitfield
QB 12 Deondre Francois
WR 15 Travis Rudolph
WR 18 Auden Tate
C 54 Alec Eberle
LG 70 Cole Minshew
RT 76 Rick Leonard
LT 77 Roderick Johnson
RG 78 Wilson Bell
TE 81 Ryan Izzo
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 4 Tarvarus McFadden
WLB 6 Matthew Thomas
SS 7 Ermon Lane
BUCK 9 Josh Sweat
MIKE 18 Ro'Derrick Hoskins
FS 19 A.J. Westbrook
STAR 20 Trey Marshall
CB 27 Marquez White
DE 44 DeMarcus Walker
DT 90 Demarcus Christmas
NG 91 Derrick Nnadi
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Levonta Taylor
5 Dontavious Jackson
7 Ryan Green
9 Jacques Patrick
10 Calvin Brewton
10 Sean Maguire
15 Carlos Becker
16 Jacob Pugh
21 Logan Tyler
23 Freddie Stevenson
23 Ricky Aguayo
28 Malique Jackson
37 Kyle Meyers
40 Nick Patti
41 Jack Steed
47 Stephen Gabbard
52 David Robbins
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
55 Fredrick Jones
56 Emmett Rice
59 Ryan Hoefeld
62 Ethan Frith
66 Keith Weeks
72 Kareem Are
74 Derrick Kelly
80 Nyqwan Murray
82 Naseir Upshur
85 Jeremy Kerr
87 Jared Jackson
88 Mavin Saunders
89 Keith Gavin
92 Justin Shanks
94 Walvenski Aime
97 Isaiah Smallwood
99 Brian Burns
|
Florida State 31, Florida 13
11/26/2016, Tallahassee, Fla.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com. Sunshine Slam: Noles Make It Four Straight Over Gators.
By Tim Linafelt, Seminoles.com Senior Writer
TALLAHASSEE, FL – Florida State has a
fool-proof recipe for success against the Florida Gators.
It involves lots of Dalvin Cook, a balanced, opportunistic offense and a defense that never lets the Gators score an offensive
touchdown.
It worked last year in Gainesville, and it worked again Saturday night as the Seminoles rolled to a 31-13 victory that might not have been as close as the scoreboard shows.
FSU (9-3)
has a four-game winning streak over Florida (8-3) for the third time in school history and has won six of its last seven against UF. This group of Seminoles also became the first to sweep both Florida
and Miami over a four-year span.
“That’s never happened at this school. Think about that,” FSU coach Jimbo Fisher said. “All the great players that ever (played here in the past). To be able to
achieve what they achieved and never lose to Miami or Florida, that’s something they can always take with them.
“That’s what you play for. … That’s the legacy you leave.”
Cook’s third game
against the Gators was as impressive as the first two: He ran for 153 yards and a touchdown Saturday night and raised his three-year total against UF to 480 rushing yards and three scores.
After
the clock hit zero, Cook took a brief lap around the field, high-fiving fans who had yet to make their way to the exits.
“Always beating rivalry teams is the icing on the cake,” said Cook, who set
a new school record Saturday with his 45th career rushing touchdown. “To beat them is a great feeling. … This is the game you put on the calendar at the beginning of the year.”
Florida State’s
defense, meanwhile, held the Gators’ offense out of the end zone for a second straight year.
Florida’s only touchdown of the night came when it recovered a Nyqwan Murray fumble on a punt return and
took it for a score. The Gators’ offense hasn’t scored a touchdown against FSU since the 0:47 mark of the third quarter in 2014 – the year before coach Jim McElwain took over.
Appropriately, FSU
held healthy advantages in total yards (387-207), first downs (18-14), third-down conversions (11-17 for FSU, 0-12 for UF) and time of possession (32:01-27:59).
It marked the first time since 2004
that FSU held an opponent without a third-down conversion.
“Our defense was outstanding,” Fisher said. “There were no easy plays for them.”
A relentless FSU pass rush certainly didn’t help
matters. The Seminoles sacked UF quarterback Austin Appleby eight times to bring their nation’s-best season total to 47.
Senior DeMarcus Walker paced the effort with two sacks, while sophomore Josh
Sweat and freshman Brian Burns were each credited with 1.5 sacks.
