{"id":107304,"date":"2025-07-31T10:28:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-31T10:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/107304\/"},"modified":"2025-07-31T10:28:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T10:28:12","slug":"famu-football-2025-training-camp-primer-what-to-know-for-when-the-rattlers-take-the-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/107304\/","title":{"rendered":"FAMU football 2025 training camp primer: What to know for when the Rattlers take the field"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida A&M<\/a> football is set to begin preseason training camp<\/a> practice on Friday, Aug. 1.<\/p>\n

Rattler players reported to Tallahassee on Wednesday, July 30, and had preliminary training camp meetings with coaches before the team\u2019s first practice.<\/p>\n

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The Rattlers, head coached by James Colzie III<\/a>, are returning from posting a 7-5 record during the 2024 season.<\/p>\n

Last year, FAMU had signature victories over Black College Football National Champion runners-up South Carolina State and beat Bethune-Cookman in the Florida<\/a> Classic for the fourth consecutive season. However, the Rattlers were upset at Southwestern Athletic Conference\u2019s worst team, Mississippi Valley State, to end their 23-game home winning streak and lost to Black College Football National Champions Jackson State<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FAMU opens its 12-game regular season schedule<\/a> on Saturday, Aug. 30, at 4 p.m. versus Howard in the Orange Blossom Classic at Miami Gardens’ Hard Rock Stadium.<\/p>\n

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Florida A&M head football coach James Colzie III held his second annual Prospect Camp, which attracted hundreds of high school players, on Ken Riley Field at Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.<\/p>\n

Year two could be Colzie\u2019s and the Rattlers\u2019 biggest leap.<\/p>\n

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And now, FAMU football is preparing to do the groundwork to rebound from last season, starting with Friday\u2019s opening practice.<\/p>\n

How many preseason training camp practices will FAMU football have in 2025?<\/p>\n

The Rattlers will practice 20 times, including two scrimmages from Friday, Aug. 1, until Saturday, Aug. 23, leading into the season opener versus the Howard Bison<\/a>.<\/p>\n

FAMU football’s 2025 preseason training camp the prelude to a bounce-back season?<\/p>\n

The Rattlers went 7-5 last season in Colzie\u2019s first year as head coach.<\/p>\n

It was a season removed from when FAMU football, then led by current Florida International coach Willie Simmons, defeated Howard in the Celebration Bowl<\/a> to claim the program\u2019s 16th Black College National Championship.<\/p>\n

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Seven wins are FAMU\u2019s lowest win total since the 2018 season, when the Rattlers finished 6-5.<\/p>\n

The SWAC picked the Rattlers to finish second in the East division<\/a> behind the defending league and HBCU football champions, Jackson State. The prediction means FAMU is expected to have a similar season to last year.<\/p>\n

FAMU football has many returning starters, SWAC honorees at 2025 training camp<\/p>\n

FAMU has eight preseason All-SWAC selections<\/a> on the team this year.<\/p>\n

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Florida A&M running back Thad Franklin Jr. runs the football versus the Alabama A&M Bulldogs in a Southwestern Athletic Conference game on Ken Riley Field at Bragg Memorial Stadium, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024.<\/p>\n

Thad Franklin Jr., running back, headlines the Rattlers on offense on the Preseason All-SWAC First Team. His blockers, Charles Davis and Ashton Grable, join him on the first team.<\/p>\n

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Edge rusher Davion Westmoreland, linebacker Nay\u2019Ron Jenkins, and cornerback TJ Huggins made the SWAC\u2019s preseason defensive first team.<\/p>\n

Defensive lineman James Gardner Jr. and defensive back Jameel Sanders round out the Rattlers\u2019 preseason SWAC picks as defensive second teamers.<\/p>\n

FAMU football’s 2025 preseason training camp will have some heated position battles\"Florida<\/p>\n

Florida A&M quarterback Tyler Jefferson makes a pass during the Rattlers’ first spring football practice of 2025 on Ken Riley Field at Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida, Friday, March 7, 2025.<\/p>\n

FAMU\u2019s quarterback competition will headline the Rattlers\u2019 preseason training camp<\/a> this year.<\/p>\n

The Rattlers have a handful of quarterbacks entering practices, including transfers Tyler Jefferson from Central Michigan<\/a>, RJ Johnson III out of Toledo, and former Long Beach City College signal caller Jett Petty<\/a>. FAMU also has Lawrence Wright IV, a reserve quarterback from the Florida Gators<\/a>, but he is also listed as an athlete, meaning he could play multiple positions.<\/p>\n

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The Rattlers\u2019 returning quarterbacks are Traven Green and Bryson Martin, who sat behind last year\u2019s starter Daniel Richardson.<\/p>\n

Newly promoted offensive coordinator Henry Burris, who\u2019s also the quarterbacks coach, will closely watch the battle to help determine FAMU\u2019s 2025 starting signal caller<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other spots up for grabs during the Rattlers\u2019 camp could be the top wide receiver, the defensive end spot opposite from Westmoreland, cornerback, and kicker.<\/p>\n

Florida A&M Football 2025 Schedule<\/p>\n