20   Lamarcus Joyner
	Class: Junior Hometown: Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. High School: St. Thomas Aquinas Height / Weight: 5-8 / 193 Position: DB

2011 OUTLOOK
Made the move to his natural position of safety during spring practice and emerged as the starter at strong safety heading into the fall giving FSU more versatility. Displays tremendous range because of his great speed which allows him to cover a lot of ground in the secondary.

2010
True freshman cornerback who played in all 14 games and finished with 23 tackles, two pass break-ups and one interception...made an impact on kickoff returns and added five returns for 74 yards at Oklahoma and four returns for 112 yards in the ACC Championship Game against Virginia Tech...named fourth-team All-Freshman Defense by Phil Steele.

PERSONAL
Electric all-around athlete considered one of the nation's top prospects overall out of powerhouse St. Thomas Aquinas...became the fourth USA Today National Defensive Player of the Year to sign with Florida State, joining Derrick Brooks, David Warren and Antonio Cromartie...earned five-star rating from both Rivals and Scout.com...Rivals ranked him No. 1 prospect in Florida and No. 1 cornerback nationally (No. 14 player overall)...Scout ranked him as the No. 2 cornerback prospect in the country...No. 1 cornerback nationally according to ESPN and No. 6 prospect overall...MaxPreps ranked Joyner No. 15 overall...helped his team to a 13-1 record with the lone blemish coming to Bradenton Manatee in 5A state semifinal...selected to play in the Under Armour All-American game...rolled up 1,090 all-purpose yards on just 79 touches as a senior...accounted for 11 touchdowns, highlighted by three kickoff returns for scores, where he averaged 39.6 yards per return...had four rushing and four receiving touchdowns...had only 14 tackles (12 solo) from his cornerback position as opponents stayed away from his side of the field...played three seasons at Miami Southwest, piling up 112 tackles, four sacks and an interception as a junior...also scored five touchdowns on special teams (four kickoffs, one punt return)...offensively had 17 receptions for 482 yards and seven TDs...had more than 100 tackles as a sophomore linebacker and accounted for more than 1,000 yards on offense...SuperPrep ranked Joyner No. 10 in its Florida 115...No. 15 player nationally on Sporting News' Top 100...member of Times-Union's Florida Super 75 where he was rated No. 1 cornerback...No. 2 overall prospect in Bill Buchalter's Florida Top 100 where he ranked as No. 2 "athlete"... selected the Seminoles from a who's who offer sheet which included Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Miami, Ohio State, Notre Dame and USC...born November 27, 1990.

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