Florida State linebacker Tatum Bethune could've easily been mistaken for World Wrestling Entertainment (WEE) champion Roman Reigns Sunday.

Reigns' trademark move is "The Spear," essentially tackling his opponent out of midair.

In Sunday's game against LSU at Orlando's Camping World Stadium, LSU quarterback Jayden Daniels scrambled and tried to leap two FSU defenders.

However, he was imminently met in the air by a charging Bethune.

"That's every linebacker's dream," Bethune said.

The tackle highlighted a monster game for Bethune and FSU's linebacker room. He finished with a team-leading nine tackles.

DJ Lundy and Kalen DeLoach each had three tackles and combined for 1.5 sacks. It was an opening season statement for a room that had some doubt coming into the season.

Bethune knew that he had to step up this year and made multiple sacrifices in order to get in the best position to lead. He started dieting, switching out ice cream, one of his favorite foods, for salads.

"During the offseason, we all worked hard. DeLo worked on his weaknesses, I worked on mine and Lundy worked on his," Bethune said. "Me and Lundy had to go on a little diet, watch our weight and turn our bodies around. We just went out there and told ourselves we've invested too much to play bad."

Bethune he misses ice cream, his favorite flavor is cookies and cream, but he feels like he's in better physical shape from last season.

"I feel way better. We've been taking care of our bodies and stuff like that," Bethune said. "I felt like that was the biggest thing. I've been playing a lot of football and I feel like that's going to be a big factor this year."

Observations from FSU's Wednesday's practice ahead of Southern Miss

• Scouts from the Cleveland Browns, New Orleans Saints, Jacksonville Jaguars, Detroit Lions and Atlanta Falcons are in attendance today.

• Third down, "money down" is the emphasis today.

• Greedy Vance PBU on a pass to Keon Coleman from Jordan Travis to start early 11-on-11. Akeem Dent almost intercepted Travis the following play. The offense isn't looking great early.

• Jordan Travis had a nice pass to Hykeem Williams on the sideline. Byron Turner with the pressure on Travis.

• Jaden Jones pressure on Jordan Travis forcing him to throw away.

• Tatum Bethune with the pick. Shyheim Brown deflected a pass that was intended for Johnny Wilson.

• Kevin Knowles II PBU after a pass was caught by Johnny Wilson from Jordan Travis. This was Wilson's second dropped pass today.

• Byron Turner Jr. puts pressure on Jordan Travis and forces him to throw it away.

• Conrad Hussey PBU on Kyle Morlock. The offense really struggling in these third-down drills.

• Dante Anderson forced pressure on Brock Glenn.

• Jarrian Jones huge PBU on Keon Coleman in the corner of the end zone.

• Ryan Fitzgerald and Tyler Keltner both hit from 29 yards and 45 yards.

• Johnny Wilson catches a pass over Azareye’h Thomas.

• Jaheim Bell makes a grab over Ashlynd Barker.

• Jarrian Jones falls defending Keon Coleman and he easily makes the grab.

• Quindarrius Jones great adjustment on Hykeem Williams to backtrack and made PBU in 1-on-1 drills.

• Keon Coleman makes a touchdown grab over Azareye’h Thomas.

• Quindarrius Jones deflects a pass intended for Hykeem Williams.

• KJ Kirkland interception in the end zone.

• Jordan Travis nice placement to Lawrance Toafili for the score in the corner of the end zone.

• Rodney Hill nice navigation through traffic to get near the end zone around the 1-yard line.

• Tate Rodemaker hits a leaping Hykeem Williams in the end zone for the score over KJ Kirkland.

• Brock Glenn was picked off by Kevin Knowles.

• Jordan Travis hits Keon Coleman wide-open on the slant.

Jack Williams covers Florida State athletics for Tallahassee Democrat. Contact him via email at jwilliams@tallahassee.com or on Twitter @jackgwilliams.

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