The breakdown of FSU football players in each class continues as Seminoles.com's Brandon Mellor takes a look at the Seminoles' sophomores entering the 2012 season.
The breakdown of FSU football players in each class continues as Seminoles.com's Brandon Mellor takes a look at the 19 scholarship juniors entering the 2012 season.
Bryan Stork has embraced two very important roles this spring, writes Brandon Mellor. Not only has the redshirt junior been working at right tackle for the first time but he's also taken on the task of leading a young group.
The Trickett File Birthdate: March 23, 1948 Hometown: Masontown, WV College: Glenville, '72 Family: wife, Tara Trickett; sons, Travis, Chance and Clint
Coaching Background
• Rick Trickett enters his fourth season at Florida State and his 38th overall as one of the nation's most respected offensive line coaches. Nationally recognized for his ability to identify, recruit and develop talent, he has transformed the Seminoles' offensive line into one of the finest units in the nation.
• Evolving from the nation's youngest offensive line among Football Bowl Subdivision teams in 2008, the Seminoles return the same five starters in 2010. With a combined 142 career starts back from the most productive offensive season (421.4 ypg) since 2001, the `Noles appear poised for even greater heights. FSU has improved its total offense in each of Trickett's first three seasons, with the line playing to the team's strengths.
• In 2009, Trickett's unit allowed just 20 sacks - the fewest by an FSU team since 1997 - as the `Noles averaged 271.8 yards a game through the air. In '08, the `Noles averaged 179.1 yards a game on the ground; the best by an FSU team since 2002.
• All five Florida State starting offensive linemen in 2009 were nominated for All-ACC honors by opposing league coaches, marking a first in Trickett's distinguished career.
• Trickett has coached seven All-American offensive linemen in his storied career at some of the nation's top schools, including rising senior guard Rodney Hudson, who earned the distinction from the Football Writers Association of America in 2009. • For the second time in his career, he was nominated for the Frank Broyles Award in 2009, which goes to the nation's top assistant coach. He was also nominated in 2006.
• Three current linemen - Hudson, offensive tackle Andrew Datko and center Ryan McMahon - garnered Freshman All-American honors while playing for Trickett. He has coached 15 players that have been named either first or second team freshmen All-Americans.
• Hudson won the coveted Jacobs Blocking Trophy as the ACC's most dominant offensive lineman in 2009. A consensus preseason All-American, Hudson enters his senior season with a chance to become the league's first offensive lineman to earn either first or second team All-ACC honors all four seasons. • Senior center Ryan McMahon is a candidate for the Rimington Award, presented to the nation's top center, for a third consecutive season. McMahon, a converted defensive tackle, has made a team-leading 39 consecutive starts and could become the program's all-time leader in that category.
• Trickett has a track record for developing strong units quickly. FSU improved its per game rushing yards average by more than 70 yards after two seasons. After one season at West Virginia, the Mountaineer running game improved from 35th in the nation to second in 2002. From 2002-2006, West Virginia finished among the top 15 rushing offenses and three times were among the top five nationally.
• In 2006 as the offensive line coach at West Virginia, the Mountaineers were second in the nation in rushing, third in scoring offense and fifth in total offense. Only two other schools in the previous 10 years had finished in the top five of each of those categories.
• At Auburn, he coached four linemen - Wayne Gandy, Willie Anderson, Victor Riley and Kendall Simmons - who were selected in the first round of the NFL Draft.
• More than 30 players Trickett has coached have gone on to play in the NFL.
• More than 30 players have won all-conference honors under Trickett, including four of his five linemen at West Virginia in 2005 and 2006. At LSU in 2000, three of his players earned All-SEC honors.
• Trickett earned his undergraduate degree in 1972 from Glenville (W.Va.), where he was an all-conference strong safety. He received his master's degree from Indiana (Pa.) in 1975.
• Trickett is a U.S. Marine Corps and Vietnam War veteran.
• The Trickett family has been a fixture on the Florida State campus since his 2007 arrival in Tallahassee. Two of Tara and Rick Trickett's sons have been involved in the football program. Travis is an offensive graduate assistant in 2010 after serving as a videographer, while Clint is a freshman quarterback with the `Noles, graduating from high school early and enrolling in January of this year.
