Are you experienced? FSU's WR corps doesn't consider itself to be green

Figuring out what constitutes as a "veteran" in college football's current landscape is not always straightforward, as fewer and fewer players take redshirts and more look to leave college after three years.

Several programs deal with that dilemma each year, and for Florida State, this applies to the team's situation at wide receiver.

George Campbell, Nyqwan Murray, Da'Vante Phillips and Auden Tate are all going into their third seasons at FSU. And even though none of them has started more than just a handful of games, they are "veterans" in the sense of being the team's oldest and longest-tenured players at their position.

"It's definitely different being a veteran. I'm trying to get into that role," Tate said after FSU opened preseason camp Tuesday. "Not making mistakes. Young guys ask me questions and I'm trying to help them out more. I'm not just worrying about myself, I'm worrying about everyone else."

Concerns regarding the quartet aren't what they've learned in practices or what they can teach their younger teammates. The most unsettling aspect is their lack of actual game experience.

Campbell, a redshirt sophomore, has only played one year; he missed the entire 2016 season with a core muscle injury and has three career receptions for 42 yards. Phillips has five career receptions for 30 yards.

Murray, a junior, has 33 career catches for 506 yards and five touchdowns with most of his production coming late last season. Tate, also a junior, didn't record a collegiate statistic until 2016; he finished the year with 25 catches, 409 yards and six touchdowns.

"Well, we do, but we don't," Seminoles coach Jimbo Fisher said when asked about his team's lack of experience at receiver. "Who's our two leading touchdown guys last year? Tate and 'Noonie' (Murray). So we're not really inexperienced. I don't look at that as inexperience."