Five Florida State players heard their names called in the second and third rounds of the NFL Draft on Friday night, bringing FSU's record number of NFL draft picks to 300. pushed up.
After defensive end Jared Verse was selected 19th overall by the Los Angeles Rams in the first round on Thursday, wide receiver Keon Coleman was selected 33rd overall by the Buffalo Bills in the second round. This was his first nomination. Defensive tackle Braden Fisk was selected 39th overall by the Rams, defensive back Renaldo Green was selected 64th overall by the San Francisco 49ers, running back Trey Benson was selected 66th overall by the Arizona Cardinals, and defensive back Renaldo Green was selected 64th overall by the Arizona Cardinals. Running back Jarrian Jones was selected 96th overall. By the Jacksonville Jaguars. His 300 NFL Draft picks from Florida State include his 210 during a current stretch of 41 consecutive drafts in which at least one of his players has been taken.
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Florida State is one of five schools with at least six picks in the first three rounds this year, only national championship contenders Michigan State and Washington State (both with seven) It ranks first in the United States in pursuit of the following. No other ACC school has more than two picks in his first three rounds.
The selections of Vaas and Fisk mark the 14th time in program history that FSU has selected multiple defensive linemen in the same draft. Jones and Green enter the 14th year the Seminoles have selected multiple defensive backs. Florida State produced six picks in the first 100 of the NFL Draft for the first time since 2015, when FSU tied the ACC record with 11 picks.
Coleman is FSU's most drafted wide receiver since Kelvin Benjamin was selected 28th overall in 2014. Coleman was a first-team All-American, a first-team All-ACC wide receiver, a versatile player, and a return specialist, earning three first-team All-Conference honors in one season. He was the only FSU player to also be named to the All-ACC Academic Team. Coleman started all 12 games he played in, catching 50 passes for 658 yards and 11 touchdowns and adding 300 yards on 25 punt returns. His receiving touchdown total was the best in the ACC, tied for 11th nationally, and ranked eighth on FSU's single-season list. His punt return total yards also led the ACC and ranked third in the nation, and his 12.0 yards per punt return average ranked second in the conference and ninth nationally.
The Opelousas, Louisiana native had a career-high tying nine receptions and scored a career-high three touchdowns in a 45-24 win over No. 5 LSU in the season opener. He became the first player to score three receiving touchdowns in his FSU debut, a total tied for the most in a single game in the ACC and third in the nation in 2023. He committed to FSU in the 41-3 win over Syracuse. Legendary Peter Warwick is the only player in Florida State history to have at least 100 receiving yards and 100 punt return yards in the same game, and Coleman had nine receptions for 140 yards and one touchdown, six times He added 107 yards on punt returns, tying a career high. . His 247 all-purpose yards ranked 14th on FSU's single-game list and the ACC's second-highest single-game performance in 2023. Coleman also scored two touchdowns in the 31-24 victory, including the game-winning score in overtime. With the game at Clemson, the Tigers' ACC home winning streak ended at 25.
Fisk earned All-America Third Team honors from the Associated Press. Phil Steele He started all 13 games he played and had 43 tackles, including 6.0 sacks and five quarterback hurries. In the final five games played, he recorded 8.5 tackles and 6.0 sacks per loss, including a career-high 4.5 tackles and a career-best in the ACC Championship Game win over No. 14 Louisville. He recorded 3.0 sacks. He made a tackle on the first three snaps of the game and finished the game with a 13-yard sack, capping off the Cardinals' final offense in a 16-6 victory.
During his career, which included a stint at Western Michigan University before transferring to Florida State, Fisk played in 46 games and started 32, totaling 191 tackles, 19.5 sacks, three pass breakups, and two forced fumbles. He had two fumble recoveries, 36.5 points allowed, and two sacks. The Michigan City, Indiana, native also earned All-Conference honors with the Broncos in 2022.
Green played in 53 games and started 32 during his five years at Florida State, earning All-ACC honors twice. He recorded 143 tackles, including 7.0 for a loss, 0.5 sacks, 22 pass breakups, one interception, and one forced fumble.
The Orlando native started the first 13 games of the season, recording 43 tackles, 0.5 sacks, 2.5 points allowed, 13 pass breakups, and 1 interception, and was named All-American and All-ACC in 2023. He was selected to the second team and advanced to the semi-finals of the Thorpe Award. And one quarterback is rushing. His pass breakup totals led the ACC and ranked 10th nationally, and his 14 total pass breakups ranked second in the conference and 18th nationally. In Florida State's 31-24 win at Clemson, he recorded a season-high seven tackles, including a no-gain stop on third-and-1 in overtime before FSU lost the game on fourth down. Got the end stop. He had a career-high three pass breakups in the ACC Championship Game win against Louisville and ultimately won the Heisman Trophy, making a solo tackle on Jaden Daniels, the No. 2 overall pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. He started the season with four innings, one interception, and one pass breakup. when FSU defeated LSU 45-24.
