Mike Norvell expects Johnny Wilson, Mycah Pittman to be available vs. Florida

Ahead of Florida State’s rivalry game with Florida, head coach Mike Norvell gave a promising update on two of the team’s key offensive playmakers, Johnny Wilson and Mycah Pittman.

As Mike Norvell explained while speaking to the media, he expects them both to play. Both have missed some time this season, with Johnny Wilson even sitting out of the game against the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns.

“Yeah, we’re expecting both of them to be available,” Mike Norvell told reporters.

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It was a succinct response from Mike Norvell, but it did get right to the point. Florida State will have its top weapons available for the game, despite injuries that have limited them.

For the 2022 season, Johnny Wilson has five touchdown catches while averaging 19.7 yards per catch. Mycah Pittman, meanwhile, has 28 receptions for 305 yards and two touchdowns. Both are transfers from the PAC-12. transferring from Arizona State and Oregon respectively.

Mike Norvell wants to finish strong

Florida State has had a good season, minus a difficult three-game stretch. Going into the final game of the season, Florida State is ranked in the AP Top 25, and bowl eligible for the first time since 2019. Those are no small accomplishments in Mike Norvell’s rebuilding process and now he wants to finish strong.

“It’s about growth. It’s about growth throughout the season. We have a method of what we do and how we practice and how we continue to build throughout, but it’s still always focused on the fundamentals, the details, the discipline. It’s something we take a lot of pride in, and how we finish because that’s one of those core things to our identity that we want to be remembered by,” Mike Norvell said.

“I think I said this the other day, it’s so easy to say it at the beginning. ‘Oh, we’re gonna finish.’ Well, what are you doing? Are you willing to do the things day-to-day to put yourself in a position to grow consistently throughout the course of the season so that you can? It’s not easy, but it’s absolutely something that we want to be one of the cornerstones of our program is what we do there at the end of the season. It shows the growth and just the belief in who we are and what we’re all about.”