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- 🏹 The Chief Brief — Weekly Wrap | July 1 – 7, 2025 🏹
🏹 The Chief Brief — Weekly Wrap | July 1 – 7, 2025 🏹
The Chief
July 07, 2025
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FSU’s entrance in the new EA Sports CFB ‘26. 🍢
Game released comes out tomorrow. 🎮
— TJ Pittinger (@TJ_Pittinger)
11:56 PM • Jul 6, 2025
🏹 Welcome to The Chief Brief! 🏹
Happy Monday, Seminole!
Fire up the grill leftovers, crack a cold seltzer, and relive a week of Seminole fireworks
🏆 This Week in Garnet & Gold 🏆
🔁 Recruiting Supernova: Five-star cornerback Chauncey Kennon commits, four-star DL Earnest Rankins joins the trenches, and three more blue-chips flip in — vaulting the 2026 class to No. 6 nationally.
⚾ Portal Loading: Link Jarrett keeps stacking arms and bats — Virginia RHP Bryson Moore, Duke reliever Gabe Nard, and Arkansas infielder Gabe Fraser headline a Fourth-of-July haul.
🏅 Accolade Avalanche: Myles Bailey completes a consensus Freshman All-America sweep while four women’s golfers land WGCA Scholar All-America honors.
🏈 Talkin’ Season: Tommy Castellanos provides bulletin-board spice for Alabama, and FSU–UF hoops locks in a Nov. 11 Gainesville date.
📈 Class Momentum Watch: July 12 looms with linebacker & EDGE decisions — and Norvell’s board is suddenly razor-thin on true JACKs.
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🔁 Recruiting Heat Index – Kennon Caps a 5-Commit Frenzy 🔁
Florida State Recruiting has been on fire this summer🔥:
• CB Chauncey Kennon
• DL Earnest Rankins
• QB Jaden O’Neal (flip from OU)
• WR Devin Carter (flip from Auburn)
• CB Jay Timmons (flip from IU)
• TE Xavier Tiller
• WR Brandon Bennett
+ Moreon3.com/college/florid…
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3)
9:29 PM • Jul 6, 2025
Date | Commit | Pos. | Stars | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
July 6 | Chauncey Kennon | CB | ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ | No. 2 CB, No. 27 overall — first 5⭐ defensive back of the Norvell era |
July 3 | Earnest Rankins | DL | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | 6-6, 285 wrecking ball; new top defensive commit |
July 2 | Xavier Tiller | TE | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Auburn flip, red-zone mismatch (6-5, 240) |
July 2 | Devin Carter | WR | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Dexter Carter legacy, slot jet |
July 1 | Jay Timmons | DB | ⭐⭐⭐⭐ | Lawrence Timmons’ son, nickel/safety hybrid |
Class snapshot: 21 commits | 13 four-stars | 1 five-star → No. 6 in 247 Composite, highest July rank since 2011. Next watch-list: 4⭐ LB DQ Forkpa & 4⭐ LB Rodney Colton (both July 12).
⚾ Portal Reload – Arms & Infield Pop ⚾
Player | From | Tool Kit | Year(s) left | Fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Bryson Moore (RHP) | Virginia | 92-94 FB • 3,000 rpm CB | 2 | High-spin set-up man |
Gabe Nard (RHP) | Duke | 57% GB rate • 80 ACC apps | 2 | Sinker/slider 7th-inning bridge |
Gabe Fraser (INF, LHH) | Arkansas | Top-150 ’24 recruit • grand-slam pop | 3 | Competes at 2B/3B, lefty OPS boost |
Jarrett’s 2026 staff now projects: Arnold — Moore — Stokes — Nard — O’Leary — Sandercock II (Apsel). Depth + velocity: check.
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🏅 Bailey’s Clean Sweep & Scholar Swing-Thoughts 🏅
A high speed look at the GS from 1B Myles Bailey (@FSUBaseball)...
— PG College Baseball (@PGCollegeBall)
3:36 PM • Jun 1, 2025
Myles Bailey — Consensus Freshman All-American
First-team nods from D1Baseball, BA, Perfect Game.
Season: .327 /.406 /.663, 19 HR, .990 FLD.
Heads to USA CNT Stars-vs-Stripes game July 3.
Women’s Golf — Classroom Crushers
WGCA Scholar All-America: Lottie Woad, Sophia Fullbrook, Alexandra Gazzoli, Kaylah Williams (record-tying 4th honor).
Sixth straight year with ≥3 honorees.
Brains and hardware.
🏈 / 🏀 Schedule & Sound-Bite Central 🏈
Date | Headline | Why It Pops |
|---|---|---|
Nov 11 | FSU Hoops @ Florida | Luke Loucks’ rivalry debut locks in. |
Aug 30 | FSU vs Alabama (Orlando) | QB Tommy Castellanos: “No Saban to save them.” |
July 29 | ACC Kickoff | Norvell + Castellanos + Tatum Bethune rep Noles. |
Special-teams note: RS-frosh Jake Weinberg hit from 60 in summer workouts; competition with grad transfer Chris Ferentz opens July 15.
⚡ Quick Hits ⚡
Hoops visitor buzz: 5⭐ PF Toni Bryant sets Aug 24 official.
Future phenom: 2027 No. 1 golfer Miles Russell commits to Trey Jones’ squad.
Cal Raleigh named AL Home-Run-Derby #1 seed (32 HR).
Duke reliever stat nugget: Nard’s 57% ground-ball rate would’ve led FSU’s ’25 staff.
EDGE board reset: 3⭐ Katrell Webb, Kamron Wilson decisions July 12.
🌟 Player of the Week – Chauncey Kennon (Football) 🌟
BOOM! FSU Lands a Commitment from 5⭐️ CB Chauncey “Chuck” Kennon!
5⭐️ | No. 27 NATL | No. 2 CB (247Sports)
🍢 6’2/175 with 93rd %ile Arm Length!
🍢 11.08 100m | 21.85 200m
🍢 6’2” High Jump | 21’1.25” Long Jump
🍢 10 REC | 317 Yards | 6 TD (12 Games)
🍢 33 TKLS | 16 PBU | 1 INT— Clay Fink (@clay_fink)
8:59 PM • Jul 6, 2025
Metric | Value |
|---|---|
Ranking | No. 2 CB, No. 27 overall (247) |
Size/Speed | 6’1”, 175 lbs • 10.66 100 m |
2024 Stats* | 33 Tkl • 16 PBUs • TD on 6 catches |
Quote | “I’m shutting it down — I’m a ’Nole.” |
(*Junior season shortened by appendix surgery; still posted elite tape.)
📅 On-Deck Calendar (July 8 – 15) 📅
Date | Event | Why Watch | Stream |
|---|---|---|---|
Tue (7/9) | MLB Draft Combine | Jamie Arnold & Lodise max-velo sessions | MLB Network |
Fri-Sun (7/12-14) | Decision Weekend: Forkpa, Colton, Webb | Can FSU sweep the linebacker/EDGE trio? | — |
Sat (7/13) | Cal Raleigh HR Derby | Former Nole aims for Safeco skyline | ESPN |
Mon (7/15) | Fall-Camp Reporting Day | Roster numbers expand to 105 under new rules | ACCN |
(All times ET; commitments can—and will—move.)
Who Owned the Week? |
✍️ Sign-Off
That’s a firework-filled wrap, Chief: a five-star boom, portal plugs on the mound, academic trophies on the fairways, and a quarterback already chirping at Bama. July recruiting dominoes start falling again in five days — keep that phone charged.
Stay locked, stay loud, and — as always — Go Noles!
— The Chief
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