James Blackman has been announced as the starter for Florida State Seminoles football’s season opener against Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
Over the last few weeks, Blackman has been praised not just for his progress on the field, but for the leadership he’s displayed and willingness to learn.
“I’ve been really pleased with James and I’m proud of him for his maturity that he’s shown, the work that he puts in,” Norvell said on the ACC Network last weekend. “I think he’s had four different offensive coordinators throughout his time here and that’s really unheard of, but also it presents so many challenges. Basically, every time that happens, you learn new terminology, new expectations.”
“...the way J-Black has been able to read stuff and be able to help us as an offensive line, point out, ‘Ok, look. We need to flip this protection because they’re coming from here. Oh, look. On this run play, they’re going to slant,’” center Andrew Boselli said.
“I’ve been impressed with him. It’s very obvious that he has the best grasp of the offense and he just takes command out there…Just stuff like that, communicating to the offensive line is something we didn’t do last year and the way he has been able to do it this year has been impressive.”
