TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- At Florida State, blue jerseys are reserved for the delicate and the demonstrated. Either a player is hobbled and not safe for contact, or he has validated himself as too valuable to risk.
During the Seminoles’ two spring practices, junior Travis Rudolph, a healthy 6-foot-1, 189-pound receiver, was dressed in the blue pinny. Coach Jimbo Fisher didn’t need his leading receiver from 2015 to get tangled in a tackle.
Not since Rashad Greene, the most accomplished receiver in school history, has Fisher given the non-contact jersey to a receiver.