Florida State Football Recruiting: Blue chip safety Zae Thomas commits

Florida State has landed another verbal commitment for #Tribe25, and this one is from a true Seminole in every sense of the word.

Gregory “Zae” Thomas is a 6’2”, 190 pound defensive back who plays for American Heritage in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is currently ranked as the 292nd best player in the nation by 247Sports Composite (25th best safety, 42nd best player in FL).

Thomas chose the Seminoles over 30 other offers from the likes of the Clemson Tigers, Iowa Hawkeyes, Kentucky Wildcats, Louisville Cardinals, LSU Tigers, Miami Hurricanes, Oklahoma Sooners, Penn State Nittany Lions, Tennessee Volunteers, Texas A&M Aggies, UCF Golden Knights, and Wisconsin Badgers.

Back in the names to know and visitor preview articles that mentioned him, I wrote that I believe Zae Thomas is simply destined to play for Florida State. He checks some amazing boxes. Thomas has Seminole Tribe heritage. He plays for the high school where DBs coach Pat Surtain held his first head coaching position, overlapping with Surtain for a year. He is the rare defensive back who loves to tackle and he has the positional flexibility and size that Surtain and defensive coordinator Adam Fuller love.

In an otherwise middling DB cycle, Thomas is a bright spot with a very high ceiling- I’d easily have him ranked as a top 150 player nationally. He does an excellent job mirroring receivers in coverage and has no issues jamming at the line. I would expect him to be a regular on special teams and as he learns the playbook, I think he’ll enter the mix in either the corner or safety rotation sooner than later.

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