FSU’s final home game win this season over Virginia Tech (34-14) felt different, with Ethan Pritchard back on the sideline. The freshman linebacker arrived in a wheelchair at Doak Campbell Stadium, just months after he survived a gunshot wound to the head on Aug. 31. Pritchard’s return on Friday, for the first time after his gunshot, to visit the team gave them two full days with him, leaving Castellanos teary.

Noles reporter Dustin Lewis’ tweet confirmed it. “It just was a very emotional day for us to be able to see him yesterday,” confessed Castellanos. But it came with a moving tribute to Pritchard. “It means a lot to us…just to see him back out at a game, it’s crazy,” said the FSU QB.

Pritchard spent nearly six weeks fighting through the aftermath of the injury in a hospital room i

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