Seminoles Study: Can Adam Fuller continue FSU’s upward defensive trajectory?

After the 2020 football season, defensive coordinator Adam Fuller knew something had to change.

As long as the school has been a national name on the football field, defense has been a fixture of the Florida State Seminoles program. While there had been some single-game falters over the seasons, defense was still lauded as a strength of the team, especially heading into Fuller and head coach Mike Norvell’s debut season in Tallahassee.

The result? One of the three worst defensive units at FSU in the modern era — a topic covered ad nauseam in the aftermath, especially here at Tomahawk:

The 2020 team gave up an average of 6.46 yards per play per game on defense. This was definitely a step back…