Florida State signed another excellent recruiting class in 2014. All qualified, and now it is time to start looking at who will play, and who will take a redshirt year to pack on muscle and refine skills. Florida State has played 45 percent of its freshmen over the last three signing classes. This page will be updated weekly with our current projections of who will redshirt from the 2014 class.
Expected to play
- LS Stephen Gabbard: Gabbard is competing for Florida State's long-snapper position.
- WR Ermon Lane: Florida State rarely redshirts skill position players under Jimbo Fisher and Lane has showed promise in camp.
- WR Travis Rudolph: Florida State rarely redshirts skill position players and he has been one of the best freshmen receivers in a while when healthy.
- WR Ja'Vonn Harrison: Harrison will likely avoid a redshirt and should also get some burn on special teams. He is physically ready.
- RB Dalvin Cook: Cook was an early-enrollee and has been extremely impressive.
- LB/DE Jacob Pugh: Pugh is one of the top reserves for the hybrid end/linebacker position and is physically ready to play at 235+ pounds.
- S Trey Marshall: Marshall enrolled early, has bounced back extremely well from an injury suffered in high school, and has played very well in practice. He'll be a reserve on defense and contribute on special teams.
- OL Roderick Johnson: Our Florida State sources are very happy with the early returns from the 6'7, 333-pounder. Most of the freshmen linemen will shirt, but Johnson is a good bet to avoid that.
- DT Derrick Nnadi: Nnadi might be the No. 2 nose guard when all is said and done.
- DT Demarcus Christmas: Christmas is expected to play some non-blowout time snaps for the Seminoles.
Unsure
- RB Jonathan Vickers: Jimbo Fisher's Seminoles rarely shirt skill players, but Vickers is fifth on the running back depth chart. How many reps he gets at fullback and on specials teams
- TE Mavin Saunders: Saunders is an athletic freak, but is unrefined, particularly with his blocking. There's a chance that one of the freshmen tight ends doesn't redshirt.
- TE Ryan Izzo: Izzo is more refined than Saunders, but not as athletic. There's a chance that one of the freshmen tight ends doesn't redshirt.
- DE Rick Leonard: Leonard had an up-and-down fall camp, with some flashes of potential and some typical freshman moments. He may very well avoid a redshirt and play a good bit in mop-up duty.
- DE Lorenzo Featherston: Featherston has world of potential, but needs to add a very big amount of muscle. There is some upside as a pass rusher right now, but a redshirt seems somewhat likely.
- LB Delvin Purifoy: Florida State typically finds a spot for its young linebackers, including special teams, but FSU does have nine on scholarship for 2014, so avoiding a redshirt is not necessarily guaranteed.
- LB Kain Daub: Florida State typically finds a spot for its young linebackers, including special teams, but FSU does have nine on scholarship for 2014, so avoiding a redshirt is not necessarily guaranteed.
- DB Malique Jackson: Jackson has shown some promising athleticism, but as a high school quarterback, he's pretty raw at corner and there are a lot of players in front of him.
Expected to redshirt
- QB J.J. Cosentino: Cosentino has some excellent physical tools, but he's quite raw. Florida State has two quarterbacks ahead of him in Winston and Maguire, and John Franklin III can take third-team reps if necessary, though he is playing receiver more often.
- OL Corey Martinez: looks like a promising line prospect, but Florida State has a pretty clear first and second string established.
- OL Alec Eberle: looks like a promising line prospect, but Florida State has a pretty clear first and second string established.
- OL Brock Ruble: looks like a promising line prospect, but Florida State has a pretty clear first and second string established.
- OL Derrick Kelly: looks like a promising line prospect, but Florida State has a pretty clear first and second string established.
- DT Arthur Williams: Very athletic and strong, but equally as unrefined in his technique.
- DT Fred Jones: Needs significant development.
- DL Adam Torres: Torres could stand to get bigger.