For the first time this spring, Florida State's offense had the edge on the defense during a practice.

The defense has dominated through the majority of the spring, forcing the offense to play catchup. However, following Thursday's practice, head coach Mike Norvell said the offense "won the day."

"Today was a day that the offense I thought won the day," Novell said. "There were a lot of explosive plays and big runs. I thought some was connecting on big plays. Some of them were mistakes that we were making defensively."

The offense had a strong day without seeing much of one of its top quarterbacks, sophomore Brock Glenn.

Norvell said a "non-football thing" will keep him limited for a few days, but will be ready to get back to work before the spring season is over.

DJ Uiagalelei did most of the heavy work during Thursday's practice at quarterback, but Dylan McNamara, Michale Grant and Trever Jackson had more situational action in 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 drills.

Jackson stole the show out of the trio, flexing his speed capabilities on multiple QB keeps.

"He'll be out for a few days, but that gave opportunities for other guys," Norvell said. "Ultimately it's just all part of it."

While the offense had a good day, Norvell mentioned that the defense needed to step up and wasn't performing like it had been.

He liked the defense response toward the end of practice but wants more out of them heading into the final week of spring practice.

"I told these guys you get 10 practices in you've got to push the standard that we operate on every rep and every play," Norvell said. "There are plenty of things that can distract you...and if you allow it you can see a dip in what your performance is."

"I thought there were some times today where we weren't as good as we've been."

Observations from FSU football's 10th spring practice

• DJ Uiagalelei finds Kentron Poitier to start red zone 11 on 11 in early period.

• DJ Uiagalelei's handoff to Roydell Williams goes into the end zone through the pile for the touchdown.

• Rydan Fitzgerlad is good from 21 yards (twice).

• Luke Kromenhoek handoff to Roydell Williams for the score. Williams's second score of the period.

• Jaden Floyd PBU on a pass intended for Landen Thomas.

• Pressure on Luke Kromenhoek forces him to ground it.

• Ryan Fitzgerald is good from 27 yards out.

• Norvell: “That’s a real-life rep” to Azareye’h Thomas

• Jaylin Lucas with a long run into the end zone. Shyheim Brown misses tackle.

• DJ Uiagalelei nice long pass to Ja'Khi Douglas into the end zone for the touchdown. Great play and effort by QB and receiver on the route. Executed perfectly.

• Lawrance Toafili made a grab from DJ Uiagalelei but can’t keep it in bounds.

• Christian White huge PBU on the sidelines.

• Rydan Fitzgerald is good from 40 yards out.

• DJ Uiagalelei hits Kentron Poitier to start 7-on-7.

• Ja’Bril Rawls picks off Michael Grant on a pass intended for Kam Davis.

• Samuel Singleton Jr. bobbles and drops a pass from DJ Uiagalelei.

• Earl Little Jr. PBU on Malik Benson on a DJ Uiagalelei pass.

• DJ Uiagalelei located Jackson West for the pass and a good run. Big ups by Norvell

• Quindarrius Jones nearly picks off QB.

• Donny Hiebert PBU on Dylan McNamara's pass.

• DJ Uiagalelei great pass to Malik Benson into the end zone. Same play from earlier.

• DJ Uiagalelei nice pass to Kentron Poitier down the middle. A lot of running space for Poitier

• Fentrell Cypress PBU on Kentron Poitier on a long DJ Uiagalelei endzone pass.

• Trever Jackson nice escape out of the pocket to pick up some yards on the QB keep. He tried to keep it for a second time and was shut down.

• Michael Grant hands off to Kam Davis and he takes off for the endzone untouched. Great running abilities by Davis.

• Dylan McNamara was picked off by Ja’Bril Rawls.

• Malik Benson made a nice grab off a DJ Uiagalelei pass as he pulled it in.

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

This article originally appeared on Tallahassee Democrat: Despite Brock Glenn's limited reps, FSU football offense shows out