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FSU football defensive coordinator Tony White talks first spring scrimmage
FSU football defensive coordinator Tony White talks first spring scrimmage
Tony White wanted to get out of the way and let his players compete during Florida State football’s spring scrimmage Saturday.
The Seminoles’ defensive unit responded with a performance that FSU’s defensive coordinator said was good and filled with “teaching moments.” Safety Earl Little Jr. and linebacker Ethan Pritchard both recorded pick-sixes, and Elijah Herring had a hustle play that White labeled “big-time football’ as it set up an interception.
It was the first time that White and offensive coordinator Gus Malzahn got the chance to implement their new schemes in a game scenario since joining FSU. White feels the players are buying into his system and working hard to understand its intricacies.
“In terms of the players-wise, I think they’re doing a really nice job. Moreso, not only the times that they have to show up because in college football they have to show up 20 hours a week, right? They got their 20 hours and they got to do it, and they got to show up, and they think that that’s doing something,” White said.
“But you see a lot of guys in the building. You see a lot of guys on their extra time coming up and hanging out in the building, going one-on-one, coaches meetings. At any point in time, you’ll see numerous guys up in there, bringing their lunch. Trying to get in extra film, extra classroom work.
“That right there tells me that we’re on the right path. Still got a long way to go, but whenever the players do that and buy in and find time to do the extra things like that, that tells me that you’re reaching them in a way that’s like, ‘Ok, it will have positive dividends later on.”
White’s 3-3-5 system requires a unique blend of different skillsets….
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Publish date : 2025-03-30 00:44:00
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