Desmond Ricks, Lucas Simmons buzz, and realignment perspective
On The Bench: An FSU football podcast network
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4.7 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 July 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Desmond Ricks, one of the country's top recruits in 2024, says he no longer has contact with Florida State’s coaching staff.
It’s a damning statement, one Ricks hasn’t backed down from. Meanwhile, FSU sources indicate that communication wasn’t totally cut off.
This development is just part of the story. Other recruits have weighed in on Ricks’ comments to imply they also similarly lost communication with FSU, and there’s a trend of some recruitments going in odd directions abruptly.
We try to make the most of the situation with the information we have in this episode of On The Bench. The Ricks debacle serves as a jumping-off point for other trends regarding strange twists and turns with various positions on FSU’s recruiting board.
Plus we preview the upcoming decision of OT Lucas Simmons, realignment insight, and more.
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| 0:37.4 | Hey, welcome to On the Bench. |
| 0:38.7 | I'm Brennan Sonone, a little bit of a prelude before |
| 0:41.6 | we get going on this episode. |
| 0:43.6 | We recorded this on Sunday afternoon |
| 0:47.1 | about an hour after a tweet went out |
| 0:50.0 | with Desmond Ricks, essentially saying |
| 0:51.7 | that Florida State had stopped recruiting him. |
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