Breaking: Mike Norvell, FSU Make Offer To Talented Running Back Transfer

The Seminoles have extended an offer to a running back transfer from the Crimson Tide

Florida State has extended a scholarship offer to Alabama running back transfer Roydell Williams. He shared the news of the scholarship offer from the Seminoles on his Twitter account today.

Alabama senior running back Roydell Williams enters transfer portal: Reports - The Athletic

The offer from the ‘Noles is the first he shared via his social media accounts since entering the portal earlier today. He tagged head coach Mike Norvell and running backs coach David Johnson in the tweet.

Williams entered the NCAA Transfer Portal after four seasons with the Crimson Tide. He’s played in 45 games in his career thus far while recording 234 rushing attempts for 1,165 yards and 11 touchdowns.

In 2023, the senior running back rushed 111 times for 560 yards and 5 scores. He also caught 11 passes for 58 yards and another touchdown.

During Alabama’s Rose Bowl loss, Williams was dealing with an ankle injury, according to head coach Nick Saban, and only rushed for negative-one yard on one carry. Williams was then observed in a walking boot after Alabama’s SEC Championship win over Georgia. He finished that contest with 64 rushing yards and a touchdown.

‘Bama signed the 5-foot-10, 214-pounder in the 2020 recruiting class out of Hueytown High School in Alabama. He was ranked as the No. 77 overall prospect and No. 9 running back in the country according to the industry-generated 247Sports Composite Rankings.

FSU Football Veteran Kicker Ryan Fitzgerald Returning for 2024 Season

The veteran placekicker will spend his sixth year in Tallahassee.

The Florida State Seminoles are coming off of a remarkable 13-1 season in which they became ACC Champions for the first time since 2014. While many players on last year’s squad have either graduated or decided to enter the 2024 NFL Draft, multiple starters have decided to stick around for another year in Tallahassee.

Kicker Ryan Fitzgerald announced on Friday via Instagram that he will return to Florida State in 2024 for his sixth year of eligibility.

As a sixth-year senior and part of the 2019 class, Fitzgerald entered the program as a five-star prospect ranked by Kohl’s Kicking. He redshirted his first year while sitting behind Ricky Aguayo.

In 2023, he saw one of his most productive seasons, accounting for 115 points with a long of 48 yards. He played in all 13 games and had a perfect 100 percent point-after-attempt record while making 90.5 percent of his field goal attempts, only missing two of the 21 tries. His 90.5 field goal percentage is a vast improvement from a season ago, when he went 12-20.

As he enters his final season, Fitzgerald recently signed a deal with one of Florida State’s NIL Collectives, The Battle’s End.

The Lou-Groza Award Semifinalist has played in 44 games for the ‘Noles, scoring a career total of 299 points, 164 on point-after-attempts, and the remaining 45 on field goals.

A veteran presence in the kicking room will be crucial in developing incoming freshman kicker Jake Weinberg, as backup kickers Tyler Keltner (Oklahoma) and Max Larson (FAMU) have transferred out of the program.