After watching the film, Florida State's coaches liked a number of things they saw in Chubba Purdy's college debut Saturday afternoon at Louisville.

They were happy with how the freshman quarterback adjusted to the speed of the game. They liked the way he saw the field, both in terms of reading pass coverage downfield and also spotting blitzers coming through the line of scrimmage.

They also saw good things on most of his nine pass attempts in mop-up duty, despite the fact that FSU's receivers came up empty on several catchable balls.

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But nothing pleased Seminoles head coach Mike Norvell more than the way Purdy stepped up in the face of a blitzing linebacker and attempted a third-and-16 pass down the middle of the field.

"One of the most impressive plays was seeing him step up in the pocket -- he actually took a shot on one throw," Norvell said. "No hesitation. It was good seeing a young quarterback do that, especially a guy coming off of an injury."

Indeed, Purdy sustained a broken collarbone early in preseason camp and hadn't taken any real contact since that day. The coaching staff would have team managers swing padded bags at him during practice to simulate being hit while throwing a football, but it's not quite the same.

Nobody was going to pick him up and slam him to the ground.

On Saturday, despite the fact that the Cardinals were leading by 32 points with less than five minutes remaining, Louisville sent a linebacker and cornerback on blitzes during that third-down play. Purdy delivered a pass across the middle just before getting hit, but receiver Jordan Young couldn't come down with the contested catch.

Incompletion or not, it was a positive moment in Purdy's mind as well.

"When I first got in there, I haven't gotten hit since my injury when I broke my collarbone," the Arizona native said. "But when I first got hit, it felt pretty good to feel what it would feel like. ... I felt pretty good about that."