TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Four Florida State football players – kicker Ryan Fitzgerald and offensive linemen Robert Scott Jr, Dillan Gibbons and Devontay Love-Taylor – were named to the All-Atlantic Coast Conference Academic Team Tuesday. It is the first such recognition for Fitzgerald, Gibbons and Love-Taylor, while Scott was also named to the All-ACC Academic Team in 2020.
Fitzgerald, from Coolidge, Georgia, was FSU’s starting placekicker for all 12 games in 2021 and is working toward his accounting and risk management degree. He made 10-of-13 field goals, including a walk-off 34-yarder in Florida State’s 33-30 win over Syracuse. He scored a career-high 11 points twice, against UMass and Miami, and his three field goals against the Hurricanes set a career high.
Scott, Gibbons and Love-Taylor combined to make 31 starts on the offensive line. The Seminoles broke the 200-yard rushing mark in six games and had a 100-yard rusher in seven games. Against North Carolina, when Gibb