Newbury Park superstar quarterback Brady Smigiel, who will be a junior this fall, has decided that Florida State is his college destination.
On a Saturday morning in June, months away from football season and years away from graduation, Brady Smigiel decided it was time.
With a social media post that included his twin brother Beau, parents Joe and Dionne and sisters Riley and Emma linking arms with head coach Mike Norvell — with Doak Campbell Stadium serving as a backdrop — the Newbury Park High quarterback committed to Florida State University.
“God is good,” Smigiel wrote. “I’m home.”
The Star’s reigning All-County Offensive Player of the Year had spent the summer narrowing down his prospective schools from more than 30 scholarship offers to the Seminoles and Michigan.
He took his third trip to Tallahassee motivated to make a decision.
“I was kind of just coming down to the last couple schools,” Smigiel said. “I was at Florida State two months ago and I really liked it. … It felt like it was everything I wanted.
“At the end of the trip, I just knew that that was the spot I wanted to be at.”
After breaking Ventura County’s single-season and career records for touchdown passes as only a sophomore, the five-star recruit enters his junior year this fall on pace to become the county’s first 10,000-yard, 100-TD passer.
The college choice is another hurdle Smigiel has cleared early, in hopes of focusing on the future.
“I started this recruiting process really early,” Smigiel said. “I kind of wanted to lock my spot in and let them know I want to be the quarterback in this class, so I can start building the Class (of 2026).”
Smigiel was recruited by Norvell and quarterback coach Tony Tokarz, who responded to Smigiel’s post with a gif of Florida State alum Burt Reynolds grinning as The…
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Author : VC Star | Ventura County Star
Publish date : 2024-07-12 15:15:48
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