Noles News: Duce Robinson has tenth-most single-season receiving yards in FSU history, needs 107 more to move to No. 8

Recruiting

2026 Florida State recruiting class

• QUARTERBACK: 4-star Jaden O’Neal (OK)

• RUNNING BACK: 4-star Amari Thomas (FL)

• WIDE RECEIVER: 3-star Jonah “JP” Winston (AL)

• WIDE RECEIVER: 4-star Efrem White (FL)

• WIDE RECEIVER: 4-star Brandon Bennett (FL)

• WIDE RECEIVER: 4-star Devin Carter (GA)

• WIDE RECEIVER: 4-star Jasen Lopez (FL)

• TIGHT END: 4-star Xavier Tiller (GA)

• TIGHT END: 3-star Corbyn Fordham (FL)

• OFFENSIVE LINEMAN: 3-star Mike Ionata (FL)

• OFFENSIVE LINEMAN: 3-star Jakobe Green (FL)

• OFFENSIVE LINEMAN: 3-star Luke Francis (London, UK)

• DEFENSIVE LINEMAN: 3-star Damaan Lewis (NC)

• DEFENSIVE LINEMAN: 4-star Earnest Rankins (GA)

• DEFENSIVE LINEMAN: 4-star Franklin Whitley (SC)

• DEFENSIVE LINEMAN: 3-star Chris Carbin (GA)

• DEFENSIVE LINEMAN: 3-star Wihtlley Cadeau (GA)

• DEFENSIVE LINEMAN: 3-star Judah Daniels (FL)

• LINEBACKER: 4-star Izayia Williams (FL)

• LINEBACKER: 3-star Karon Maycock (FL)

• LINEBACKER: 3-star Noah LaVallee (GA)

• LINEBACKER: 3-star Daylen Green (FL)

• DEFENSIVE BACK: 3-star Jordan Crutchfield (FL)

• DEFENSIVE BACK: 4-star Chauncey Kennon (FL)

• DEFENSIVE BACK: 4-star Darryl Bell III (FL)

• DEFENSIVE BACK: 3-star Sean Johnson (MD)

• ATHLETE: 3-star Darryon Williams (FL)

Football

Duce Robinson isn’t a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award, but he’s still put together one of the more prolific seasons in Florida State history. His 1,021 yards so far are No. 10 all time, with him needing 107 to move past Rashad Greene’s 2013 performance:

1. Ron Sellers (1968): 1,496

2. Rashad Greene (2014): 1,365

3. Snoop Minnis (2000): 1,340

4. Barry Smith (1972): 1,243

5. Peter Warrick (1998): 1,232

6. Ron Sellers (1967): 1,228

7. Tamorrion Terry (2019): 1,188

8. Rashad Greene (2013): 1,128

9. E.G. Green (1997): 1,059

10. Duce Robinson (2025): 1,021

Some other Robinson notes, via FSU Sports Info:

• Duce Robinson leads Florida State with 53 catches, 1,021 yards and six receiving touchdowns. He is FSU’s second Biletnikoff Award semifinalist in the past three seasons (Keon Coleman, 2023).

• Robinson leads the ACC in total receiving yards (1,021, 6th nationally), receiving yards per game (92.8, 6th) and receiving touchdowns (6, 35th). His five games with at least 120 receiving yards are tied for the most among Power Four receivers, and he ranks second in the conference — trailing only teammate Micahi Danzy’s average of 22.70 yards per catch, which ranks second nationally — and seventh nationally with an average of 19.26 yards per catch. Danzy leads the country in plays of 50-plus yards (6).

• Robinson caught four passes for 74 yards at NC State. His final reception — for 25 yards — pushed him over 1,000 yards on the season. He added a 9-yard touchdown, his sixth of the season and the most in the ACC.

• Robinson has produced the 14th 1,000-yard receiving season in program history and is the 11th different Seminole to reach that milestone. His 1,000-yard season is the first at FSU since 2019.

• Robinson and Coleman in 2023 are the only Seminoles in the past decade with multiple games with 9-plus catches in a season. Robinson tied a career high with nine catches for 124 yards at Clemson.

• Robinson is the first Seminole with three 140-yard receiving games in a regular season since Snoop Minnis in 2000.

• Robinson leads the ACC and ranks second nationally with five games of 120-plus receiving yards. He and Rashad Greene in 2014 are the only Seminoles with five 120-yard receiving games over the past 20 years.

• Robinson leads the ACC in 20-yard (16) and 30-yard (11) receptions.

• Robinson is a two-time ACC Receiver of the Week, FSU’s first multi-winner at the position since Tamorrion Terry in 2018.

• His first ACC honor came against East Texas A&M, when he caught five passes for 173 yards and two touchdowns — from 82 and 42 yards. Robinson did not play in the second half.

• His second came against Wake Forest, when he caught five passes for 148 yards and one touchdown.

• Robinson’s 160 yards in the first quarter vs. ETAMU are tied for second in program history in a quarter and are the most since 1968. His 173 yards in the first half were the most in a half for a Seminole this century and fourth all time.

