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"The first guy's not going to bring me down,
that was my goal"

L. Key framed Focus. Motivation. Goal setting.

Three things every player needs, no matter how much talent they're blessed with. Those who don't have it often look to their coaches and team leaders for it.

Not Larry Key. With him, it seemed to come as naturally as his speed and great moves.

In the second part of our interview with no. 44, Larry talks about his personal goals for every game. This clip begins with Key describing his 97-yard TD run against Virginia Tech in 1976, still one of the longest in the history of FSU Football.

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Bobby Jackson

I was a member of those teams with Larry Key. We both were freshman together and the first true freshmen to start on offense and defense. I started 44 out of 45 games for FSU and was the career interception leader when I finished which has since been broken. Larry Key was considered our best player, which he was on offense but I was the first player drafted from FSU out the Bowden era and went on to start 9 years in the NFL for the NY Jets and Atlanta Falcons.I saw a recent article from Orlando newspaper that listed the 50 Greatest Seminoles and myself and Larry Key were not listed on that team. PLEASE!!! If Monk Bonasorte is on it, no disrespect! WE SHOULD BE ON IT!!!!

Posted by: Bobby Jackson | August 14, 2013 at 12:10 PM

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