In 2022, Green played in all 13 games and started 12, recording 58 tackles, 3.0 points allowed, and five pass breakups. His total tackles rank fourth on the team, including two games in which he recorded a career-high nine tackles. He first made nine stops in a 35-31 win over Louisville, then matched that total against No. 22 Wake Forest. Green had a career-best eight solo tackles in a 24-23 win over LSU in New Orleans and six tackles and 1.0 in a 35-32 win over Oklahoma in the Cheez-It Bowl in Orlando. He finished the season with a goal conceded and one pass breakup. .
Benson was a second-team All-ACC selection in both seasons at Florida State, totaling 2,459 yards while displaying versatility in rushing, receiving and returning kickoffs. He is the only Florida State player to have three rushing touchdowns against Florida, achieved this mark in both games against the Gators, and is the only Florida State player in FSU history with 80 rushing touchdowns and 80 rushing yards. He is the only player to record a touchdown catch. . He also tied a program record with three 80-yard touchdowns. He scored at least three rushing touchdowns in three games, the third-highest total in program history, making Benson just the sixth FSU player to score at least nine rushing touchdowns in multiple seasons. became. His 23 career rushing touchdowns rank 11th on Florida State's all-time list, and his 1,895 rushing yards rank 18th in program history.
Last season, Benson rushed for 906 yards and 14 touchdowns, and also had 20 receptions for 227 yards and one touchdown. He was the only player in the nation with an 80-yard rushing touchdown and 80-yard receiving touchdown in 2023, and was also the only ACC rusher with multiple three-touchdown games. His rushing touchdown total tied for seventh on FSU's single-season list, second in the ACC and 15th nationally in 2023. His 15 total touchdowns also ranked second in the conference, and his average of 5.81 yards per carry was fourth in the ACC. Benson had a career-high 200 yards and two touchdowns on just 11 carries in FSU's 39-17 win over Virginia Tech. His 18.2 yards per carry against the Hokies broke Florida State's single-game record, which had been held by Warwick Dunn since 1995. Benson produced the fifth-best single-game rushing performance in Doak Campbell Stadium history, joining Dalvin Cook as the only one. Since 1988, he has had consecutive 200-yard games as FSU's rusher. In addition to his 3 touchdown game in his 24-15 win over FSU at the University of Florida, Benson also had his 3 rushing touches in his 66-13 win over Southern Miss. Recorded a down. Wake helped propel his game in his 41-16 win at Forest where he scored his score and his catch for an 80-yard touchdown his 100 yards receiving his first in college .
The Greenville, Mississippi, native became a ready-to-play player in 2022 after joining the program in January of that year. He rushed for 990 yards and nine touchdowns and returned five kickoffs for 192 yards and one touchdown. He is the first player to win ACC Running Back of the Week honors for three consecutive weeks, achieving this honor by rushing for over 100 yards in each of the final three games of the regular season. Benson culminated his winning streak with 111 yards rushing and three touchdowns in a 45-38 win over Florida, the first UF matchup to rush for three touchdowns in a game since 1997. He became my opponent. He started his winning streak with a then career-best 128 yards rushing. He had 163 yards and two touchdowns in a 45-3 win over Miami and a 38-3 win against Syracuse the following week. This total was the highest of any ACC player to play on the road in 2022. He left a record. He recorded a 93-yard kickoff return touchdown and two rushing scores, his first three-touchdown game, in a 44–14 win over Boston College. He reached the end zone on the first kickoff to start the game, scoring the first opening kickoff return touchdown in the 73-year history of Doak Campbell Stadium, and in the same game he scored the first kickoff return touchdown in Doak Campbell Stadium's 73-year history. He became the first FSU player to score a touchdown and two offensive touchdowns.
Jones played in 44 games and started 28 during his four years at Florida State. Including his true freshman season at Mississippi State, Jones recorded 96 tackles in college, including 5.5 tackles for loss, 1.0 sack, 12 pass breakups, five interceptions, two fumble recoveries, and a forced fumble. Recorded 1 time.
In 2023, he recorded 25 tackles, 1.0 sacks, 5.0 for loss, three interceptions, three pass breakups, one forced fumble, and one fumble recovery, earning him All-ACC honors. did. He is the first player in FSU history and the only player in the nation to record a sack, tackle for loss, forced fumble, fumble recovery, and interception in the same game in 2023, leading FSU to North Alabama. This was recorded during a 58-13 victory. The McGee, Miss., native returned his first interception of the season 30 yards for a touchdown in a 66-13 win over Southern Mississippi and was the last of Miami's offense in Florida State's 27-20 win. He also made the interception that ended the game.
Jones played in 12 games in both 2021 and 2022, recording 41 tackles, 0.5 tackles for loss, two interceptions, and two pass breakups in those 24 games. His interception in the 2021 win over North Carolina ended in the end zone and led to a touchdown for FSU just before halftime, ultimately giving FSU a 35-25 win and an 11-point lead. Jones also had an interception in Florida State's 45-38 win over Florida State in 2022.
Live coverage of the 2024 NFL Draft will continue Saturday at noon on ESPN, ABC and NFL Network.
*Press release provided by Florida State Athletics
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