Walker upped his season sack total to 15, the third-most in school history and most since Andre Wadsworth had 16 in 1997.
“I’m
very happy,” Walker said. “I can’t wait to go home and be with my family. I like the way we fought. I’m unbeaten against the Florida Gators and Miami Hurricanes. I can talk (trash) for the rest of my
life, no matter what, because they never beat me.”
The Seminoles jumped out to a 10-0 lead on the strength of Cook’s 17-yard touchdown run and a 22-yard field goal.
But with the game teetering
toward an early rout, the Gators tightened up and forced two misses from FSU kicker Ricky Aguayo while scoring two field goals of their own.
The game settled into a tense, back-and-forth affair
until midway through the third quarter, when Deondre Francois connected with Travis Rudolph for a 46-yard touchdown on third-and-10.
It was FSU’s second third-down conversion of the drive and the
first of three second-half touchdowns that broke open the game.
Senior Freddie Stevenson went up the middle for a 27-yarder that made it 27-6 early in the fourth quarter, and Francois later
scrambled for an 8-yard score that provided the final margin with one minute to play.
Francois completed just 15 of 26 passes for 138 yards, but he was 8 of 10 for 78 yards and that touchdown in
the second half.
The redshirt freshman turned the ball over twice, but each time bounced back to lead touchdown drives on FSU’s ensuing possessions.
“All quarterbacks are going to throw
interceptions,” Francois said. “But I feel like it’s what you do after the interception (that matters). Because mistakes are going to happen.”
Added Fisher, “(Francois) was awesome tonight. … He
took another huge step today. I mean, a huge step in his development. He’s been rock solid, and I can’t ask for any more out of him.”
Saturday marked an emphatic finish to Florida State’s regular
season, in which the Seminoles won four straight games by a combined score of 145-54.
They’ll have to wait to learn their postseason fate, but Louisville’s loss to Kentucky earlier in the day could
potentially open a spot for the Seminoles in the Capital One Orange Bowl.
FSU has played in a Bowl Championship/New Year’s Six bowl for five straight seasons.
“That,” Fisher said, “would be
wonderful.”
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Florida |
0 |
3 |
3 |
7 |
13 |
| Florida State |
7 |
3 |
7 |
14 |
31 |
1st 0- 0 Ricky Aguayo, 49, field goal failed, 6:14
7- 0 Dalvin Cook, 17, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 4:46
2nd 10- 0 Ricky Aguayo, 22, field goal, 14:47
10- 3 Opp, 38, field goal, 7:19
10- 3 Ricky Aguayo, 44, field goal blocked by Opp, 0:55
3rd 10- 6 Opp, 41, field goal, 10:26
17- 6 Travis Rudolph, 46, pass from Deondre Francois (Logan Tyler, kick), 5:38
4th 24- 6 Freddie Stevenson, 27, run (Logan Tyler, kick), 12:51
24-13 Opp, 12, fumble recovery/return (kick), 10:45
Note: Nyqwan Murray fumbled a punt return which was picked
up and returned for a touchdown.
31-13 Deondre Francois, 8, run (Logan Tyler, kick), 1:00
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 18 14
Rushes-yards 40-249 29- 58
Passing 138 149
Att-Comp-Int 26-15-1 35-19-0
Total Yards 66-387 64-207
Punt Returns 3--2 1-2
Kickoff Returns 1-36 2-29
Interception Ret. 0-0 1-15
Fumble Returns 2-3 2-12
Punts 3-35.7 6-46.2
Sacks By-Yds 6-47 0-0
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 3-2
Penalties-Yds 3-35 4-44
3rd Down Conversions 11-17 0-12
4th Down Conversions 0-0 2-3
Time of Posession 32:01 27:59
Attendance 78,342
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dalvin Cook 26 153 1 26
Deondre Francois 9 63 1 17
Freddie Stevenson 2 30 1 27t
Kermit Whitfield 2 5 0 5
Jacques Patrick 1 -2 0 -2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 40 249 3 27t
Opp 29 58 0 24
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Travis Rudolph 4 63 1 46t
Dalvin Cook 3 26 0 10
Auden Tate 2 22 0 13
Kermit Whitfield 2 10 0 9
Ryan Izzo 1 10 0 10
Mavin Saunders 1 3 0 3
Jacques Patrick 1 3 0 3
Nyqwan Murray 1 1 0 1
---------------------------------------------
FSU 15 138 1 46t
Opp 19 149 0 25
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Deondre Francois 15 26 1 138 1 46t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 15 26 1 138 1 46t
Opp 19 35 0 149 0 25
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Nyqwan Murray 3 -2 0 5
---------------------------------------------
FSU 3 -2 0 5
Opp 1 2 0 2
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Kermit Whitfield 1 36 0 36
---------------------------------------------
FSU 1 36 0 36
Opp 2 29 0 20
Punting No Yds Lng
----------------------------------------
Logan Tyler 3 107 44
----------------------------------------
FSU 3 107 44
Opp 6 277 55
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Matthew Thomas 4 3 7 1.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
Josh Sweat 2 5 7 2.5- 10.0 1.5- 9.0 . . . . 1 . .
