Mike Norvell edges out victory in pre-practice race

Florida State head coach Mike Norvell loves racing his own players in practice. He’s not afraid to get his hands dirty and fire up his guys by running alongside them in sprints. Check it out as Norvell was going as hard as he could on Saturday afternoon in a pre-practice sprint. He brought home the win.

Coach grinds out a hard fought win in the traditional pre-practice race 🏁 @Coach_Norvell @FSUFootball

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A day ago, Norvell was edged out by his defensive lineman, Braden Fiske. Not to worry, Norvell got his revenge on Saturday afternoon, and he let everyone know about it.

Jokes aside, the Seminoles should be an exciting team to watch during the 2023 campaign. They return Jordan Travis and a loaded roster at numerous other positions.

For more on what Norvell had to say about the health of the FSU roster, check out the article below from On3’s Sam Gillenwater.

Norvell had nothing but good news about the health of his team

Florida State will come into this season with high expectations for success. That’s why, coming into fall camp, Mike Norvell’s health update is a very positive one considering it doesn’t seem like it’ll be much of an issue.

Norvell spoke on the health of the Seminoles coming into camp at a press conference this week. While they had some players miss time back in the spring, they’ve done what they’ve needed to over the summer to the point where Norvell says FSU is, for the most part, good to go on that front.

“It’s been really good,” Norvell said. “We had some guys that were unavailable in the spring that I think have done a great job putting themselves in the position to be ready for summer, summer training. We feel like we’re going to have the vast majority of our guys that are going to be ready to go.”

However, they’re not at a full 100%, though. With that in mind, Norvell said that they’ll pull back the reins on a case-by-case basis in order to get everyone to be as healthy as possible for their first kickoff of the year.

“You’ll hear, starting tomorrow, there are still some guys that are working in return to play protocols. We have full expectations of them being 100% come game one. But we want to make sure that we build them through the process to where they’re going,” explained Norvell. “We’re going to intentionally, probably, restrict some guys from certain things, even maybe here early in fall camp, just because their return to play protocol might stretch in a little bit more.”

Still, this is the position that you want your team to be in coming into the year. With injuries currently being a non-factor in Tallahassee, Norvell credits his staff and players for giving Florida State the best chance possible with mostly everyone both healthy and available.

“I think the health of our team is in a really good place. It’s a tribute to Josh Chapman, our athletic training staff, and to our players and what they’ve done,” said Norvell. “We’ve got a great sports medicine team. Some guys have had offseason issues that had to be resolved and rehabbed through. They’ve done a great job in it and had a great summer work of training.”

On3’s Sam Gillenwater also contributed to this article.