{"id":321987,"date":"2023-08-07T18:28:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T18:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=321987"},"modified":"2023-08-07T18:57:45","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T18:57:45","slug":"florida-state-early-front-runner-for-miami-central-5-star-de-armondo-blount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=321987","title":{"rendered":"Florida State &#039;early front-runner&#039; for Miami Central 5-star DE Armondo Blount"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">After a slow start, Florida State is coming on strong in the 2024 recruiting cycle. Over the weekend, they snagged a commitment from five-star safety KJ Bolden, when they weren&#8217;t even supposed to be in the race. Now the\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/lists\/2024-national-recruiting-rankings-updated-top-25-teams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Seminoles are in the top five<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0in the 2024 national recruiting rankings. They&#8217;re also looking good for at least one elite recruit from the class of 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">According to\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/n.rivals.com\/news\/recruiting-rumor-mill-preseason-camps-right-around-the-corner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Adam Gorney at Rivals.com,<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0Florida State is the early front-runner for Miami Central (Fla.) 2025 five-star DE Armondo Blount.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&#8220;Florida State has been the early front-runner for the 2025 five-star defensive end from Miami (Fla.) Central and a trip back to Tallahassee recently really stood out. Blount spent a lot of time with position coach Odell Haggins and even took notes of what Haggins was saying to remember for later. Miami and Florida are two other early ones to watch, but the Seminoles definitely stand out most.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Blount (6-foot-3, 250 pounds) is ranked\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/Season\/2025-Football\/CompositeRecruitRankings\/?InstitutionGroup=HighSchool&amp;State=FL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">first overall in Florida<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, second at his position, and fifth nationally in the class of 2025, according to the 247Sports composite rankings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The Seminoles might be the favorites for now, but Blount has\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/recruitment\/armondo-blount-145865\/recruitinterests\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">offers from 28 other schools<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, including Alabama, Georgia, Florida and Miami. Also, only some agree FSU is in the lead. On3&#8217;s prediction model has Florida as the favorite at 39.2%, followed by Miami at 20.8% and FSU at 6.3%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">For the moment, Florida State has a pair of three-star recruits committed to\u00a0<\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/florida-state\/Season\/2025-Football\/Commits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">their class of 2025<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">: Mandarin (Fla.) quarterback Tramell Jones Jr. and Eau Gallie (Fla.) wide receiver DL Hardison.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>More football stories<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2023\/georgia-adds-another-great-rb-recruit-with-mater-deis-nate-frazier\">Georgia adds another great RB recruit with 4-star Nate Frazier<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/usatodayhss.com\/2023\/5-star-safety-kj-bolden-commits-to-florida-state\">Florida State gets a surprise commitment from 5-star KJ Bolden<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>They&#8217;re also looking good for at least one elite recruit from the class of 2025.<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":286601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321987"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=321987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":321988,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321987\/revisions\/321988"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/286601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=321987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=321987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=321987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}