Noles News: Drone footage shows updated look at Doak Campbell Stadium, football facility construction

Recruiting

Our deep dive into everything you need to know about Florida State football’s 2025 recruiting class continues with a breakdown of the defensive names to get familiar with:

NoleThruandThru has been diving into all aspects of #Tribe25 this summer:

Football

We’re now roughly five months into the renovation project at Doak Campbell Stadium, as well as the construction of Florida State’s football-only facility — here’s a look at how things currently look, with some footage provided by Sunflower AeroCine exclusively to Tomahawk Nation:

Doak Campbell Stadium to feature limited seating in the 2024 season ahead of the anticipated 2025 finish date — the entire west side will be under construction during the 2024 season and all-season tickets will be impacted, with west sideline capacity to be reduced to about 7,000 seats due to construction.

Florida State’s football-only facility, when finished, will be a 150,000-square-foot building housing operational and amenity spaces for players and personnel including:

• Dedicated football training facility attached to the existing Dunlap Athletic Training Center
• 13 position meeting rooms
• Indoor walk-thru meeting area adjacent to position meeting rooms
• Locker room
• Dedicated recruiting lounge/suite
• Offices for Football Coaching Staff
• Private Event Space
• Strength Training and Weight Room Centers that include:
• Walk-thru recovery pools
• Custom hot/cold plunge pools
• Underwater treadmill pools
• Dedicated recovery suite
• Cryotherapy, hyperbaric chamber, high altitude room
• Team Meeting Rooms
• Player development areas
• Virtual Reality/Performance Enhancement Areas
• Nutrition/Fueling Stations
• Coaches Video/Production Offices

The finalized schedule for the inaugural 12-team College Football Playoff has been released:

Fri., Dec. 20: CFP First Round Game, 8 p.m., ABC & ESPN

Sat., Dec. 21: CFP First Round Game, Noon, TNT

Sat., Dec. 21: CFP First Round Game, 4 p.m., TNT

Sat., Dec. 21: CFP First Round Game, 8 p.m., ABC & ESPN

Tue., Dec. 31: Playoff Quarterfinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl, 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Wed., Jan. 1: Playoff Quarterfinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, 1 p.m., ESPN

Wed., Jan. 1: Playoff Quarterfinal at the Rose Bowl Game presented by Prudential, 5 p.m., ESPN

Wed., Jan. 1: Playoff Quarterfinal at the Allstate Sugar Bowl, 8:45 p.m., ESPN

Thu., Jan. 9: Playoff Semifinal at the Capital One Orange Bowl, 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Fri., Jan. 10: Playoff Semifinal at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic, 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Mon., Jan. 20: CFP National Championship (Atlanta, Ga.), 7:30 p.m., ESPN

Baseball

We’re just one day away from Florida State baseball kicking off its first Super Regional since 2019 — and first in Tallahassee since 2017:

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Florida State men’s golf graduated senior Frederik Kjettrup was named to the Division I PING All-America Second Team on Wednesday, becoming just the fourth three-time All-American in program history:

Kjettrup, a native of Aabybro, Denmark, earns his third straight All-America honor after receiving honorable mention accolades in 2022 and 2023. Fittingly, he stepped up his play as a senior and recorded a career-low 70.66 stroke average – the eighth-lowest all-time at FSU among players whom competed for a full year (fall and spring seasons).

Kjettrup joins Nolan Henke (1983-87), John Pak (2017-21) and former teammate Brett Roberts (2020-24) among the three-time All-Americans at FSU. He joins Luke Clanton on this year’s PING All-America Team, as Clanton was recognized as a first-team performer last week.

In his outstanding senior season, Kjettrup garnered six Top-10 finishes in 11 tournaments played and earned ACC Co-Medalist honors after co-winning the stroke play portion of the ACC Championships. In the NCAA Stanford Regional, he tied for second place and then delivered the clinching putt to send the Seminoles to the National Championship Match when he defeated Georgia Tech’s Hiroshi Tai, 3&1.

