The Florida State defense got off to a slow start on Saturday against Boston College. Well, most of it did, anyway. Junior Seminole safety Hamsah Nasirildeen recorded FSU’s second tackle of the game and never looked back.
When the game finished, FSU was on top, and Nasirildeen’s 22 tackles very nearly pushed him to the top of the ’Nole record book. Only one other player in Florida State history has accumulated more tackles within the span of a single contest— and that happened more than 50 years ago.
In 1968, All-American linebacker Dale McCullers authored the two most prolific tackling games in garnet and gold history— and he did so in back-to-back games.