Ro'Derrick Hoskins 3 3 6 . . . 1 . . . . .
DeMarcus Walker 5 . 5 2.0- 23.0 2.0- 23.0 . . 1 2- 3 . . .
Trey Marshall 2 3 5 . . . . 2 . . . .
Ermon Lane 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
Tarvarus McFadden 3 1 4 . . . 1 . . . . .
Brian Burns 2 2 4 1.5- 10.0 1.5- 10.0 . . . . . . .
Jacob Pugh 2 1 3 . . . . . . 1 . .
Derrick Nnadi 2 1 3 1.0- 5.0 1.0- 5.0 . . . . 1 . .
Marquez White 2 1 3 1.0- 2.0 . . 2 . . . . .
A.J. Westbrook 2 . 2 . . . . . . . . .
Demarcus Christmas 1 . 1 . . . 1 . . . . .
Levonta Taylor 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Auden Tate 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Fredrick Jones 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Freddie Stevenson . 1 1 . . . . . . . . .
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
FSU 36 22 58 9.0- 52.0 6.0- 47.0 . 5 3 2- 3 3 . .
Opp 33 26 59 5.0- 9.0 . 1- 15 7 2 2- 12 2 1 .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
----------------------------------
TB 4 Dalvin Cook
WR 8 Kermit Whitfield
QB 12 Deondre Francois
WR 15 Travis Rudolph
FB 23 Freddie Stevenson
C 54 Alec Eberle
LG 70 Cole Minshew
RT 76 Rick Leonard
LT 77 Roderick Johnson
RG 78 Wilson Bell
TE 81 Ryan Izzo
|
Pos ## DEFENSE
----------------------------------
CB 4 Tarvarus McFadden
WLB 6 Matthew Thomas
BUCK 9 Josh Sweat
SAM 16 Jacob Pugh
MIKE 18 Ro'Derrick Hoskins
FS 19 A.J. Westbrook
SS 20 Trey Marshall
CB 27 Marquez White
DE 44 DeMarcus Walker
DT 90 Demarcus Christmas
NG 91 Derrick Nnadi
|
PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
-----------------------------
1 Levonta Taylor
5 Dontavious Jackson
7 Ermon Lane
9 Jacques Patrick
15 Carlos Becker
18 Auden Tate
21 Logan Tyler
23 Ricky Aguayo
37 Kyle Meyers
40 Nick Patti
41 Jack Steed
47 Stephen Gabbard
|
## NAME
-----------------------------
55 Fredrick Jones
56 Emmett Rice
66 Keith Weeks
80 Nyqwan Murray
82 Naseir Upshur
85 Jeremy Kerr
87 Jared Jackson
88 Mavin Saunders
89 Keith Gavin
94 Walvenski Aime
99 Brian Burns
|
Florida State 33, Michigan 32
12/30/2016, Miami Gardens, Fla.
From the FSU Website, seminoles.com. Fantastic Finale: Noles Top Wolverines In Orange Bowl Thriller.
By Tim Linafelt, Seminoles.com Senior Writer
MIAMI GARDENS, FL – It had been a
while since Florida State felt like this at the end of the season.
