In an entertaining back-and-forth battle that featured four lead changes, an FSU touchdown on a fake field goal, and a Boston College “Ring around the Rosie” trick play for a touchdown, the Florida State Seminoles defeated the BC Eagles 31-24 last Saturday, giving interim head coach Rick Stockstill a victory in his FSU debut.
The Seminoles (4-5, 2-4 ACC) snapped their 12-game road losing streak despite a tumultuous week that saw head coach Mike Norvell, DC Tony White, and safeties coach Evan Cooper
being fired; the players did not fold and sealed the game with a 14-play, 90-yard, 8:16 drive that was capped off by Amari Thomas’s 11-yard touchdown with 2:29 left in the game.
Moving on, here is how the defensive and offensive snaps were distributed in Saturday’s win.
Here is how the 79 defensive snaps were distributed along with a couple of quick observations:
A) With Kevin Wynn and Deante McCray out, it looks like the snaps were spread out, with Jalen Anderson picking up the most. Positive news: Deante McCray is making progress and may be available against Pitt, but Kevin Wynn isn’t expected to play.
2) For the second week in a row, freshman Cam Brooks saw action, again for 6 plays along the defensive line, and it appears the coaches are slowly breaking him in.
D) Linebackers Caleb Lavallee and Mikai Gbayor had their snap counts basically cut in half. I don’t know why, but was it because Coach Ernie Sims went with 4 down linemen for most of the game? Again, I don’t know, so discuss amongst yourselves.
And here’s how the 75 offensive snaps (32 passes, 45 runs) were distributed, along with a couple of quick observations.
A) Amari Thomas saw significantly more snaps, as was expected, and his and Wisner’s snap counts were reversed from the previous game against Clemson. Has Thomas’ performance against BC elevated him to the #1 running back role over Wisner?
2) Freshman Devin Carter saw limited action for the second week in a row, but it’s still good to see, and here’s hoping he comes further along in these last 3 games.
D) Jasen Lopez was on the field for 49 of the offense’s 75 snaps (~2/3), and the more he sees the field, the better for the Seminoles, I believe.
As FSU heads back to the northeast for its meeting with the Pitt Panthers in another ACC Friday Night Lights matchup, do these numbers tell us anything about how the snaps are being distributed?
With 9 games of the 2026 season already in the books, is there anything that stands out to you with just 2 ACC games and the Gators remaining for a Black Friday showdown?
