Florida State Football: Five Seminoles to Keep an Eye on in 2008

If you talk to any Florida State football fan they will surely tell you last season was a major disappointment.

Following the hires of Jimbo Fisher, Rick Trickett, Lawrence Dawsey, and Chuck Amato, excitement ran rampant around Tallahassee. Unfortunately, what ensued was a 7-6 finish and a major scandal taking place off the field.

This year’s squad can probably only go up from there—especially when considering a very favorable home schedule. Wake Forest, Virginia Tech, Clemson, Boston College, and Florida all have to come to Doak S. Campbell to do battle with the ‘Noles in 2008.

The 2008 Seminoles have an interesting blend of experience and a large amount of young talent. So who can we expect to emerge on the scene as playmakers for Bobby Bowden?

5. Corey Surrency–Wide Receiver–JUCO Transfer

Florida State went to the California JUCO ranks to ink the signature of a very promising playmaker in Corey Surrency.

The six-foot-five wide out possesses great speed to go along with his large frame.  He is exactly the type of receiver that Offensive Coordinator Jimbo Fisher loves to have in his system.

Surrency will undoubtedly cause major mismatch issues on the outside against much smaller defensive backs, but not only with his size. Corey will be able to stretch the field on vertical routes and is fast enough to leave defenders in his wake.

When you add senior wide receiver Greg Carr to the mix, you are looking at an imposing set of wide outs that will cause defensive coordinators to lose some sleep.

4. Bert Reed/Taiwan Easterling–Wide Receivers–Freshmen

Both Reed and Easterling had extremely impressive spring performances for Florida State this past April. These two 5’11 shifty slot wide receivers are very similar in not only their size, but also their abilities.

Look for Jimbo Fisher to use this tandem across the middle where they can operate in space—exactly where they've proven to be deadly.

Reed and Easterling both will serve as nice compliments to the towers on the outside.

3. Tavares Pressley–Running Back–JUCO Transfer

Current starting running back, senior Antone Smith, has come under a lot of heat recently for not performing up to some high standards.

Many things could have possibly contributed to that such—injuries, a new zone blocking scheme, and a new offense.  However, for whatever reason. the coaching staff wanted desperately to bring in another option.

That option was Pressley—a teammate of incoming JUCO transfer Corey Surrency.

Pressley is a big strong runner at 6’1 and 215 pounds.  He also has plenty of wheels to pull away from a defense with a 4.4 40 yard dash time.

Physically, he will be more than capable of making a run at the starting job or, at the very least, significant playing time.

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