Louis Givens bursted onto the scene last fall against Miami with two game saving tackles against Miami's Travis Benjamin on special teams. He had total of 13 tackles and was consistently the first one down the field on kickoffs.Against Clemson, Givens finally got to show off his offensive talents, taking a reverse 27 yards to the one yard line. Givens was inserted into the lineup because FSU suspended five other wide receivers for an on campus brawl.
He played for Division II Mars Hill in 2006, but decided he wasn't satisfied there so he left school for the chance to walk-on at FSU last spring. Givens impressed in the spring and earned a spot on the team.
Yesterday, Givens had a breakout performance in the scrimmage working with the 2nd team offense. Givens had 3 catches for 84 yards, including a 65 yard touchdown. The pass was thrown behind Givens, but he was able to haul in it anyway and then left the second team defense in his dust.
With the loss of Preston Parker from the team, and Taiwan Easterling for the spring to an achilles injury, Givens has been stepping up big time. Receivers Coach Lawrence Dawsey told Andrew Carter if it were up to him Givens would be on scholarship.
I think Givens has more than proved that he deserves Preston Parker's scholarship. I think Lil'Boosie (Given's Cousin) sums up Givens perfectly with his song Zoom. Zoom is what Givens does past defenders and on on kickoffs, now FSU you needs to pick up there pace and just give him a scholarship.
What have you seen of his hands in practice? Word was his hands are terrible and he didn't practice well..... truth?
ReplyDeleteHis hands are not outstanding, as far as practice goes I have only seen good things this spring. Every time they have asked this guy to make a play in an actual game situation so far he has delivered. So practice doesn't concern me a whole lot because FSU has plenty of Spring All-Americans that are no where to be found come the regular season.
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