Years: 1989-93 Position: Quarterback The Buzz: The Thomasville, Ga., native became a top prospect in football and basketball. Ward went on to play 11 seasons in the NBA, most notably with the New York Knicks. Stats: Ward set a school record with 3,371 total yards in 1993, which still ranks second in school history. He [...]
len Stanley’s recruiting odyssey seems to be coming to an end. // Finally. The Vanguard High graduate signed with the University of Southern California back in February, but after the Trojans were hit with major NCAA sanctions the former junior college All-American filed his paperwork to be released from his scholarship. Wednesday afternoon Stanley’s transfer was cleared [...]
Jimbo Fisher greeted the media at the Atlantic Coast Conference Football Kickoff for the first time as Florida State head coach Monday, and the first real issue that hit him? The arrest of FSU linebacker Nigel Carr, who was charged by Tallahassee police Sunday on two counts of auto burglary, criminal mischief, credit card theft [...]
Florida State linebacker Nigel Carr is facing a suspension after he was arrested by Tallahassee police Sunday on two counts of auto burglary, criminal mischief, credit card theft and fraud. Seminoles coach Jimbo Fisher, who is in North Carolina for the annual Atlantic Coast Conference football kickoff gala, says the university’s policy is to suspend [...]
Florida State University’s Athletics Hall of Fame will grow by eight members Sept. 3, during an annual induction ceremony in Tallahassee. FSU will welcome football stars Corey Simon and Peter Warrick, former defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews, multisport star Karyn Palgut, golf great Bobby Cochran, track and field star Tonya Carter and long-time team physicians Tom [...]
t’s always tough to replace a legend. That’s what Jimbo Fisher has been hearing every since he stepped onto the Florida State campus in 2007 and was anointed the coach in waiting to replace Bobby Bowden. He didn’t think he would find out so soon. Bowden’s retirement in the offseason forced Fisher to become the [...]
By all indications, Fisher is a quick learner who has done a good job throughout his career of excelling quickly. He swiftly rose through the coaching ranks to become the offensive coordinator at LSU in 2000. That first season in Baton Rouge, the Tigers’ offense finished in the 50’s nationally under Fisher’s guidance. The next [...]
Years: 1984-87 Position: Linebacker The Buzz: McGowan came out of Winter Park High and was one of the best linebackers in Seminoles history before the Minnesota Vikings took him in the ninth round of the 1988 NFL draft. Stats: McGowan ranks fourth on FSU’s all-time list with 446 career tackles and eighth with 32 career [...]
ESPNU 150 offensive tackle Bobby Hart has committed to the Seminoles, giving Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher his sixth ESPNU 150 recruit in the Class of 2011. Hart was rated the No. 6 offensive tackle nationally. He reportedly had over 30 offers, including from half of the ACC. “It feels like a big burden is [...]
If you missed this story in the Wall Street Journal about Ryan Reid, the former Florida State forward who was perhaps the most surprising selection of the entire NBA Draft, you should check it out. It’s good. In it, Journal reporter David Biderman writes that if LeBron James is considered the top player in the [...]
