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LANTANA — This week on the recruiting trail, the helicopter effect proved successful for Florida State head football coach Mike Norvell at Santaluces High School.
“I am 100 percent committed to Florida State,” said Chiefs junior defensive back Caden Gordon.
After an official visit to Florida State last weekend, Norvell told the 2025 prospect that he’d see him again the next week on his helicopter tour of Palm Beach County. While other local stops like Benjamin, Cardinal Newman, and Palm Beach Central have prepared makeshift landing pads for Power 5 coaches from Norvell to Georgia’s Kirby Smart, a chopper had never touched down at Santaluces until FSU’s pursuit of Gordon.
“I was already excited because they said ‘helicopter.’ I heard that had never happened at Santaluces so it was great that I was the first one to do it,” Gordon said.
Santaluces junior defensive back Caden Gordon (middle_ stands with Florida State head football coach Mike Norvell and Chiefs head coach Hector Clavijo III.
Upon seeing Gordon again on Thursday, Norvell wore a big smile and reached out for a hug:
“Did ya miss me?”
“Only every day,” Gordon laughed.
It was an undeniable bromance.
“That’s my school. I told him [Norvell] it felt like home when I was there. Everything I’ve seen, how I felt, the coaches, the interactions, everything’s great. So there’s nothing else I need to see,” Gordon said.
“Coach Norvell and Coach Pat [Surtain] came to see me. It’s still shocking me right now and going through my head right now.”
Santaluces’ Caden Gordon (7) offers great pass defense to stop a big gain for Monarch on Nov. 17, 2023
Gordon said he had visits at other schools, but as soon as he arrived in Tallahassee, he felt the “top four in the country” atmosphere.
“It was awesome. I loved everything out there — all the…
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Author : Palm Beach Daily News
Publish date : 2024-02-01 22:28:45
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