‘Thankful’ Coleman ratings 3 TDs in FSU launching

Andrea Adelson, ESPN

• Senior Citizen WriterSep 4, 2023, 01:40 AM ET Close ACC reporter.
• Signed up with ESPN.com in 2010.
• Graduate of the University of Florida.ORLANDO, Fla.– After Florida State broad

  receiver Keon Coleman assembled a dominant efficiency in a statement win over LSU on Sunday night, he was asked what he was most grateful for after such a big game.Coleman has actually been at Florida State for only a handful of

  months, after transferring from Michigan State in mid-May. However no one would understand it just from enjoying how he fit flawlessly into a currently strong offense. Coleman captured nine passes for 122 lawns and three touchdowns in a 45-24 victory over the No. 5 Tigers that will only serve to increase currently sky-high expectations for No. 8 FSU this season. “Really, just being glad for the chance,”Coleman said. “Coach [

  Mike Norvell] saying yes to me and believing in me. I’m grateful for my colleagues, getting to show them the hard work that we have actually been putting in the whole summer is settling and getting to reveal a look of what I can do, and not just me, simply what our entire receiver space and the rest of the group can do.” Norvell, sitting beside Coleman at the podium throughout the postgame press conference, turned

  to the wideout and stated,” I’m grateful for you stating yes too,”generating laughes from the large media contingent in the room.Florida State already had actually returned a vast majority of its offense, consisting of starting quarterback Jordan Travis, starting running back Trey Benson and starting wide receiver Johnny Wilson. But including Coleman showed how much even more Florida State can go with yet another playmaker on its roster.Editor’s Picks 2 Related Coleman made every play on the ball when it was thrown his method, consisting of two contested catches, among which resulted in a touchdown.

  Because the start

  of last season,

  Coleman has an FBS-best nine contested touchdown catches, and that ability alone suffices to raise a team’s death game. His three getting touchdowns on Sunday connected for the most in a game by a Florida State player over the past 25 years.In a tightly objected to first half, Coleman kept Florida State in the game with touchdown catches of 40 and 21 yards. However FSU trailed 17-14 at halftime thanks to a combination of penalties, mistakes and poor decision-making from some of its best players. Norvell settled his team down at halftime and told his offense,”You will score every drive in the second half if you just go out there and concentrate on the little things, focus on the details. “He was right. Florida State scored on each of its drives, to the tune of 31 points. Travis settled down and commanded the offense, while Coleman included his third touchdown catch early in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach.Travis completed with 342 yards passing, one hurrying touchdown and a career-high four touchdown passes. He ended up being the very first FSU player with four passing TDs and one rushing rating in a game since Jameis Winston in 2013 versus Pittsburgh.It was Florida State’s largest win against a top-10 group since the Seminoles ‘2013 nationwide title run.”That 2nd half, that was a glance of what I believe this team can do and where I think it can go, “Norvell stated.”However there’s a great deal of things we’re going to need to tidy up.” The game turned in the third quarter with a gamble on fourth down. With the score connected at 17, Florida

  State faced a fourth-and-2 from the LSU 42-yard line. Florida State went all out with a swing pass out to a broad open Lawrance Toafili, who went 41 backyards. Travis scored on the next play, and the Seminoles

  went from there, gaining the self-confidence they needed to begin overpowering LSU up front.After enabling nearly 300 yards in the first half, the Florida State defense settled in too by closing down Tigers quarterback Jayden Daniels and the running lanes. The Noles ended up with 4 sacks and held LSU to less than 200 second-half yards.Norvell was not ready to make grand proclamations or declarations afterward about where his group is headed. He knows the work included.

  The program he acquired when he took control of as coach in 2020 had a roster that he had to totally flip over. He has actually done that over the past 4 years through the transfer website– and it paid dividends Sunday night.Coleman is simply the current transfer portal success story

  at Florida State, which has transfers who are beginners throughout its two-deep, consisting of Benson, Wilson, tight end Jaheim Bell and defensive standout Jared Verse. Perseverance was required to get Florida State to this point. Persistence will be needed after opening night too.” That’s one game. It was a primary step, and it was a big step,”Norvell stated.” You get a possibility to

  be on this stage, you wish to go play well. I don’t think we played our finest game, however I believed that second half, we were able to actually finish the manner in which we wished to. I take pride in them for the way that they continued to battle, the method they showed resilience and who they are. “