Kjettrup joined Clanton on Monday in qualifying for the upcoming 2024 U.S. Open held at Pinehurst Resort, which is held next week from June 13-16.

Among players who competed for all four years, Kjettrup leaves the Seminoles with the second-lowest career average at 71.29.

Kjettrup finished eighth in the 2024 PGA TOUR University Rankings, earning exemption to the PGA TOUR Americas as well as conditional Korn Ferry Tour status for those who finish 6-10 in the rankings.

Florida State track and field athlete Jeremiah Davis won silver in the men’s long jump at the 024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, which kicked off on Wednesday:

Davis secured his second career NCAA runner-up finish in the event with a season best of 8.07m (26-5¾), capturing his third consecutive outdoor first-team All-American honors.

In addition to Davis, Jordan Turner placed 16th with a mark of 7.52m (24-8¼). Curtis Williams rounded out the event, placing 21st with a mark of 7.33m (24-¾).

Tyson Williams concluded his season in the 110-meter hurdles, placing 17th with a time of 13.66.

The men’s team currently stands in fifth place with eight points.

The 20th ranked women’s team will begin competition on Thursday, starting with the women’s 1,500 meter at 5:30 p.m.

FLORIDA STATE NCAA OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE

THURSDAY, June 6– Women’s semifinal (all times Eastern)

8:46 p.m. 1,500m – Suus Altorf

9:30 p.m. 100m hurdles – Alexandra Webster

9:46 p.m. 100m – Dajaz DeFrand, Shenese Walker

10:30 p.m. 400m hurdles – Tyra Wilson

10:44 p.m. 200m – Dajaz DeFrand

FRIDAY, June 7- Men’s finals (Top 12 advance)

8:20 p.m. Triple jump– Jeremiah Davis, Kyvon Tatham

10:55 p.m. 5,000m – David Mullarkey

SATURDAY, June 8- Women’s finals (Top 12 advance)

5:41 p.m. 1,500m

6:12 p.m. 100m hurdles

6:22 p.m. 100m

6:57 p.m. 400m hurdles

7:07 p.m. 200m

Florida State men’s basketball will play Temple (November 22, 5:00 p.m.) and UMass (November 24, 5:00 p.m.) in the 2024 Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut:

The round-robin tournament with predetermined opponents also includes Vermont, Delaware, Yale and Fairfield along with the Seminoles, the Owls, and the Minutemen.

The Seminoles begin play in the event against Temple from the American Athletic Conference in a series that began in 1992. The Seminoles won the first game of the series in a game played in the Milk Challenge in Orlando, and most recently faced the Owls in the 2016 NIT Tip-Off at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Florida State concludes play in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic against UMass and head coach Frank Martin in the renewal of a series that also began in 1992. The Seminoles and the Minutemen are tied 4-4 in the all-time series, with the most recent game between the teams taking place at the 2014 Naismith Hall of Fame Classic at the Mohegan Sun. Florida State has won three of the last four games against UMass including a 73-63 win on February 12, 2006, at the Donald L. Tucker Center in Tallahassee.

“We are very excited to play in the Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic against two well-coached teams who will challenge all of our offensive and defensive principles,” said Hamilton. “Both Temple (by Adam Fisher) and Massachusetts (by Coach Martin) are always well-coached and well-prepared for every opponent. We also know that both teams are going to play hard. These are two really good games for us in November that will help prepare us for ACC play, which will be right around the corner after the tournament at the Mohegan Sun.”

Tickets for the 2024 Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off and Showcase will go on sale Friday, September 6, via Ticketmaster and on sale at the Mohegan Sun Arena Box Office starting Saturday, September 7. Further details surrounding the game times, broadcast information, and credentials will be announced at a later date. For more information, please visit hoophall.com.

Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the city where basketball was born, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame is dedicated to promoting, preserving, and celebrating the game of basketball at every level – men and women, amateur and professional players, coaches, and contributors, both domestically and internationally. The Hall of Fame museum is home to more than 450 inductees and over 40,000 square feet of basketball history.