4 questions for Florida State Seminoles football heading into fall camp

Florida State football is back.

The Seminoles open fall camp Thursday, preparing for a season that is full of big expectations.

FSU has about a month before its season-opening matchup against LSU on Sept. 3 at Orlando's Camping World Stadium.

As the Seminoles get going once again, there are some questions to be answered.

Here are 4 questions for FSU heading into fall camp.

Who will be the No. 3 receiver?

The Seminoles had one of the top 30 passing offenses in the country last season. They lost four players from the receiving corps, including two starters in Ontara Wilson (graduation) and Mycah Pittman (transfer).

There is one spot open among the starting receivers with Johnny Wilson and Keon Coleman are expected to fill the top two outside spots.

Wilson led the receiving effort with 897 yards and five touchdowns in 13 games. Coleman, a Michigan State transfer is coming off a monster season at MSU, recording 798 yards and seven touchdowns, averaging 66.5 yards a game. That stat line led the Spartans' passing offense.

When it comes to the No. 3 spot, Ja'khi Douglas and Kentron Poitier.

Poitier played all 13 games last season for the first time in his career, recording 283 receiving yards and four touchdowns, averaging 20.21 yards a game.

He was debatably the offensive MVP of the Spring Showcase making a handful of impressive grabs and finding the end zone.

This year could be Douglas's time to shine as well as he only played seven games last season due to injury. In those games, he recorded 123 yards and two touchdowns.

These practices are crucial for Poitier and Douglas in figuring out who will grab that starting spot.

How is the coaching staff developing linebacker depth?

When it came to portal transfers, FSU got hit a little harder. It lost Stephen Dix to Marshall, Brendan Gant to Colorado and Amari Gainer to North Carolina.

While it still maintains Tatum Bethune and Kalen DeLoach, it'll likely look toward some younger players to fill those gaps.

This summer, Bethune talked highly of redshirt freshman Omar Graham and said that he expects things out of him this year. He only played in three games last season, making eight tackles.

Redshirt junior DJ Lundy is also expected to have a heightened role this fall after recording 48 tackles last season.

FSU has the guys to get the job done, but if injury comes into play it's going to need at least one of the younger players to step up this fall.

Bethune has faith that Graham will be one of those guys to step up, but the door is more than open this year for underclassmen to step into a larger role. In fact, it's almost needed.

Who will be the backup quarterback?

There's little to no doubt that Jordan Travis will be the starting quarterback this season. He was an anchor to a lot of FSU's success last season and is expected to do the same this fall, surrounded by Heisman buzz.

The big question is if something happens to Travis, or an opportunity opens up for him to rest, who is next in line?

There are five other options behind Travis, with the early favorite being redshirt junior Tate Rodemaker. He had the strongest performance behind Travis in the Spring Showcase and saw some snaps last season. He recorded 254 passing yards, completing 18 of 21 passes and throwing two touchdowns and two interceptions.

Freshman Brock Glenn is expected to rival that No. 2 spot after a strong showing in the Spring Showcase. He comes to FSU as the No. 13 quarterback in the Class of 2023 and threw for over 4,500 yards and 68 touchdowns during his high school career.

Redshirt freshman AJ Duffy saw action in the Spring Game and had minimal snaps last fall. He passed for 26 yards, completing two of seven passes and threw one touchdown.

Redshirt freshman Dylan McNamara and freshman Michael Grant project as depth pieces.

Will the Seminoles match the preseason hype?

There is a massive amount of hype around FSU right now. After the program's best finish since 2016 last season, the Seminoles are a favorite to push for a spot in the College Football Playoff.

Travis is receiving Heisman talk and FSU is selling tickets at the same rate it was back in 2013.

There's a lot of talk, but will the Seminoles be able to live up to all of it? They will be tested right out of the gate against LSU then three weeks later at Clemson.

Experts at Lindy's Sports and Phil Steele believe that those two games could decide how far this team goes.

It all starts in practice. FSU has a month to prepare for what could be a historic season.

Jack Williams covers Florida State athletics for Tallahassee Democrat. Contact him via email at jwilliams@tallahassee.com or on Twitter @jackgwilliams.

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