FSU Football:Portal Recruiting Scoop! Silent Commit?? Stud WR Finally Comes Home?
What a time it is for Florida State University and Mike Norvell. The past week has been extremely eventful and our staff has put the Noles in a position to succeed. Will Key and Coleman commit?
Destyn Pazon (Hill) | 4☆ WR
What a long time we have waited for the arrival of Destyn Hill in Tallahassee. Originally a member of the 2021 recruiting class aka Tribe21, though he was not able to join his brothers immediately through all of his trials and tribulations, it appears he has remained loyal to his commitment to Coach Norvell. Even though Kenny Dillingham is no longer with us among who k nows what else see. Zach Blostein first reported befor midnight of Tuesday evening that he had officially been named in the student directory a precursor to the rest of his process and an official source.
While the details of Destyn’s delay are private we can only imagine how difficult it must have been or the young man. Luckily enough for us it just so happens a film crew caught Edna Carr High School’s year and Destyn is featured in an amazing documentary film named Algiers America. His Coach Brice Brown is making a difference in these young mens lives including our very own Slot DB Greedy Vance Jr. The show is currently streaming on Hulu.
Youtube | @Andscape
Jaylen Key UAB Safety 📤📥
FSU did a great job on several accounts in this recruitment let’s take a look at what the Noles have working in their favor. First he is a Tallahassee native as we previously reported along with the fact FSU got him on campus first. In the portal if you snooze you lose, it’s as simple as that. Key immediately visited Bama following his FSU visit and narrowed his list down to three from six. It is my belief this one will certainly come down to Bama and FSU which is unfortunate given pretty any alternative would have been preferable. Also take it for what you will but he did not don the all white as had Coleman.
If you remember back the the early portal period Norvell had all of his top targets on campus the first two weekends. Several wasted no time and committed on the spot. That said guys like Fentrell Cypress II and others made us sweat. At the end of the day when they did commit though? They all spoke on how fast the FSU staff identified and spoke with them letting them know exactly how they felt about them. Rest easy folks and have faith in this staff’s track record.
Keon Coleman | MSU WR 📤📥
Pretty funny how things change in a week. I wrote last week about these upcoming visits of Key and Coleman with such confidence. Especially in the case of Key. While Key is much less heralded in terms of “portal rankings” their is simply a dearth of auality safeties on the market. I say all this not to contradict myself and everything positive I just said about Key’s recruitment. The fact of the matter is that Keon’s visit was simply as good as it gets outside of securing a commitment.
He had an absolute blast in Tallahassee and as I mentioned earlier it was eerily similar to the visits held way back in December. Coleman was the belle of the ball and the staff made it very clear he is in fact a priority for the staff and they believe he is a piece that could bring them over the top. The most interesting piece of this was the photoshoot.
Twitter | @KeonColeman6
Exactly the same as all the transfers that signed previously Keon did an extended photoshoot in which he donned the illustrious all-white uniforms that are synonymous with silent comittments. This shoot culminating in dozens of awesome photos and swaggy video edit for him to show the world! Look guys, I do not have any access to a private conversation in which Coleman has confided what he intends to do but here is what else I know.
Keon is a legitimate #1 WR amd the perfect guy opposite of Johnny Wilson
FSU has not had a Wide Reciever like him in at minimum a decade.
Coleman was scheduled to visit Auburn this past Sunday after lwaving FSU.
He spurned Auburn literally posting the aforementioned photos while he was due on their campus.
Ole Miss did secure his attention and a visit and Lane Kiffen is likely the greatest threat to FSU.
Mike Norvell is the King of portal recruiting but Lane is a recruiting force to be reckoned with period.
Ashylnd Barker Juco Safety
Given the gravity of the Jaylen Key recruitment devolving into a head to head matchup with Nick Saban this becomes an absolute must have for our roster. The DB room has take the largest hit this Cycle specifically at safety. Behind Shyheim Brown and Akeem Dent there is simply little to no experience whatsoever. No single departure was a killer but it has amounted to death by a thousand cuts.
Twitter | @AshylndBarker
From everything he puts on social media it seems he is all Nole and had been after this particular scholarship offer for a long time. He will be on campus this coming weekend abd I expect him to pull the trigger and contribute immediately to the teams operations in fall camp.
Twitter | @AshylndBarker
Stay tuned as the situation develops and we reach the 85 player scholarship limit. My ideal finish would be as follows.
Destyn Hill 🔮
CJ Campbell 🔮
Ashylnd Barker 🔮
Keon Coleman ?
Jaylen Key ?
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