Jordan Travis describes impact of Keon Coleman, new receivers

If the dice bounce the right way, Florida State could very well have the best-receiving corps in the country but there’s still work to be done on their way to attempting to cement that legacy.

Of course, leading the way is junior returnee Johnny Wilson, a Paul-Bunyan-sized wideout who recorded a hair under 900 yards a year ago and could explode as the 2024 NFL Draft’s prized receiving talent. All signs point to superstardom for the mammoth WR. But alongside him are a few imports who could pop in their first year with the Seminoles.

Keon Coleman comes in from Michigan State after putting up 800 yards and seven touchdowns as a sophomore last fall. The Seminoles also have intriguing and talented additions at the tight end spot, as Division II All-American Kyle Morlock arrives in addition to South Carolina’s Jaheim Bell, a truly unique player with the size of a tight end who caught 25 passes in 2022 and also carried the ball 70+ times. He’s an interesting chess piece for sure.

With all these new pieces to fit together, don’t expect the FSU offense to hit its stride right away. After one practice together, their quarterback, Jordan Travis, is saying there’s a long way to go before he and the receivers are all the way on the same page. However, he believes there’s a ton of potential.

“Yeah, they’re very talented players. We’re thankful to have them. It makes my job a lot easier,” Travis said of the new playmakers after day one of practice. But he simply needs to see more consistency out of himself and the pass catchers going forward.

“I always got to get more consistent. That was the thing today. I feel like we weren’t consistent enough, me, the rest of the quarterbacks, the receivers, with timing. We just got to get the timing down. I mean, it’s the first day, I’m glad it’s the first day. It’s gonna take steps.”

With these newcomers at skill positions on the offense, it is nice to have a ton of experience elsewhere. At quarterback, Jordan Travis returns for his sixth year of college ball and his fifth at Florida State. Meanwhile, the Seminole offense returns 206 starts, which Phil Steele noted in his magazine as the highest number of returning starts on an offensive line he’s ever seen.

So, if the bugs get worked out with the talented group of pass catchers that we’re brought in, FSU already has the pieces in place elsewhere to excel offensively. Could this group hit 40 points per game? It doesn’t seem out of the equation!