The Orange and Green Spring Game is in the books.
On Saturday, Florida A&M football held its annual showcase game to preview the 2025 season.
The Rattlers split the teams up, with Orange representing the offense and Green being the defense.
The game score was kept on a point system, including touchdowns, first downs, turnovers, and defensive stops.
FAMU’s offense, the Orange team, came out on top, winning 59-29.
“We did a good job. We put some points on the board, and defense made some sacks,” Second-year FAMU head coach James Colzie III told the media after the spring game.
“We’re going in the right direction. I’m happy with the group. I’m excited about where we will be in the next few months.”
FAMU football's offense shows life, score points after slow start
It was a slow start for the FAMU offense.
After being consistently stopped, the Rattlers began to pick up their production.
Bryson Martin started at quarterback for FAMU. Tyler Jefferson, Traven Green, and Roman Purcell got snaps under center. Junior Muratovic didn’t scrimmage for internal reasons, Colzie said.
“I thought those four guys did as much as they can and did a good job handling the offense,” Colzie assessed the quarterbacks.
“I thought [Jefferson] as a quarterback stepping in and doing some things, he was able to get some reps that he maybe wasn’t going to get today. Happy with him. Bryson Martin, I thought, did a good job,” Colzie later added.
Jefferson led a scoring drive with a touchdown pass to tight end Andrew Ritter in the redzone. FAMU running back Thad Franklin Jr. set up the score with a run for about 50 yards.
“All it took was for Big Thad to make the run, and it turned the light on for the offense,” Colzie explained.
Green led two scoring drives, too.