• Robinson’s 82-yard touchdown from Tommy Castellanos was the longest catch for a Seminole since the 2019 Sun Bowl. His yards, receptions, touchdowns and 82-yard catch were all career highs.

• Robinson’s 160 receiving yards in the first quarter vs. ETAMU are the most in a quarter nationally in 2025.

• His 173 yards are the second most in the ACC this season and the most for a Seminole since Johnny Wilson’s 202 vs. Oklahoma in the 2022 Cheez-It Bowl.

• At Virginia, Robinson set a career high with nine catches for 147 yards and one touchdown.

• Back in California after playing two seasons at USC, Robinson caught four passes for 98 yards at Stanford, with receptions of 20, 37 and 38 yards.

• Florida State had a 100-yard receiver in five consecutive games, FSU’s longest streak since a five-game stretch in 2013–14.

Basketball

Michael Rogner dove into the box score from FSU’s win over CSU Bakersfield:

Soccer

FSU soccer will face off against Ohio State for a spot in the 2025 College Cup:

FSU is coming off a 3-1 road win at No. 2-seeded Georgetown in the Third Round on November 23. FSU began NCAA play with a 4-0 home victory against Samford before a 1-0 neutral-site win over Lipscomb. The win at Georgetown was the Seminoles’ first true road NCAA win since 2008 and first in the Third Round since 2003, though the team hadn’t played an NCAA road game since 2017 and just three of the 11 have come after 2008.

Unbeaten in its last seven games overall with a 15-4 scoring margin in its last six games, FSU is 13-2-4 on the season, 7-1-2 at home, 5-1-2 on the road, 1-0-0 at a neutral site, 3-2-1 against top-25 opponents and 3-0-1 in the postseason. The Seminoles finished fourth in the ACC with a 6-2-2 record. FSU played three of the four No. 1 seeds in this year’s NCAA Tournament in ACC play, going 1-2-1 against those three squads.

Ohio State comes to Tallahassee having won three in a row in the NCAA Tournament, all away from home against seeded teams.

Ohio State is 11-4-6 on the season, 2-1-4 at home, 8-2-2 on the road and 1-1 at a neutral site. The Buckeyes went 4-2-5 in the Big Ten and finished in a four-way tie for sixth place. OSU has won three in a row in the NCAA Tournament, all away from home. The run began with a 2-0 First Round victory at eighth-seeded Georgia before a 1-0, double-overtime win at top-seeded Notre Dame. The Buckeyes are coming off a 2-1 triumph over No. 5-seed Baylor in South Bend, Indiana, on November 23.

In the NCAA Tournament for the sixth consecutive season and 19th overall, Ohio State is in the Quarterfinal for the third time in program history. The only unseeded team remaining, OSU is looking to reach the College Cup for the second time along with 2010. The Buckeyes are 3-7-0 all-time against the ACC in NCAA play.

Florida State is 0-1-0 all-time against Ohio State, with the lone meeting a 2-1 loss on September 3, 2000, in Columbia, Missouri. The contest was the second-to-last non-conference game of the year on the Seminoles’ way to their first NCAA appearance.

All Sports

FSU women’s volleyball fell to No. 8 SMU in four sets:

Set one started out as back-and-forth affair as the Noles stayed within striking distance for the majority of the set. Two separate times, SMU extended its lead to four, but the Noles fought back to cut the lead to one each time. Unfortunately, SMU ended the set on a 6-1 run to end the set and take an early lead in the match.

The Mustangs looked well on their way to a 2-0 match lead as they led 23-15, but the Noles came alive and continued to chip away. Iane Henke recorded three-consecutive kills to cut the lead to four and force a SMU timeout. Henke and Delaney Ewing teamed up for the block, and an ace from Caylan Russ put the Noles within one. The block came alive again as Ewing and Lexie Mason tied the set at 23 to force another timeout from SMU. The timeout did not stop the Noles’ momentum as Henke and Ewing teamed up for the block again, and Henke capped off a remarkable 10-0 run with a kill to tie the match at a set a piece.

The Noles kept the momentum rolling in set three as they jumped to a 5-1 lead and 10-6 lead. SMU fought back to tie the match at 12 then the teams continued to trade points as neither team gained a lead more than two until SMU recorded back-to-back aces to go up 21-19. A block gave the Mustangs a three-point lead, and the Noles were unable to close the deficit as they dropped set three.

The Mustangs dominated from start to finish in set four as they were able to take the match with a 25-14 victory.

Henke led the way with 18 kills to extend her streak of having double digit kills in 22 consecutive matches. Kyleene Filimaua added 15 kills while Ewing had a career-high 11 blocks for the Seminoles. Ewing is the first Seminole since 2023 to have 10 or more blocks in a match.

FSU will wrap up the regular season on Friday against Clemson for Senior Day at Tully Gym. FSU will be honoring Iane Henke, Nellie Stevenson and Mio Yamamoto prior to the match. First serve is set for 2 p.m. on ACCNX.