Veterans Jacobbi McDaniel and Bjoern Werner are both out but Florida State still boasts impressive depth along its talented defensive line entering spring practice Monday.
Five Seminoles to miss spring practice to rehabilitate offseason surgeries
2011 OUTLOOK
Powerhouse at point of attack with nimble feet... Very strong player who has ability to be an every down player being as good as he is against the run and against the pass. Really creates havoc from the interior of the line.
2010 A redshirt sophomore who arrived at FSU in January 2010 from Itawamba (Miss.) Community College and became a mainstay in the starting lineup throughout the second half of the season...a defensive tackle who played his high school football 45 minutes from the FSU campus in Thomasville, Ga...appeared in all 14 games and started the last seven...McCloud burst on the scene in the opener against Samford with six tackles to lead the Seminoles defensively...contributed 35 tackles, including 3.0 tackles for loss and one sack, which came against BYU...finished with five tackles against Clemson...had four solo tackles in two games (Samford, Clemson)...matched his career-high with six tackles against South Carolina in the Chick-fil-A Bowl.
PERSONAL
Signed with FSU as a member of the 2008 class and has two years of eligibility remaining...as a freshman defensive tackle at Itawamba (Miss.) Community College in 2008, registered 24 tackles (20 solos) with 5.5 tackles for loss, including four sacks...the Indians ranked sixth nationally in rushing defense (86.7 ypg), despite a 3-6 finish...sat out the 2009 season as a redshirt...ranked as the nation's No. 78 prospect by Allen Wallace among SuperPrep JUCO 100...Thomasville Times-Enterprise's Defensive Player of the Year for 2007...his Thomas County Central team won its first 13 games in 2007 before losing in the class AAAA semifinal...born August 6, 1989.