The Florida State football team's receiving core has many weapons, none bigger and more talented than senior Duce Robinson and junior Micahi Danzy. Many receivers get lost when focusing on the two. One receiver who has been emerging of late is sophomore Jayvan Boggs.

“I’m proud of him,” FSU coach Mike Norvell said. “He stayed the course and he’s capitalizing on his opportunities.”

The 6-foot-1, 209-pound receiver was hampered by injuries during his freshman year and his time was limited in spring practice. Boggs has amassed 21 catches, 343 receiving yards and two touchdowns in his career. But on Saturday, when the Seminoles welcomed Central Arkansas to Doak Campbell Stadium, he had his best day in an FSU uniform.

The talented sophomore seemed to be open all game when quarterback Ashton Daniels saw him. Boggs hauled in six catches for 122 receiving yards (both career-highs) and one touchdown.

Daniels found Boggs down the sideline for 35 yards and the touchdown to put the Seminoles up 31-7 with five minutes and 50 seconds left in the third quarter to put the game out of reach.

“I like the game that I had,” Boggs said. “I had good preparation throughout the week and really just the preparation, every day in practice and stuff like that just really helped a lot for today. I’m not really satisfied. I always want more and we’ve got Virginia next week so it’s just another step.”

When Boggs arrived in Tallahassee, the coaches were immediately impressed by his maturity for someone his age and practice reports constantly mentioned Boggs as a playmaker. The talent is there physically and another year in the practice facility, weight room and improving this season, Boggs could be a productive receiver. He also had two catches for 69 yards in the loss at Alabama last week.

His emergence in a contributing role is a major positive as the Seminoles (2-2) prepare for a difficult stretch of ACC games. First up is Virginia (3-1) on Oct. 3 at 3:30 p.m., followed by matchups at Louisville (2-2), at Miami (4-0) and back home against Clemson (3-1) on Oct. 31.

Boggs seems to have found his role as the third receiver next to Robinson and Danzy. Boggs will not draw that much attention and will have plenty of opportunities going forward to get open and to pose a mismatch for the opponents third best defensive back.

“We’ve seen his capability,” Norvell said. “Last year he started as a true freshman, the Alabama game because of what he had done. Dealing with injury and dealing with some of the things that he had to work through and seeing him get out on the field and now as you go through you see Michai had big plays, Duce obviously having big plays and then teams have to make a choice. Tonight Jayvan took advantage of his opportunities. He had some opportunities last week, capitalized on a couple and definitely had one you wanted to have back but seeing his response to it through the week of work and challenging himself to be better in certain areas.”

Boggs is now a legit receiver that doesn’t have the wide-eyed look that most freshmen have when entering collegiate football. Freshman Jasen Lopez looks to be a promising freshman, grabbing two catches and earning more playing time against Central Arkansas. Devin Carter was also poised to play as a freshman to start the season, but an injury has sidelined Carter.

While Boggs was a college-ready receiver coming out of high school, the sophomore battled through injuries. He developed physically and mentally, and Boggs has experienced a season as a college football player. The sky's the limit for his future.

“We’ve got three really good receivers, Norvell said. “We’ve dealt with some injuries but those three guys have really emerged as guys that can be counted on and when the balls come their way, they’re ready to make great things happen.”

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