Junior Day Recap and Crystal Ball(s)
On The Bench: An FSU football podcast network
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🗓️ 22 January 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Florida State put together its first Junior Day of the recruiting cycle. Who was on-hand and which recruits do you need to get to know?
Zach Blostein and Dane Draper recap the recruiting even and go over both of Zach's Crystal Ball selections in this episode of On The Bench.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to On the Bench. |
| 0:04.0 | This is a different lineup than usual. |
| 0:07.0 | You got myself, Zach Blostin, and my good buddy Dane Draper. |
| 0:12.0 | We are here to give you the latest on Florida State's recruiting efforts to start the 2025 recruiting class. Florida State held their first junior day this past weekend of the cycle and Dane was out there providing |
| 0:26.7 | live on site coverage in the cold, the winter tundra of Tallahassee during this time of the year. But before we get into that, just give a shout out to our sponsors, the Turner Group, for all your realty needs in the entire state of Florida. I know my families had experience with the Turner Group. They said it was awesome. Super great process, great people. Florida State grads calling a Navy Turner who founded it and just yeah I mean you guys should go support them if you're you know in the market and yeah I mean I love the Turner group and then Chattanooga Whiskey. I know you guys needed some some warmth up there in Tallahassee. I know Chattanooga Whiskey can provide that for all your bourbon needs. |
| 1:13.2 | Man, I know, I know Dane's |
| 1:16.2 | gotten himself into some trouble. |
| 1:19.3 | Uh, here get some time to be with you. |
| 1:22.0 | Supplying me for sure. |
| 1:23.8 | Yeah, some Draper family gatherings |
| 1:26.8 | were sponsored by Chattanooga Whiskey in the past. |
| 1:30.2 | But yeah, let's get into it. |
| 1:31.8 | Junior Day. A lot of prospects on campus, some top prospects. I wouldn't call it like a high quantity of visitors on campus, like we've seen some in the past. |
| 1:44.4 | There were a solid amount of recruits there, |
| 1:47.4 | but how would you kind of describe the vibe, |
| 1:51.0 | you know, coming off of 13 in one season, you know, probably should have been in the playoffs, like what's what's kind of the vibe around Florida State recruiting up there in Tallahassee for this kind of surrounding this junior day. |
| 2:03.2 | Yeah, I mean, I think like you mentioned, kind of a lack of quantity, but I think quality was definitely there. |
| 2:09.4 | There's a good handful of like really high-end prospects like guys we're going to talk about but I mean multiple five-star guys |
| 2:16.3 | Guys that are really interested in FSU not just guys that you're kind of you know |
| 2:21.6 | Happened to get them on campus necessarily but guys that have a lot of reciprocated |
| 2:26.5 | interest and guys that are you can be excited about getting on campus because there's you know |
| 2:31.6 | EBS year is a legit shot at him. |
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