Florida State Releases Nine 'Notes To Know' For ACC Game Against North Carolina

Nine notes prior to FSU's ninth game of the season.

Oct 26, 2024; Miami Gardens, Florida, USA; Florida State Seminoles quarterback Luke Kromenhoek (14) throws the football against the Miami Hurricanes during the third quarter at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images / Sam Navarro-Imagn Images

The Florida State Seminoles opened up the week by releasing their game notes for the upcoming contest against North Carolina. The release included nine 'notes to know' for the ACC matchup in Tallahassee.

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Check them out below.

• Florida State returns home for its ACC finale against North Carolina on Saturday afternoon. FSU is the first team in the country to play its entire conference schedule and is the only team to play a conference opponent in eight of its first nine games in 2024. 

• The Seminoles have won eight straight games in November after posting perfect 4-0 records in both 2022 and 2023, improving head coach Mike Norvell's career record in the final month of the regular season to 24-5 (.828).

• Florida State is the only team in the ACC and one of two nationally with a kickoff return touchdown in each of the last three seasons. Samuel Singleton Jr., extended FSU's streak to three straight years with a 95-yard kickoff return touchdown to open the second half at Duke. Last year, Deuce Spann had a 99-yard kickoff return touchdown at home against the Blue Devils, and in 2022 Trey Benson recorded FSU's first kickoff return touchdown since the 2013 season when he returned the opening kickoff 93 yards for a score against Boston College. 

• The Seminoles are tied for 1st in the nation with five blocked kicks this season, courtesy of four field goals and one punt block, after blocking one field goal vs. Cal, one at SMU and two vs. Clemson and adding a punt block at Duke. Florida State is one of only two teams in the country to block at least one kick in four different games against FBS opponents, and its four-game streak with at least one blocked kick between the SMU and Duke games is the longest nationally this season. FSU's 14 blocked kicks under Mike Norvell are tied for 6th nationally and tied for 2nd among P4 conference programs since the start of the 2020 season. 

• Florida State ranks 1st in the country with a net punting average of 46.58 yards per punt. Alex Mastromanno's average of 49.6 yards per punt is 1st nationally, and Mastromanno also leads the country in 50+-yard punts with 21. He has by far the most 50- yard punts with one or fewer touchbacks this season as the next-closest punter has 15. 

• Ryan Fitzgerald is the only kicker in the country with four made field goals from at least 52 yards. He is one of five kickers with four 50-yard field goals in 2024 and the third kicker in FSU history with at least four 50-yard field goals in a single season. He's one of five kickers nationally still perfect on field-goals with at least nine attempts this season. 

• Florida State held Duke to 70 passing yards, recording a season-high eight pass breakups, and 180 yards of total offense. The passing yards total is the fewest allowed by an ACC team against a P4 conference opponent this season, and the Seminoles' pass breakups total was their highest since registering 10 in the 2023 ACC Championship Game victory. 

• Florida State registered 7.0 sacks in the win over Cal, its most in a game since also having 7.0 in the 2023 ACC Championship Game and the most allowed by the Bears in a game since October 19, 2019. That sack total is also the 2nd-most by an ACC team against an FBS opponent this season and tied for the 9th-highest single-game sacks total nationally in 2024. 

• Ten Florida State players have made their first collegiate start in 2024. Linebacker Blake Nichelson has started five games, and wide receiver Hykeem Williams has made five consecutive starts. Defensive back K.J. Kirkland has started five of the last six games, and offensive lineman Jaylen Early has also started five games this season. Tight end Landen Thomas has started three straight games. Offensive lineman André Otto made his first start vs. Clemson and started again at Duke. Linebacker Justin Cryer made his first two career starts at Duke and at Miami. Wide receiver Jalen Brown started the first two games of the season, while tight ends Brian Courtney and Jackson West made their first career starts vs. Memphis.

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