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Florida State First Power 5 Team to Offer Scholarship to 8th-Grade QB Drew Pyne

Still months shy of his first high school class, Connecticut quarterback Drew Pyne is already commanding attention from a marquee college football program.

Florida State extended a scholarship offer to the eighth-grade standout Sunday, according to Pyne:

Extremely grateful and humbled to receive a scholarship from Florida State University! #GoNoles @QBCountry pic.twitter.com/1a4URYgUwL

— Drew Pyne (@dpyne6) March 27, 2016

Listed 6'1", 170 pounds by 247Sports, the middle school passer picked up his first FBS offer just days earlier. South Alabama, a member of the Sun Belt Conference, kicked off what could become a four-year recruitment on March 23.