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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Most of the attention on Florida States secondary has been garnered by sophomore safety Derwin James. Thats fine for Marquez White, who is familiar with being under the radar.Despite having the second-best completion per target rate among cornerbacks in the Atlantic Coast Conference last season, the senior wasnt selected to the preseason all-conference team. The slight was nothing new for White. Last season White went largely unnoticed due to the play of All-American corner Jalen Ramsey.With Ramsey leaving the Seminoles early and being drafted fifth overall by Jacksonville in the NFL draft, White will be the leader for a young but talented secondary.Its not really about that. I dont need anybody to tell me how good I am, said White about the lack of attention. I believe if I got out and just play the way I know I can play this year I will be where I want to be.White has made an impression during the first week of preseason practices as Coach Jimbo Fisher singled him out for making some nice plays.Marquez is Mr. Steady-Eddy out there on the field and can do a lot of things, Fisher added. Those other safeties are going to give him some opportunities (to make plays). Were expecting a good year.White played mostly special teams his first two years but started all 13 games last season. He was targeted 62 times and allowed just 20 catches for 225 yards (32 percent) and a touchdown. White also had two passes defensed and an interception.According to the analytics site Pro Football Focus, Whites 0.46 yards per coverage snap allowed is the best among returning cornerbacks from Power 5 conference teams. Only two of his allowed were for 10 yards or more.White said he has been working on some of the finer details of his game, including doing a better job of playing the ball to the proper hand and chasing the running back in the break. He also has to serve as a mentor to the younger cornerbacks.Even though the Seminoles return one of the better safety duos in the nation in James -- who led the team in tackles last season as a freshman -- and Nate Andrews, who will replace Ramsey is one of the bigger questions on the defense. Sophomores Tarvarus McFadden and Marcus Lewis got plenty of work in the spring but dont have much game experience. Last season McFadden saw limited action in seven games and Lewis was in only four with that mostly being special teams.White also noted the early play of freshman Levonta Taylor, especially for his ability to be adept at reading routes for such a young player.With White being targeted only seven percent of the time by opposing quarterbacks last season, he knows it is tough getting recognition, especially with a lack of interceptions. White realizes he has taken advantage of those times when the ball comes his way.Florida State opens the season on Sept. 5 against Mississippi in Orlando.Hopefully Ill see a little bit more passes this year. I got to make the plays that I have, he said. I have to play my technique. Like the Houston game (last season in the Peach Bowl), I messed up trying to be greedy and trying to make a play. I cant do that.---AP college football website: collegefootball.ap.orgManny Ramirez Indians Jersey .35 million, one-year contract that avoided salary arbitration. 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"I think its a good thing.LAS VEGAS -- Denzel Valentine put a thrilling finish on the NBA Summer League.Valentine hit the tying 3-pointer with the final second of regulation, then made a jumper at the buzzer in overtime to give the Chicago Bulls an 84-82 victory over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Monday night.Valentine was scoreless on 0-for-6 shooting through three quarters, but he proved that fortunes change quickly in Las Vegas. His 3-pointer with 0.2 seconds forced the extra period after Tyus Jones had just given Minnesota a 77-74 lead on a 3 with 3.6 seconds to go.It was tied again on Xavier Silas 3 with 11.7 seconds remaining in OT, but Valentine, the college player of the year from Michigan State, worked the clock down before making his spinning jumper in the lane as the Bulls finished 7-0.That ended the NBA portion of summer basketball after leagues in Orlando, Salt Lake City and Las Vegas over the last two weeks. Rookies got their first looks, some veterans got their last shots, and it ended with a play that had Twitter buzzing like a game that took place in June instead of July.And just as the NBA stops, USA Basketball starts. Right on the same UNLV campus just hours before the summer league championship game, the U.S. Olympic team held its first training camp practice. The Olympics start on Aug. 5 in Rio de Janeiro and the Americans will hope to be playing for a third straight gold medal on Aug. 21.Then, finally, the offseason will finally start.A look back at the summer:MVP! MVP!OK, its actually Most Outstanding Player in the Final Four, so technically Tyus Jones would be MOP, MVP. The Minnesota Timberwolves point guard won Summer League MVP honors and finished with 27 points in nearly leading the 24th-seeded Wolves to the championship. He won the Final Four Most Outstanding Player award after leaving Duke past Wisconsin for the 2015 national championship.THIBODEAU BOWLThats what the Summer League championship game was dubbed, with coach Tom Thibodeaus new team (Minnesota) facing the Bulls team he coached for five seasons before he was fired. Thibodeau, an assistant on Mike Krzyzewskis U.S. Olympic team staff, took in the championship game from a baseline seat near Timberwolves players Karl-Anthony Towns and Zach LaVine.SIMMONS STOCKBen Simmons showed off the versatility that made him the No. 1 pick in the draft. The freshman from LSU playedd in four games for the Philadelphia 76ers in Las Vegas, averaging 12.dddddddddddd3 points, 7.8 rebounds and 5.5 assists. If the 76ers do someday get the forward from Australia along with recent high picks Joel Embiid and Dario Saric on the court with second-year forward Jahlil Okafor, the future could be bright after a dismal recent past.ALL-SUMMER LEAGUE HONORSBesides Jones, the rest of the All-Summer League team, as voted by a panel of media members:First team: Jordan McRae (Cleveland), Bobby Portis (Chicago), Ben Simmons (Philadelphia) and Alan Williams (Phoenix).Second team: Jaylen Brown (Boston), Thon Maker (Milwaukee), Kelly Oubre Jr. (Washington), Normal Powell (Toronto) and Tyler Ulis (Phoenix).BULLS BACKCOURTChicago figures to have a starting backcourt of Dwyane Wade and Rajon Rondo after signing both players earlier this month, and theres some good young talent behind them. Valentine showed hes a clutch performer, while Jerian Grant, acquired from the Knicks in the trade for Derrick Rose, was MVP of the championship game with 24 points and 10 rebounds.PACKING THEM INThe summer league broke two attendance records in Las Vegas, including the overall attendance mark with 108,931. The previous mark was 99,437, set last year. Over 11 days, the summer league averaged 9,902 per day.The event also broke the single-day mark on July 9, when 16,208 visited both the Cox Pavilion and Thomas and Mack Center. The spotlight game that night featured the top two draft picks in last months draft, Simmons and the Lakers Brandon Ingram. The previous mark was 12,422, set last season, also on the day the top two draft picks met, with Towns and DAngelo Russell facing off.RISING SUNS?Phoenix got a look at a promising young core while going 4-2 in Las Vegas. All-Rookie selection Devin Booker averaged 26 points in his two games, top-10 picks Dragan Bender and Marquese Chriss both showed potential and guard Tyler Ulis looked like a second-round keeper. Ulis averaged 14.5 points and had 10.0 points and 9.0 rebounds per game. Bender, the No. 4 pick from Croatia, shot just 27.5 percent from the field but managed 8.6 points and 5.6 rebounds in his five games.---Freelance writer Willie Ramirez contributed to this report. ' ' '