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Following last year’s perfect regular season and ACC Championship that resulted in selection committee heartbreaking a blowout loss to Georgia in the Orange Bowl, Florida State needed a quarterback to replace the graduated Jordan Travis. Head Coach Mike Norvell decided to get former Clemson and Oregon State quarterback DJ Uiagalelei out of the transfer portal.
But, Florida State has now started a disastrous 0-2 after getting dominated by Boston College, 28-13, in a game that wasn’t as close as the final score suggests. And, a lot of that 0-2 start rests on the very inaccurate right arm of DJ Uiagalelei.
DJ Uiagalelei struggled mightily once again on Monday night, frequently missing wide open receivers, checking the ball down, and showing poor pocket presence. Some of these inaccurate misses were truly something to behold.
DJ Uiagalelei could overthrow Castro and the Cuban government pic.twitter.com/DJ1PMslOFY
— Geo Milian (@GeoMilian) September 3, 2024
#BostonCollege is up 21-6 after this interception from #FSU QB DJ Uiagalelei pic.twitter.com/dKaUZXUdYU
— Blitz Alerts (@BlitzAlerts) September 3, 2024
Those are just two of a bunch of really poor throws in a game in which he was an uninspiring 21-42 for 272 yards with a touchdown and interception. And, even when he did make accurate throws, his Seminole teammates often dropped the passes.
Say what you want about DJ, but this whole FSU team is mooseshit. He's had zero time to throw, and when he does, it's a drop or a miss by a mile. FSU legit may not make a bowl game pic.twitter.com/J4N2c8JCKq
— Token Picks 🪙 (@Token_Picks) September 3, 2024
Unforuntately for DJ Uiagalelei, who burst onto the scene in a big way in 2020 when he filled in admirably for Trevor Lawrence after Lawrence contracted COVID, he’s getting meme’d to death on Twitter.
“DJU HAS GOT A MAN OPEN”
pic.twitter.com/EuK6UXrQo0— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) September 3, 2024
“DJU takes a shot downfield” pic.twitter.com/81VrA44xkj
— Adam (@adamdropsbombs) August 24, 2024
Cade Klubnik realizing that he’s not the worst P4 QB in the country after what DJU has done. pic.twitter.com/hwjljTALMY
— Are Sports Important? (@IOnlySayFacts) September 3, 2024
DJ Uiagalelei wasn’t great against Georgia Tech in the team’s Week 0 loss by any means. But, Saturday was a big-time regression for not just him but for a Florida State team that looks completely lost after last season’s heartbreak.