Mandrell Desir

ACCOLADES: 2025: On3 True Freshman All-American...247Sports True Freshman All-American...All-ACC Honorable Mention...FSU Team Honors - Devaughn Darling Award 2025 (Freshman): Made two starts over 12 games played, finishing with 30 tackles, 7.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks...added one pass breakup and one forced fumble...All-ACC Honorable Mention and ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year runner-up...6.5 sacks are third-most for true freshman in FSU history, behind Ron Simmons and Brian Burns...ended season with at least 0.5 sacks in five consecutive games, the longest streak for a Seminole since 2016...sack and TFL totals led all ACC freshmen...ended regular season third nationally among true freshmen in sacks and sixth in tackles for loss...Alabama: four tackles in Florida State debut, the most for a Seminole true freshman in a season opener since 1977...East Texas A&M: two tackles...Kent State: one tackle...Virginia: four tackles...Miami: first career pass breakup...Pitt: lone tackle was an 11-yard sack...Wake Forest: one tackle was a 13-yard sack...Clemson: career-high five tackles, including 1.0 sacks...Virginia Tech: three tackles with 1.0 sacks...NC State: tied career high with five tackles, including 1.0 sacks...Florida: capped freshman season with four tackles and 0.5 sacks. BEFORE FSU: Three-star edge rusher out of Norland High School in Miami…ranked No. 745 nationally, No. 56 edge rusher and No. 98 player in Florida on 247Sports Composite…No. 719 nationally in On3 Industry Rankings…No. 35 edge rusher and No. 93 in Florida according to Rivals…tallied 66 tackles with 17.0 tackles for loss and 12.0 sacks in senior season as Norland reached FHSAA 4A regional finals…ended junior season with 29 tackles, 5.0 tackles for loss, 3.0 sacks and two fumble recoveries as Norland went 14-1 and reached FHSAA 2M state championship game…had 53 tackles and 6.0 sacks with one forced fumble as sophomore…twin brother Darryll also signed with Florida State as part of 2025 class…pair committed to FSU in November over offers from UCF, Kentucky and Colorado, among other