Florida State football will be without two linemen and a defensive back for the remainder of spring practice.

FSU head coach Mike Norvell announced Tuesday redshirt junior defensive tackle Joshua Farmer, redshirt senior offensive tackle Robert Scott and freshman defensive back Jamari Howard will all be unavailable due to injury.

While Farmer and Scott are expected to return by summer workouts, Norvell said that Howard will miss the beginning of the fall season.

"He [Howard] was really having a good first couple of days, but unfortunately he went down," Norvell said. "We'll have to see the progress in his rehabilitation coming back."

Howard is an early enrollee, committing to FSU as a four-star prospect out of Miami Norland High School.

As the No. 7 cornerback prospect in the Class of 2024, he recorded 50 tackles, 10 for loss and one sack his senior season and helped Miami Norland to the Class 2M state championship game.

Farmer, a former Gadsden County High star, had 32 tackles, five sacks and two pass deflections last season as one of FSU's top defensive linemen.

Scott continues to deal with injury issues as his 2023 season was limited due to a constant left leg injury. He also missed all of the last spring season due to an injury. Scott appeared in seven games and earned one start last fall.

Norvell said he doesn't have too much concern about their [Farmer and Scott's] return to play as both have a lot of experience and is excited to see what they'll do this coming season.

"Both those guys have the repetition and they both know what to do," Norvell said.

"The way they've been working in rehab wise, they're not just sitting back. Everything's pushing to get better, even just the finer details in the mental aspect of it."

Observations from FSU football's 4th spring season practice

• DJ Uiagalelei finds Hykeem Williams in the end zone down the middle. Williams bobbles it but gets control before he goes over the backline for the touchdown to start 11-on-11.

• Brock Glenn escapes and throws to Ja’Khi Douglas for the touchdown.

• DJ Uiagalelei nice navigation through traffic on the keep to touchdown.

• Luke Kromenhoek bobbles the snap but recovers to find Kyle Morlock in the end zone.

• DJ Uiagalelei finds Deuce Spann in the corner and he reels it in with one arm. What a grab and what a way to start practice.

• DJ Uiagalelei looks for Darion Williamson but is broken up by the defensive back at the last second to start third-down drills.

• DJ Uiagalelei finds Vandrevius Jacobs in a small pocket but he drops it

• Brock Glenn keeps for a long third-down gain

• AJ Cottrill with a huge hit on Jaylin Lucas to stop him short of the first down

• Samuel Singleton made a nice move around the defender to rush for the first down.

• Camdon Frier made a nice adjustment to pick up a pass from Luke Kromenhoek

• Jaylin Lucas made some nice moves on punt return drills but slipped

• Jaylin Lucas slowly finding his legs on special teams. Faked the kneel-down in the end zone, fooled everyone and took off

• Brock Glenn hits Ja’Khi Douglas on a long pass over Azareye’h Thomas to start 1on1

• DJ Uiagalelei finds Jaylin Lucas and he turns on the jets past DeMarco Ward

• Vandrevius Jacobs extremely frustrated after a missed pass and PBU. Shyheim Brown and Mike Norvell calm him down afterward.

• Shyheim Brown locks up Deuce Spann forcing Brock Glenn to keep

• Brock Glenn airs it out again to find Jalen Brown for the catch over Harold Stubbs IV. Nice adjustment by Brown.

• Azareye’h Thomas locks down Ja’Khi Douglas on a Brock Glenn pass for the PBU.

• Shyheim Brown locks down Vandrevius Jacobs. Strong stretch by the defensive backs.

• Deuce Spann makes a leaping grab over KJ Kirkland off a Luke Keomenhoek pass

• Shyheim Brown and Ashlyand Barker celebrated after a PBU on Jaylin Lucas.

• Azareye’h Thomas with a PBU on Brock Glenn and nearly picked off to start 7-on-7.

• Shyheim Brown hits Destyn Hill hard off a pass from DJ Uiagalelei. Both get into a scuffle after but is broken up.

• Justin Cryer picks off DJ Uiagalelei off a pass intended for Lawrance Toafili. A Bad option for Uiagalelei as it was a short pass right in front of him.

• Hykeem Williams drops a pretty easy pass from Brock Glenn

• LaWyane McCoy made a leaping snag over Charles Lester III. Impressive grab.

• Ja’Khi Douglas nice grab over Earl Little Jr from a pass from Brock Glenn to start red zone 7-on-7.

• Azareye’h Thomas with a PBU on Brian Courtney at the goal line.

• DJ Uiagalelei made a great pass to Lawrance Toafili under double coverage for the touchdown.

• Christian White made a great PBU on Vandrevius Jacobs in the corner of the end zone

• DJ Uiagalelei finds Jaylin Lucas and he takes off for a long gain before being shoved out of bounds by Shyheim Brown to start 11-on-11.

• Hand-off to Caziah Holmes gets him to the end zone. Two strong back-to-back running plays

• Pressure from Byron Turner Jr. forces DJ Uiagalelei to throw it away

• Brian Courtney made a nice long run along the sidelines

• Aj Cottrill takes down Brian Counrtey short of the goal line off a DJ Uiagalelei pass

• Lamont Green forces Luke Kromenhoek to throw it away

• Charles Lester III heavy pressure on Luke Kromenhoek and he throws it away

• Ryan Fitzgerald is good from 35 yards out.

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: Injuries sideline FSU football's Joshua Farmer, Robert Scott, Jamari Howard this spring