Four-Star WR and FSU Legacy Commit Camdon Frier 'Doesn't Want to Leave' After Official Visit

"Bro, come on, it's Florida State. It's a no-brainer."

Florida State has just wrapped up a major recruiting weekend featuring many official visitors to round out the month of June. Players like FSU commits four-star QB Luke Kromenhoek, five-star TE Landen Thomas, three-star RB CJ Heard and four-star WR TJ Abrams were on campus alongside many other talented prospects from across the country.

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Along with those commits was Class of 2024 four-star legacy prospect Camdon Frier who had a lot to say about the coaching staff and his experience with the 'Noles. 

"Visit was good. They treated us really good, every single one of us; that's why I love it here; that's why I committed here, shoot, over a year ago," Frier said to NoleGameday's Tommy Mire. "They treated us like family. We're not even here yet. They treated the non-commits like family and, you know, special."

Four-star wide receiver and #FSU commit Camdon Frier (⁦@CamdonFrier⁩ ) arrives for his official visit with the Seminoles. #Tribe24 pic.twitter.com/J17isaZuGM

— Tommy Mire (@TommyM3III) June 23, 2023

"I don't want to leave. I'm ready to get here already, but I'm going to enjoy that one last year of high school. Hopefully, we got some good news for y'all coming up in a little bit. I think possibly we've got a guy or two, but it was a really special weekend."

There has been a lot of hype surrounding the Seminoles heading into the 2023 season, and Tribe24 is no exception. Highlighting a top-20 class, Frier and fellow commit Luke Kromenhoek actively worked on recruiting other prospects over the weekend.

"Me and Luke got to hang out with Tye (Hylton) the night before last, and we had a good talk with him," Frier said as fans drove by blaring their horns with the Warchant echoing in the background. "We talked to him, even about the other schools he was messing with, and we're kind of messing with him about the other schools. Like, 'Bro, come on, it's Florida State. It's a no-brainer.'"

It was apparent that Florida State meant something to Frier, his classmates and the guys they are trying to bring into the program.

"They can't deny it. You look at their face; they can't deny it. They liked it. They had a good time. Got to speak with Tye a little bit. Got to speak with—gosh— he is from Florida High. What's the name? Micahi. Got to speak with Micahi (Danzy) a little bit. 'Man, you live here. You know what it is. You in Tallahassee more than I am.' Like, it's a special place."

"All of them, I'm not picking on them because it's a process. They deserve to do what they get to do with all these colleges, but they're trying to be cool and everything, but they know what it is."

Frier, who had 538 yards and five touchdowns his junior year committed to FSU in January. He's had multiple family members go through the program, and he said the staff is a spotlight for him.

"There's nothing like it. You don't get—when your head coach walks there with you the whole time, fired up the whole time. He's not all stuck up like that. He's being real with you. All the coaches are like that, from coach Norvell all the way down to the interns; they all treat you like family, so they know that. They can't deny it."

Coach Norvell has a way with recruits and his energy can be contagious at times. Frier said it had a trickle-down effect on the rest of the staff and the players. He said the atmosphere is unlike any place he's been. 

"When your head coach acts like that, then it translates to the rest of the staff. And I've been committed for a while, but at the same time, I've gone to a couple of places, and it's non-comparable. There's not a school like Florida State to just treat you like that. Whether you're committed or not, it's not comparable. No other school has done it like that ever. Dad keeps telling them how much it's like Bobby (Bowden). Coach Fuller keeps telling him how much he's like Bobby. Coach Dugans; all the—coach Odell (Haggins); how much he reminds him of Bobby, and they're loving it. We're all loving it."

His father, Matt Frier, played for legendary FSU coach Bobby Bowden in the late 80s and early 90s but he didn't want to hop on his dad's coattail considering the success he had in those early years. He said that at first, he wasn't planning on going to Florida State but that the coaching staff really made an impression on him. 

"So I'm not going to lie. When I was first coming up, the last place I wanted to go was Florida State because my dad had to build a name here, and I didn't want to just piggyback off my dad. I wanted to do my own thing, be my own man. But I couldn't help it. This is such a special place just to me. And what really kind of stood out to me is the first meeting I had with coach Norvell. The first time I met him in person, he took me to his office, sat me down, sat on his desk, and my dad was right there, and he pointed right at my dad, and he goes, 'I respect him. He's a good ball player. I don't care what he did. This is about me and you. I don't care what he did, who he is, that he came here. But this is about me, and you, and you deserve this.' And I really appreciate coach—day one. Coach Dugans—spent my day with him. First offer, and I guess deep down, that really meant something to me."

