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Which of Sunday's four draft picks are you most excited to follow?
🏹 Welcome to The Chief Brief! 🏹
Happy Monday, Seminole!
It's a lighter news day after a jam-packed weekend, but there's still good stuff here. FSU's draft weekend wrapped with a program-record haul, a former Nole shined on the national stage in Philadelphia, and Ira Schoffel's preseason questions series turns to the wide receiver room behind Duce Robinson.
📋 In Today's Chief Brief:
🎉 FSU's Draft Weekend Wraps With Seven Picks, a Program Record 🎉 — Four more Seminoles heard their names called Sunday.
🌟 Former Nole Jamie Arnold Shines in the MLB All-Star Futures Game 🌟 — A scoreless inning on a national stage for FSU's top prospect.
🔍 Preseason Question: Who Steps Up as FSU's No. 2 Receiver? 🔍 — Two returners and two freshmen are all in the mix.
🎰 Summer League Notebook 🎰 — A Green highlight, a Jones double-double bid, and Loucks in the building.
Let's dive in. 🍢
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Day two added four more arms to Saturday's headline trio, giving FSU seven total picks across the weekend and extending its own program record.
🆕 Sunday's Four Picks
Trey Beard (5th round, 147th overall, Marlins), a FAU transfer who went 6-1 with a 4.50 ERA and 97 strikeouts in 68 innings in his lone FSU season. Bryson Moore (7th round, 198th overall, Pirates), a Virginia transfer who posted a 3.86 ERA in 67.2 innings as the Sunday starter.
Cole Stokes (12th round, 353rd overall, Rays) and Brodie Purcell (12th round, 362nd overall, Reds), both relievers coming off roller-coaster debut seasons with eligibility remaining if either chooses to return to school.
📊 The Bigger Picture
Seven total picks makes it three straight seasons FSU has had at least seven players drafted, a first in program history, on top of Saturday's headline trio of Wes Mendes, Myles Bailey and Brayden Dowd.
In an odd wrinkle, brand-new FSU commit Alex Philpott, the South Carolina transfer pitcher who committed to the Seminoles just last week, got popped in the 16th round by Tampa Bay, though signing there would mean never pitching in garnet and gold. John Abraham and Brody DeLamielleure, both viewed as possible picks, went unselected and are expected back.
Why It Matters: Link Jarrett now has decisions to track from seven different players before the July 27 signing deadline, on top of already needing to replace basically his entire weekend rotation. It's a good problem to have, but still a very real one heading into fall workouts. 🍢
FSU's most recent first-round pick got a national stage this weekend, and he delivered.
🎯 The Outing
Arnold, the Athletics' No. 2 prospect and MLB Pipeline's No. 25 overall prospect, threw a scoreless sixth inning in the American League's 6-1 win, working around a leadoff walk with a strikeout and an unassisted double play to end the frame.
The 11th overall pick in 2025, FSU's highest draft selection since Buster Posey in 2008, is now with Double-A Midland, where he's 4-5 with a 4.15 ERA and 85 strikeouts in 80.1 innings this season.
Why It Matters: A year after becoming FSU's highest pick in nearly two decades, Arnold getting a Futures Game inning in front of scouts and executives is exactly the kind of stage that keeps a prospect's stock climbing. 🍢
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Duce Robinson's spot atop the receiver room isn't in question. The job behind him very much is.
🏈 The Favorites
Micahi Danzy (571 yards, 21.1 yards per catch last season) and Jayvan Boggs (a true freshman starter before injuries slowed him) entered spring as the presumed favorites, but both missed time, Danzy splitting reps with track, Boggs battling another injury, though he's expected full-go for fall.
👀 The Freshmen Making a Push
True freshmen Devin Carter (son of former FSU and NFL standout Dexter Carter) and Jasen Lopez (a two-sport signee who spurned Miami) both turned heads with polish and maturity beyond their years this spring, and Norvell said both are expected to be real contributors this fall.
Why It Matters: Robinson is going to see safety help all season no matter who lines up next to him. Whoever wins this job determines whether defenses actually have to respect the rest of the passing game. 🍢
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🏀🎰 Summer League Notebook 🎰🏀
A quieter weekend in Vegas for FSU's contingent, outside of one big shooting night.
🏀 The Numbers
Lajae Jones led the group Sunday with 10 points, six rebounds and a plus-4 in 14-plus minutes for the Warriors. Darin Green Jr. made the most of a late Saturday cameo, hitting both his shots, including two threes, in the final two minutes for the Mavericks. Chauncey Wiggins and Jamir Watkins each saw limited or no action across the weekend.
Luke Loucks made the trip to Vegas himself Sunday to watch his former players, posting about catching up with several ex-Seminoles now across the league.
Why It Matters: Summer League minutes are scarce and hard-earned at this level. A shooting night like Green's, even in garbage time, is exactly the kind of thing that gets a player another look. 🍢
And that’s a wrap!
Thanks for making The Chief Brief part of your Monday.
Signing decisions on FSU's seven draft picks are the big thing to watch this month, with a July 27 deadline looming. We'll keep tracking those alongside whatever else breaks as fall camp inches closer.
