Willie Taggart’s assistant coaching staff at Florida State recently added a new member, filling the running backs coach spot vacated by Jay Graham, who is following Jimbo Fisher to Texas A&M. Enter Florida native Telly Lockette, according to sources within the program.
As we previewed in our tracker of FSU’s assistant coach hires, Lockette should be a boon to the Seminoles’ recruiting in south Florida, where the ’Noles have excelled of late. As far as ace recruiting hires go, it’s tough to beat a guy who won a trio of state titles at the helm of Miami Central High School and the OC of Miami Northwestern HS.