"I've always tried not to be biased because I've been a Florida State fan since out the womb, and I told myself I was not going to be biased. My dad hasn't been biased; he hasn't. He honestly wanted me to go to other places. He's honestly pushed me to go to other schools and take other visits and stuff like that because he don't want to be, we don't want to be biased, but when it comes down to it, it is kinda hard not to when it's like this atmosphere. But back to the legacy thing, it's cool."

With such a loaded receiver room, it is good to have a prospect who can play at multiple spots on the field. Norvell believes that Frier will play several roles within the offense. While exciting to watch, he wants to be a part of what the 'Noles are building.

"We actually talked about that in the meeting with coach. Honestly, he says he don't want me to be in one spot. He wants me to be everywhere. He wants me to be at every position at receiver because you got some guys—he does that now. He's got everyone else everywhere. But you got guys like Johnny Wilson, 6'7, primarily on the outside, but he can go in every now and then. You got other quick little shifty guys. He said, 'I want you to be everywhere. I want you just wherever I want you to be, wherever I can use you. I just want you to be all around.' I really appreciate that. We're comparing my high school film and their film, stuff that we do and they do that's similar. It made me feel good. Just seeing coach's offense this year, it was just fun to watch. But being able to talk about his offense and me, it was a cool thing."

Although committed to Florida State, other programs are still after the highly talented recruit. Schools like Alabama, Texas A&M, Mississippi State, and Kentucky are still in hot pursuit but the Crimson Tide are the only other program he's talking to.

"I'm going to be real with y'all. The only other school I talk to right now is 'Bama. I'm not going to lie. I got no clue if I'm taking an official visit over there yet. I know they wanted me to. I don't know if I'm going to yet. I'm still talking about that with my family. But it was a good visit, so I'm not sure what's going on."

Florida State is known for having a family atmosphere. Players treat recruits like they're already part of the team. Fellow wideout Carson Pielock hosted Frier and showed him the ropes, although many players had a hand in helping during his official visit.

"He was really good to me. Real cool dude, real stand-up dude. I appreciate him. Actually, I never knew him until this weekend. We had a good time. We connected all weekend. We talked about coach Dugans, coach Guy (Lemonier), coach (Alex) Atkins. He was saying how this is... talking about Coach Dugans specifically, he's like, 'He's the best wide receiver coach I've ever had. I love him. You're going to love him. He's real with you and he treats me like family.'" 

"I was picking his brain all weekend because I wanted him to be honest with me about the experience here. And he's like, 'he wouldn't trade it for nothing,' and that was good. Got to hang out with Tate (Rodemaker) a little bit because I was with Luke. Luke was with Tate. Got to hang out with a couple of other guys. Hung out with Dylan (McNamara). They call him DMack, the quarterback. We got to hang out with him a lot. It was actually his birthday last night, but he's a cool dude. He's a cool dude. He was honestly real welcoming."

"Everyone's real welcoming, even the same position guys. Tate (Rodemaker), dealing with Luke, and then Carson with me, they were real welcoming. Even if it's the same position, we're going to be competing one day. Got to chop it up a little with Jordan (Travis) and Johnny (Wilson). They were chill, they were nice. Everyone was just welcoming, not really just sticking their chest out of nobody trying to be intimidating. It was really nice having a thing like that."

As a dual sport athlete, there is a chance Frier will play for baseball coach Link Jarrett but for the summer, football and learning the ins and outs of being a college football player has been his priority. 

"No baseball this summer. No baseball. This is the first summer since I've been in middle school I ain't done baseball. Just working with the football team. I think I got a team camp coming up here in about a month. I actually missed a 7 on 7 tournament to come here. But I'm just working on getting back. New coach, new playbook, working on that--new weight lifting scheme. So just be getting with the new program a little bit. Everything's going well so far. I guess just getting up to speed with the new program."

Baseball is coming off a recruiting dead period, and he said that he hasn't had much contact with Jarrett during their season. He hopes to help in both sports and bring FSU back to the national spotlight.

"Not here recently. I think the last time I got to have a full conversation with him was back in January because I try not to mess with them during the ball season; let them do their thing. But I'm probably... And I think it's a dead period for them right now. But hopefully, I'll be able to talk to him real soon. Hopefully, we can bounce back to where Florida State baseball with what we all know it is. But I think it's not going to be all right."

The 6-foot, 175-pound wide receiver is regarded as the No. 388 overall prospect, the No. 59 WR, and the No. 56 recruit in the state of Florida in the 2024 class according to 247Sports.

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