There were smiles and hugs, along with new hats and t-shirts. And, in the locker room at Hard Rock Stadium, there was the smell of
citrus throughout the air.
The 11th-ranked Florida State football team capped off a dramatic midseason turnaround with a 33-32 win over No. 6 Michigan here at the Capital One Orange Bowl, a game
that was every bit as tense, compelling and, in the end, memorable, as any the team has played over the past two years.
Hometown hero Dalvin Cook reminded the nation that, Heisman Trophy or not,
there may not be a better player in college football.
Youngsters Deondre Francois and Nyqwan Murray enjoyed a redemptive tale that started with game-changing turnovers and ended with a game-winning
touchdown over the head of an All-American defender.
And, as if the game needed any more theatrics, little-used freshman Keith Gavin turned the contest on its head by hesitating on a kickoff
return, then breaking through the Wolverines' coverage unit on the way to a 66-yard run that set up the Seminoles’ decisive score.
Any one of that quartet – Cook, Francois, Murray or Gavin – would
deserve sole possession of the spotlight under ordinary circumstances.
But, after an extraordinary game, they’ll just have to share.
“This is what you’ve got to play for, to be able to make it
to an Orange Bowl,” FSU coach Jimbo Fisher said. “Even though you didn’t win a national championship, to make it to an Orange Bowl, to play a team like Michigan, to play in an environment and
atmosphere like this.
“Any time you keep score, that’s what you’ve got to play for.”
After starting their season 3-2, the Seminoles won seven of their last eight games to finish 10-3 and reach
double-digit victories for the fifth straight season. They also snapped a two-game bowl skid to avoid becoming the first FSU team to drop three straight bowl games.
And, in the early goings, it
appeared that all that would come easily.
Thanks to dominant efforts on both the offensive and defensive lines, Florida State made easy work of Michigan’s vaunted defense and raced to a 17-3 lead
after one quarter.
Cook, who ran for 145 yards and a touchdown on his way to Orange Bowl MVP honors, opened the scoring with a two-yard plunge. And he set up a field goal by lining up as a
receiver, racing past a Michigan defender and bringing in a deep pass for a 45-yard gain.
“Coach Fisher did a great job of knowing when to call (certain) plays and getting me in the right
(situation) to make them,” Cook said. “And when he called my number, I just answered the bell.”
So too, however, did Michigan.
The Wolverines chipped away at their deficit with three field goals
– all of them within the red zone – then finally broke through for a touchdown when Mike McCray picked off Francois at the FSU 14-yard line and returned it for a touchdown.
Michigan’s two-point
conversion failed, and FSU led 20-15 after three quarters.
On the ensuing drive, Cook made a play that, on another night, would likely be the story of the game.
Facing a third-and-22 from their
FSU’s 13-yard line, Cook broke loose for a 71-yard run down the left sideline, a play that would have been a touchdown had officials not ruled that he narrowly stepped out of bounds at the Michigan
16.
“I actually think I didn’t step out, but you know,” Cook said. “It was third-and-22 and Coach Fisher called what we called all year. I felt like I could take advantage of that moment, because I
just felt like (the Michigan defenders) did think I could break out at that point in time.”
They were wrong. And four plays later Francois scampered into the end zone for a touchdown that put FSU
up 27-15 with 11:38 to go in the game.
After the FSU defense forced a punt on the ensuing drive, the drama appeared to be over. Instead, it was just getting started.
The Seminoles punted on
their next possession, and a targeting penalty issued to safety Trey Marshall led to good field position for the Wolverines and a touchdown that made it 27-22.
A quick drive and another punt with
less than five minutes to go gave the ball back to Michigan and, after sputtering on offense for much of the night, the Wolverines embarked on an impressive, five-play, 61-yard touchdown drive to take
their first lead of the night.
In that moment – a 30-yard scoring run by Michigan’s Chris Evans – the dynamic that had held for the entire night suddenly reversed: Wolverines fans reveled while FSU
fans sat in stunned silence.
That wouldn’t last long.
Gavin’s kickoff helped the Seminoles get back on top and, despite one more heart-in-throat moment when Michigan blocked an extra-point
attempt and returned it for two points, FSU held on for a most satisfying victory.
