{"id":15736,"date":"2023-09-05T00:30:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-05T05:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/?p=15736"},"modified":"2023-09-05T00:30:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T05:30:46","slug":"jim-nagy-marvels-at-how-jordan-travis-has-grown-at-florida-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.wztzfm.com\/wp\/jim-nagy-marvels-at-how-jordan-travis-has-grown-at-florida-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Nagy marvels at how Jordan Travis has grown at Florida State"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida State<\/a><\/strong> quarterback Jordan Travis<\/a><\/strong> has gotten better every season that he\u2019s played in Tallahassee. Now he enters his sixth college season with some Heisman Trophy buzz and showed why in leading the Seminoles to a 45-24 win against LSU<\/a><\/strong> in the season opener. <\/p>\n

When Travis first arrived at Florida State in 2019, however, it wasn\u2019t even certain that he would play quarterback. The Seminoles staff at that time considered moving him to receiver, but based on how things turned out, it\u2019s clear they made the right choice in keeping him at QB. <\/p>\n

Senior Bowl director Jim Nagy joined On3<\/em>\u2018s Andy Staples <\/strong>on Monday and praised Travis for his evolution into a potential NFL-caliber player. <\/p>\n

\u201cTalking to guys on staff there, there was some thoughts of making him a wide receiver a couple of years ago,\u201d Nagy said<\/a>. \u201cLike, \u2018What is this guy?\u2019 What I was looking for coming into the year was some mechanical improvements. He\u2019s still not a guy that really incorporates his lower half a lot. I still think there\u2019s upside in his arm. The things you like, he\u2019s hard to get on the ground. LSU had a lot of pressure on him. They couldn\u2019t get to him. He finds an escape path. He had a couple of really nice touch throws rolling to his left, which are really difficult for a righty.\u201d<\/p>\n

Travis took a little bit to get going in the first half of Sunday\u2019s game against the Tigers. He went 14-of-21 passing for 174 yards and a pair of touchdowns, but also threw a costly interception as the Seminoles trailed 17-14 at halftime. <\/p>\n

However, he dominated the second half of action to go 9-of-10 for 168 yards and a couple more scores as Florida State outscored LSU 31-7 to go on to win. He also finished second on the team with 38 yards rushing and a touchdown. Nagy came away impressed with Travis\u2019 composure to come out of the locker room and deliver after making a couple of mistakes to start out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI gotta give him credit,\u201d he said. \u201cLSU had him rattled. He had two really ill-advised kind of pressure-driven mistakes. One was a pick, the other one was a dropped pick. It was right there backed up to his end zone. It could\u2019ve been really costly. <\/p>\n

\u201cBut then he came out. He really settled down in that second half and played point guard. To me, that\u2019s his game. That\u2019s what Jordan is. To be a distributor on that offense that has so many players like (Trey) Benson<\/a><\/strong>, like (Johnny) Wilson<\/a><\/strong>, like (Jaheim) Bell<\/a><\/strong> and like (Keon) Coleman, my God.\u201d<\/p>\n

Those playmakers give Travis and Florida State a chance to do something special this season as they aim to compete for a spot in the College Football Playoff. Three of his four touchdown passes were to Coleman, as he and Wilson each finished with more than 100 yards receiving.<\/p>\n

But while Florida State\u2019s offense is loaded, Travis is the player keeping it all going. Following his strong performance in Week 1, he\u2019ll aim to keep making a case to be invited to the Senior Bowl and potentially finish the year among the top quarterback prospects in the NFL Draft. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe moves his team,\u201d Nagy said. \u201cThere were some spotty plays early. He misfired on a couple of throws he should\u2019ve had. But one thing I like about him, when you\u2019ve got a guy like Jonny Wilson and Keon Coleman (and) even going back to last year\u2019s tape, he\u2019s a guy that trusts his playmakers to make plays. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe is not afraid to put the ball up and let his guys go get it, which when you\u2019ve got guys to do it, that\u2019s a great trait. It\u2019ll be interesting to keep watching him, but at the end of the day, he moves that football team.\u201d<\/p>\n

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