Q: Walk me through how Florida State came about as a potential transfer destination for you when you made the decision to depart Wisconsin.

Hornibrook: So once I was in the portal and everything was kind of out there, I started talking to Florida State. Pretty early on I knew that that was probably going to be the place that I was going to end up. I did some research on my own. I watched some film. And I just knew that Florida State was a great place.

When I went down for my visit, it was great to be there and to see the players, the program, the school - all of those things. That is the most talent I've seen on a college football team is when I was down there and I saw Florida State practicing. That really got me pumped up because I've seen a lot of good football teams. Once I saw that, I thought it could be pretty special there. I noticed a group of guys that were just hungry. They wanted to win. They compete very hard in practice. It does not look like a practice, it looks like a game. Everybody is just hungry. I could feel that when I was around there. I think the leadership was big too, they seem driven and they seem like they have leaders. Just from me walking out there and listening, I saw [running back] Cam Akers and [defensive tackle] Marvin Wilson and they were speaking up and leading guys. I thought that was really special too.