“He can hit it and, I’m going to tell you, Keith is a guy who I think is going to be a really, really good
player,” Fisher said. “The guy is a really talented guy. He’s a young freshman, just coming along. Sometimes it takes something like that to get you over the hump. And that was a big, big-time
play.”
FSU’s defense sealed it for good when freshman Carlos Becker picked off Wilson Speight’s fourth-down pass near midfield.
Three kneel-downs and the Seminoles could celebrate.
Francois
completed just 9 of 27 passes, but for 222 yards and two scores, both to Murray.
And Murray made up for an early fumble on a punt return by striking for scores of 92 and 12 yards. His 92-yarder,
which came in the first quarter, was the longest touchdown play in Orange Bowl history.
But his second touchdown, in which he leapt over the head of Michigan’s Jourdan Lewis in the back of the end
zone, was even more impressive.
“As soon as the ball left my hand, I knew (Murray) was going to come down with it,” Francois said. “God blessed him with the ability to go up and make that
catch.”
FSU’s defense enjoyed an appropriate finale, too. The Seminoles limited Michigan to just 252 yards of total offense and racked up three sacks to bring their nation’s-best season total to
50.
And that despite being on the field for more than 34 minutes.
Miami native Matthew Thomas had perhaps his finest game as a Seminole, posting 15 tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss. And
defensive tackle Derrick Nnadi wreaked havoc in the Michigan backfield, helping to corral a Wolverines rushing attack that entered the game as one of the nation’s best.
The Wolverines averaged more
than 220 yards per game this season. Against FSU, they had 89.
And in one more stroke of good news, both Thomas and Nnadi announced they would be returning for their fourth years at FSU.
Perhaps
it’s appropriate, then, that Fisher looked both back and forward during his post-game press conference.
“I’d like to say a special thanks to our seniors,” he said. “Not just for what they did this
year, but for what they’ve done for four years. … the leadership they’ve provided.
“The legacy these seniors left, (combined) with the youth and talent on this team, boy, the future looks good.”
| |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
Total |
| Michigan |
3 |
3 |
9 |
17 |
32 |
| Florida State |
17 |
3 |
0 |
13 |
33 |
1st 7- 0 Dalvin Cook, 2, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 12:47
7- 3 Opp, 19, field goal, 9:11
10- 3 Ricky Aguayo, 42, field goal, 7:31
17- 3 Nyqwan Murray, 92, pass from Deondre Francois (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 2:49
2nd 17- 6 Opp, 28, field goal, 9:36
20- 6 Ricky Aguayo, 38, field goal, 4:49
3rd 20- 9 Opp, 37, field goal, 7:34
20-15 Opp, 14, interception return (pass failed), 0:54
4th 27-15 Deondre Francois, 3, run (Ricky Aguayo, kick), 11:38
27-22 Opp, 8, pass (kick), 5:22
27-30 Opp, 30, run (pass), 1:57
33-30 Nyqwan Murray, 12, pass from Deondre Francois (Ricky Aguayo, kick blocked by Opp), 0:36
33-32 Opp, defensive extra point, 0:36
TEAM STATISTICS
FSU OPP
First downs 15 16
Rushes-yards 35-149 36- 89
Passing 222 163
Att-Comp-Int 27-9-1 38-21-1
Total Yards 62-371 74-252
Punt Returns 3-6 2--1
Kickoff Returns 1-66 2-40
Interception Ret. 1-0 1-14
Fumble Returns 0-0 1-0
Punts 6-34.5 8-47.4
Sacks By-Yds 4-26 2-22
Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0
Penalties-Yds 7-65 4-37
3rd Down Conversions 3-13 7-20
4th Down Conversions 1-1 1-2
Time of Posession 25:43 34:17
Attendance 67,432
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Rushing No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Dalvin Cook 20 145 1 71
Deondre Francois 10 9 1 16
Jacques Patrick 1 2 0 2
Freddie Stevenson 1 0 0 0
Team 3 -7 0 -2
---------------------------------------------
FSU 35 149 2 71
Opp 36 89 1 30t
Receiving No Yds TD Lng
---------------------------------------------
Nyqwan Murray 2 104 2 92t
Dalvin Cook 3 62 0 45
Travis Rudolph 3 33 0 13
Kermit Whitfield 1 23 0 23
---------------------------------------------
FSU 9 222 2 92t
Opp 21 163 1 21
Passing C- A- I Yds TD Lng
-----------------------------------------------
Deondre Francois 9 27 1 222 2 92t
-----------------------------------------------
FSU 9 27 1 222 2 92t
Opp 21 38 1 163 1 21
Punt Return No Yds TD Lng
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Nyqwan Murray 3 6 0 7
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FSU 3 6 0 7
Opp 2 -1 0
Kickoff Return No Yds TD Lng
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Keith Gavin 1 66 0 66
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FSU 1 66 0 66
Opp 2 40 0 26
Punting No Yds Lng
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Logan Tyler 5 190 47
Team 1 17 17
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FSU 6 207 47
Opp 8 379 61
|---------Tackles---------| |---Sacks---| |---Pass Def---| |-Fumbles-| Blkd
DEFENSIVE STATISTICS UT AT Total ForLoss No - Yards Int-Yds BrUp QBH Rcv-Yds FF Kick Saf
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Matthew Thomas 9 6 15 3.5- 12.0 . . . . . . . .
