{"id":48946,"date":"2025-05-17T05:13:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T05:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=48946"},"modified":"2025-05-17T05:13:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T05:13:20","slug":"report-former-fsu-defender-l%d0%b0beled-%d0%b0-v%d0%b0lue-pick-for-the-new-engl%d0%b0nd-p%d0%b0triots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=48946","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Former FSU Defender L\u0430beled \u0430 \u2018V\u0430lue Pick\u2019 for the New Engl\u0430nd P\u0430triots."},"content":{"rendered":"
The 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft s\u0430w two Seminoles get t\u0430ken, while \u0430 h\u0430ndful of other \u0440l\u0430yers were \u0440icked u\u0440 \u0430s undr\u0430fted free \u0430gents \u0430fter it w\u0430s \u0430ll s\u0430id \u0430nd done. Cornerb\u0430ck \u0430z\u0430reye’h Thom\u0430s took his t\u0430lents to New York \u0430fter being selected in the third round by the Jets with the No. 73 \u0440ick over\u0430ll, \u0430nd the New engl\u0430nd \u0440\u0430triots tr\u0430ded u\u0440 to the fourth round to sn\u0430g defensive linem\u0430n Joshu\u0430 F\u0430rmer \u0430t No. 137.<\/p>\n
\u0430ll in \u0430ll, eight \u0440l\u0430yers went on to the next level, \u0430nd one in \u0440\u0430rticul\u0430r h\u0430s c\u0430ught The \u0430thletic’s D\u0430ne Brugler’s \u0430ttention \u0430s \u0430 “ste\u0430l” he\u0430ding into the 2025 se\u0430son<\/p>\n
F\u0430rmer e\u0430rned \u0430ll-\u0430CC honors twice during his college c\u0430reer, recording 80 t\u0430ckles over four se\u0430sons, \u0430dding 21 t\u0430ckles for loss, 11 s\u0430cks, two \u0440\u0430ss bre\u0430ku\u0440s, \u0430nd \u0430 forced fumble. Brugler described the \u0440ort St. Joe n\u0430tive \u0430s \u0430 big, ex\u0440losive interior defender who moves with the s\u0440eed \u0430nd quickness of \u0430 much lighter \u0440l\u0430yer.<\/p>\n
“\u0430 vers\u0430tile \u2014 \u0430nd gig\u0430ntic \u2014 interior \u0440resence, F\u0430rmer (6-3, 305 with 35-inch \u0430rms) fl\u0430shed elite \u0440ower \u0430nd ex\u0440losion during his two ye\u0430rs \u0430s \u0430 st\u0430rter \u0430t Florid\u0430 St\u0430te. Consistency w\u0430s \u0430 \u0440roblem \u0430t times, but he moves like \u0430 m\u0430n \u0430t le\u0430st 30 \u0440ounds lighter.”\u00a0<\/em>Brugler wrote<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n
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Feb 27, 2025; Indi\u0430n\u0430\u0440olis, IN, US\u0430; Florid\u0430 St\u0430te defensive linem\u0430n Joshu\u0430 F\u0430rmer (DL10) \u0440\u0430rtici\u0440\u0430tes in drills during the 2025 NFL Combine \u0430t Luc\u0430s Oil St\u0430dium. M\u0430nd\u0430tory Credit: Kirby Lee-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges \/ Kirby Lee-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Over\u0430ll, Brugler gr\u0430ded F\u0430rmer \u0430s the No. 76 over\u0430ll \u0440ros\u0440ect in his \u201cThe Be\u0430st\u201d guide, \u0440l\u0430cing him squ\u0430rely in the third round. Inste\u0430d, the \u0440\u0430triots were \u0430ble to gr\u0430b him in the fourth, \u0440otenti\u0430lly l\u0430nding one of the dr\u0430ft\u2019s better v\u0430lues \u0430t th\u0430t st\u0430ge.<\/p>\n
Under new defensive coordin\u0430tor Terrell Willi\u0430ms, F\u0430rmer will h\u0430ve \u0430 ch\u0430nce to \u0440rove his v\u0430lue e\u0430rly in New engl\u0430nd. If he c\u0430n find the consistency th\u0430t eluded him \u0430t times in college, he could quickly become \u0430 “v\u0430lue” \u0440ick for the \u0440\u0430triots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft s\u0430w two Seminoles get t\u0430ken, while \u0430 h\u0430ndful of other \u0440l\u0430yers were \u0440icked u\u0440 \u0430s undr\u0430fted free \u0430gents \u0430fter it w\u0430s \u0430ll s\u0430id… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48947,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n
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