Florida State Coach Mike Norvell fielded questions from the media about a variety of topics. Here are some of the highlights:
- On the growth of his starting quarterback, Jordan Travis: "I'll tell you that with Jordan being here and just seeing his growth and the ownership of this position and the opportunity that he has you look at the growth from this last season as he went through the year and just the confidence that started to show up within all of the experiences that he had on the field,"
- On expectations for the 2022 season: We have great expectations. The daily expectation with the season expectation is for us to go out there and be our best to improve daily, to go out there and not only be competitive, but to push to new limits of where we are and also where we're going.
- On last year's lackluster special teams unit: "This is a program that's built for playmakers, and it's one that that standard has been established, and it's -- we're working tirelessly to make sure that we get back to that standard of performance in our special team's units."
Florida State DT Fabien Lovett, QB Jordan Travis, and DB Jammie Robinson also spoke the ACC Kickoff:
- Lovett on his leadership role in the program: I would probably say I'm a growing-to-learn leader if that makes sense. I grow, and I watch people as I go along and just watch how they react to certain things and how they react to other teammates and coaches and players, and that's just how I go off, how I react to them, how I respond to them or find ways that push buttons to help them be more encouraged to do things.
- Robinson on the difference between SEC and ACC football: Probably the speed of the game. A lot of passing games. That's the main difference I can see just from the SEC; they're going to ground and pound and run the ball down your throat. In the ACC, it's kind of different. They're going to more spread and more RPO and stuff like that. When I got to the ACC, that's how I was trying to better my man coverage skills. That's another thing. The ACC, they're throwing the ball. I'm just trying to get better at that.
- Travis on his mindset heading into the fall: We got some new weapons. I've been working really hard on just technique. All the little parts of the game. Sitting in the pocket and not trying to scramble every single time. I've been working really hard. The offensive line has been working really hard to give me some time. I can't wait. It's going to be a great year.
