The Daily Nole — July 8, 2018: FSU’s Christmas Among Athlon’s 50 Most Underrated

It’s Sunday, Florida State fans. As your weekend comes to a close, keep it here for the latest in FSU athletics. The news and notes section of this post will be updated throughout the day.

Lead Story

For Florida State, a large defensive tackle, 3-year starter and a redshirt senior has managed to fly under the radar.

Demarcus Christmas was listed among the 50 most underrated players for 2018 by Athlon Sports on Saturday. A Sarasota native, Christmas is the only FSU player to make the list.

As a redshirt junior in 2017, Christmas finished with 36 total tackles, 4.5 for loss, one sack and a fumble recovery. At 6-foot-4 and 310 pounds, Christmas has appeared in 39 straight games for the Seminoles and made 26 straight starts.

Between the Lines

There were no FSU athletic events scheduled for Saturday.

On the Agenda

There are no FSU athletic events scheduled for Sunday.

News and Notes

FSU baseball was listed by Baseball America as one of eight teams that will reach the College World Series next year.

FSU hoops’ M.J. Walker is listed as the team’s most exciting player for 2018-19 by ESPN.

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