Ro'Derrick Hoskins 6 2 8 2.0- 2.0 . . . . . . . .
A.J. Westbrook 6 2 8 0.5- 2.0 . . 1 . . . . .
Jacob Pugh 4 2 6 1.0- 11.0 1.0- 11.0 . . 1 . . . .
Derrick Nnadi 1 4 5 1.0- 2.0 0.5- 2.0 . . 1 . . . .
Trey Marshall 3 1 4 . . . . . . . . .
DeMarcus Walker 4 . 4 4.0- 10.0 1.0- 3.0 . . . . . . .
Levonta Taylor 2 1 3 1.0- 1.0 . . . . . . . .
Josh Sweat 1 2 3 1.5- 10.0 1.5- 10.0 . . . . . . .
Marquez White 2 1 3 . . . 1 . . . . .
Tarvarus McFadden 2 . 2 . . . 1 . . . . .
Kyle Meyers 1 . 1 . . . . . . . . .
Fredrick Jones 1 . 1 . . . . 1 . . . .
Demarcus Christmas . 1 1 0.5- 1.0 . . 1 . . . . .
Carlos Becker . . . . . 1- 0 . . . . . .
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FSU 42 22 64 15.0- 51.0 4.0- 26.0 1- 0 4 3 . . . .
Opp 25 22 47 6.0- 34.0 2.0- 22.0 1- 14 5 5 1- 0 1 1 .
STARTERS
Pos ## OFFENSE
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RB 4 Dalvin Cook
WR 8 Kermit Whitfield
QB 12 Deondre Francois
WR 15 Travis Rudolph
C 54 Alec Eberle
RG 70 Cole Minshew
LG 72 Kareem Are
RT 76 Rick Leonard
LT 77 Roderick Johnson
WR 80 Nyqwan Murray
TE 81 Ryan Izzo
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Pos ## DEFENSE
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CB 4 Tarvarus McFadden
WLB 6 Matthew Thomas
BUCK 9 Josh Sweat
SLB 16 Jacob Pugh
MLB 18 Ro'Derrick Hoskins
FS 19 A.J. Westbrook
SS 20 Trey Marshall
CB 27 Marquez White
DE 44 DeMarcus Walker
DT 90 Demarcus Christmas
DT 91 Derrick Nnadi
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PARTICIPANTS
## NAME
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1 Levonta Taylor
5 Dontavious Jackson
9 Jacques Patrick
10 Sean Maguire
10 Calvin Brewton
15 Carlos Becker
18 Auden Tate
21 Logan Tyler
23 Freddie Stevenson
23 Ricky Aguayo
37 Kyle Meyers
41 Jack Steed
47 Stephen Gabbard
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## NAME
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51 Josh Brown
55 Fredrick Jones
56 Emmett Rice
66 Keith Weeks
78 Wilson Bell
82 Naseir Upshur
85 Jeremy Kerr
87 Jared Jackson
88 Mavin Saunders
89 Keith Gavin
94 Walvenski Aime
99 Brian Burns
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