{"id":329583,"date":"2023-09-09T00:30:45","date_gmt":"2023-09-09T00:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=329583"},"modified":"2023-09-09T01:01:23","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T01:01:23","slug":"watch-mike-norvell-takes-helicopter-to-check-in-on-a-five-star-recruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=329583","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Mike Norvell takes helicopter to check in on a five-star recruit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Things aren&#8217;t too bad right now for Florida State and head coach Mike Norvell. On Sunday, his team beat LSU and then five days later, he took a helicopter to check in on one of the nation&#8217;s top 25 recruits.<\/p>\n<p>A player who just so happens to be committed to Florida State.<\/p>\n<p>Colquitt County (Moultrie, Georgia) tight end Landen Thomas, <a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/Player\/Landen-Thomas-46114093\/\">a five-star tight end according to 247Sports<\/a>, was the center of the impressive visit from Norvell. The Florida State head coach certainly arrived in style via the helicopter, a move that is as much about ease and expedience as it is simply about making a splash.<\/p>\n<p>Social media was buzzing about Norvell&#8217;s arrival in the chopper, and that is exactly the kind of recruiting cache that a head coach needs to keep a blue-chip prospect like Thomas committed.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Got a good source that tells me FSU head coach Mike Norvell is in that helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>Touching down to see a good game and 2024 \u2018Noles TE commit Landen Thomas, among others. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xqZY2KTfwu\">pic.twitter.com\/xqZY2KTfwu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Sentell (@jeffsentell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jeffsentell\/status\/1700292054612344884?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 8, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Norvell&#8217;s arrival is certainly quite the buzz at the game, leading to a host of social media reactions. None better than this one, though:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8BjGn0pufI\">https:\/\/t.co\/8BjGn0pufI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FD1wLFeUxe\">pic.twitter.com\/FD1wLFeUxe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mike Norvells Burner (@NotMikeNorvell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NotMikeNorvell\/status\/1700303481851011507?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 9, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Mike Norvell arrived at a high school football game in a helicopter.<\/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\/329583"}],"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=329583"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":329585,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/329583\/revisions\/329585"}],"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=329583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=329583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=329583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}