Veteran Defensive End Transferring From FSU Football After One Season
The NCAA Transfer Portal action is beginning to slow down after the 30-day window closed on Tuesday night. With that being said, players participating in the postseason have an extra five days to debate their futures after the conclusion of their respective bowl games. That means players from Florida State have until 11:59 p.m. on January 4 to enter the portal while graduate transfers can still move on at any time.
On Wednesday afternoon, FSU defensive end Gilber Edmond decided to enter the portal, according to On3. Edmond is moving on from Tallahassee after one season with the Seminoles. He's expected to have one year of eligibility remaining at the college level and is the first player to depart from the team since the beginning of the new year.
Edmond appeared in all 14 games at defensive end as a member of the rotation, recording 23 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, one sack, and one forced fumble in 322 defensive snaps. The Seminoles chose to give Byron Turner Jr. the start opposite of Patrick Payton in the Orange Bowl after Jared Verse sat out of the contest to prepare for the NFL.
The Florida native spent the first three seasons of his career at South Carolina. His most productive campaign came in 2022 when he totaled 39 tackles, nine tackles for loss, and two sacks with the Gamecocks.
The Seminoles enter 2024 with only seven scholarship defensive ends on their roster; redshirt junior Patrick Payton, redshirt junior Byron Turner Jr, redshirt junior Jaden Jones, junior Marvin Jones Jr, redshirt sophomore Aaron Hester, redshirt freshman Lamont Green Jr, and true freshman DD Holmes. The program will be exploring potential fits in the portal with the losses of Verse and Edmond.
Outside of Edmond, the Seminoles have seen quarterback Tate Rodemaker, quarterback AJ Duffy (San Diego State), Rodney Hill, running back CJ Campbell (FAU), tight end Markeston Douglas (Arizona State), tight end Preston Daniel, offensive lineman Bless Harris (TCU), offensive lineman Thomas Schrader, offensive lineman Daughtry Richardson (FAU), offensive lineman Qae'shon Sapp, defensive tackle Malcolm Ray, defensive tackle Ayobami Tifase (Georgia Tech), linebacker DJ Lundy (Colorado), linebacker Dylan Brown-Turner, and kicker Tyler Keltner enter the portal since the conclusion of the regular season and ACC Championship.
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