Recruiting 2004

[Grok]

Xavier Lee to Florida State

The long wait for Seminole fans is finally over. After months of anticipation five-star signal caller Xavier Lee announced at his high school football banquet Sunday night that he had committed to Florida State.

"I visited my top three schools and the visit I had the most fun on was Texas but when it came down to it I had to go where my family is and where my heart is," Lee said. "I'm going to go spend the rest of my college career with a very old coach (laugh). I'm going to Florida State to play for Bobby Bowden."

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'Noles land speedy wide receiver Kenny "Special-K" O'Neal

With Sunday's commitments, Florida State's offensive recruiting class is pretty much complete. The big news of the day was the announcement from super quarterback Xavier Lee that he was going to be a Seminole. However, there was also good news from the west coast. Warchant.com confirmed Sunday that speedy wide receiver Kenny "Special-K" O'Neal had also given the FSU coaches a commitment.

The four-star receiver was a virtual unknown to Florida State a few weeks ago but he became a prime target after his film reached the Seminole coaching staff. He was quickly offered a scholarship but it looked like FSU had an uphill battle against the Georgia Bulldogs, the top school from his native state. However, after taking a closer look at the passing games of the two programs he opted for the Seminoles.

[Grok]

Funny thing Xavier Lee said .... I think he's slamming Chris Rix here :p

Warchant.com:  "Everyone has their opinion on what you can bring to Florida State's offense, but what do you think you bring to the table?"

Xavier Lee:  "Bring back a Charlie Ward-type quarterback to the school. Have fun, spread the ball around, be athletic with the ball and not make stupid decisions at the same time. Just have fun and play my game, and bring a lot of excitement to the passing game and just light it up."

[Grok]

So far ...

Name              Pos Stars RR    Ht/Wt   Rank Hometown
Xavier Lee        QB  ***** 6.1  6-4/200  1    Daytona Beach, FL
Drew Weatherford  QB  ****  5.9  6-3/205  6    Land O'Lakes, FL
Trevor Ford       DB  ****  5.9  6-1/187  6    Miami, FL
Jamaal Edwards    RB  ****  6.0  6-0/202  7    Greensboro, NC
Jacky Claude      OL  ****  5.8  6-4/290  8    Miami, FL
Jonathan Warren   DB  ****  5.8  6-1/190  9    Madison, FL
Carl Grimes       ATH ****  5.8  5-9/175  9    Detroit, MI
Dumaka Atkins     OL  ****  5.8  6-4/280  11   Sarasota, FL
Darrell Robertson DE  ***   5.6  6-5/215  16   Jonesboro, GA
Gary Cismesia     K   **    5.4  5-11/209 16   Parrish, FL
Cornelius Lewis   OL  ***   5.7  6-4/305  18   Jacksonville, FL
Kenny O'Neal      WR  ****  5.8  6-0/195  20   Oakland, CA
Greg Carr         WR  ****  5.8  6-5/200  21   Citra, FL
Lamar Lewis       RB  ***   5.5  5-9/188  24   Jacksonville, FL
Courtney Abbott   OL  ***   5.6  6-9/335  30   Atlanta, GA
Geoff Berniard    OL  ***   5.5  6-8/320  46   Lafayette, LA
DeCody Fagg       WR  ***   -    6-3/185  NR   Chatham, VA
Joe Surratt       RB  **    5.4  6-1/255  NR   Pace, FL

Hoping for commits from Pressley and Williams now!

[DarkMinion]

Abbott is a fat bastard.

[DarkMinion]

So far for us:

Already signed:

Robert Johnson   QB   *****   (JUCO)   6-1/195/4.45   (NR)   Reedley, CA
Charlie Glover   DT   ****   (JUCO)   6-4/265/4.8   (NR)   Reedley, CA
Brett Bischofberger   DT *** (JUCO) 6-3/270/4.8   (NR)   Orville, CA

Committed:

Graham Harrell   QB   **** (5.9)   6-2/185/4.6   (7)   Ennis, TX
Anthony Jenkins   WR/DB   ****   (5.   6-0/180/4.4   (12)   Ennis, TX
Marquis Johnson   WR/DB   ****   (JUCO)   6-3/210/4.4   (NR)   Hutchinson, KS
Sylvester Brinkley   LB   ****   (JUCO)   6-4/225/4.55   (NR)   Reedley, CA
Darcel McBath   WR/DB   ***   (5.6)   6-2/180/4.4   (36)   Gainesville, TX
Dwayne Slay   S   ***   (JUCO)   6-4/210/4.4   (NR)   Reedley, CA
Shae Reagan   ATH   ***   (5.7)   6-3/240/4.6   (24)   Idalou, TX
Danny Amendola   WR   ***   (5.5)   5-11/185/4.5   (56)   The Woodlands, TX
David Chatterton   OL   ***   (5.2)   6-5/290/5.0   (NR)   Rowley, TX
Dek Bake   DE   ***   (JUCO)   6-6/260/4.7   (NR)   Fresno, CA
Marcus Campbell   DT   ***   (JUCO)   6-4/305/4.9   (NR)   Reedley, CA

And then we have 13 ** commits for a total of 27 commits/signees.

[Grok]

Abbott is a fat bastard.

Dude, he's 6'9"

Kenny Ingram and Aaron Jones will announce on Wednesday.

[DarkMinion]

FAT.....BASTARD

I saw his pic....

[Grok]

Texas Tech is up to #23!  You guys are doing pretty good.  The future is looking up.

[Grok]

Three days from Signing Day, here's our commit list.

http://www.valhallalegends.com/pub/FSUcommits.htm

[DarkMinion]

Bad link!

[Grok]

Fixed

[Hazard]

DeCody Fagg? That supports my theory of FSU being homosexual.

[Grok]

DeCody Fagg? That supports my theory of FSU being homosexual.

In what way?

Add one more 4-star commit.  Jae Thaxton, LB.  For a while we thought we weren't going to get a linebacker, now we have two 4-stars.  Much rejoicing!

22 commits, avg stars == 3.55.

Will probably get Emmanuel Dunbar, too.  On a 1-20 scale, he rated his top three as FSU 18, Oklahoma 15, NC State 14.
http://floridastate.rivals.com/viewprospect.asp?pr_key=20949
Deerfield Beach (FL)
Strongside defensive end

Height: 6-foot-5
Weight: 265 pounds
40-yard dash: 4.7 seconds

[Grok]

Monday night we'll know if the Tallahassee Lincoln (my old rival school) will send two more to FSU.
and Rivals #1 Guard, Calvin Darity, and and Rivals #9 Outside Linebacker, Rodney Gallon, will commit at 6pm on a local TV station broadcast.

http://floridastate.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=263321

[DarkMinion]

Hey, we both got QB's