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Jared Verse Named Lombardi Award Semifinalist
11/1/2023 12:03:00 PM | Football
TALLAHASSEE – Florida State redshirt junior Jared Verse was named one of 12 semifinalists for the Lombardi Award on Wednesday.
Verse has 24 tackles, 4.5 sacks and 6.5 tackles for loss in eight games this season. He is FSU's active career leader with 13.5 sacks, 23.5 tackles for loss, two fumble recoveries and one blocked kick. Verse ranks fourth nationally among active players with 0.90 TFL per game and 0.68 sacks per game in his FBS career.
Verse tied a career high with 2.0 sacks against Virginia Tech and at Wake Forest, and now has four games as a Seminole with 2.0 sacks. The Dayton, Ohio, native had a career-high eight quarterback pressures against the Demon Deacons on Saturday as FSU improved to 8-0 overall and 6-0 in the ACC.
In the Seminoles' 41-3 win against Syracuse, Verse recovered a fumble forced by Joshua Farmer and returned it 11 yards, his second career fumble recovery. Verse had a season-high five tackles against No. 16 Duke and added 1.5 tackles for loss at Boston College.
A 2022 First Team All-American, Verse was on the Lombardi Award preseason watch list, as well as watch lists for the Nagurski Trophy, Bednarik Award and Walter Camp Award.
The Lombardi Award is presented to the college football offensive or defensive lineman who exemplifies the character and discipline of NFL Hall of Fame Head Coach Vince Lombardi in addition to outstanding performance and ability. The finalists for this year's award will be announced on November 15. Verse would be Florida State's third Lombardi Award winner, joining 1992 recipient Marvin Jones and 2000 winner Jamal Reynolds.
Florida State is off to its best start since 2014. FSU is ranked No. 4 in the College Football Playoff, Associated Press and Coaches Polls entering Saturday's game at Pitt (3:30 p.m., ESPN).
Verse has 24 tackles, 4.5 sacks and 6.5 tackles for loss in eight games this season. He is FSU's active career leader with 13.5 sacks, 23.5 tackles for loss, two fumble recoveries and one blocked kick. Verse ranks fourth nationally among active players with 0.90 TFL per game and 0.68 sacks per game in his FBS career.
Verse tied a career high with 2.0 sacks against Virginia Tech and at Wake Forest, and now has four games as a Seminole with 2.0 sacks. The Dayton, Ohio, native had a career-high eight quarterback pressures against the Demon Deacons on Saturday as FSU improved to 8-0 overall and 6-0 in the ACC.
In the Seminoles' 41-3 win against Syracuse, Verse recovered a fumble forced by Joshua Farmer and returned it 11 yards, his second career fumble recovery. Verse had a season-high five tackles against No. 16 Duke and added 1.5 tackles for loss at Boston College.
A 2022 First Team All-American, Verse was on the Lombardi Award preseason watch list, as well as watch lists for the Nagurski Trophy, Bednarik Award and Walter Camp Award.
The Lombardi Award is presented to the college football offensive or defensive lineman who exemplifies the character and discipline of NFL Hall of Fame Head Coach Vince Lombardi in addition to outstanding performance and ability. The finalists for this year's award will be announced on November 15. Verse would be Florida State's third Lombardi Award winner, joining 1992 recipient Marvin Jones and 2000 winner Jamal Reynolds.
Florida State is off to its best start since 2014. FSU is ranked No. 4 in the College Football Playoff, Associated Press and Coaches Polls entering Saturday's game at Pitt (3:30 p.m., ESPN).
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