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With the 2025 college football season rapidly approaching, it's time for a new edition of the Warchant Top 40, where we break down the top 40 players

Florida State cornerback Charles Lester (Gene Williams/Warchant)

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Florida State cornerback Charles Lester was arrested on a DUI charge in the Sunshine State, according to a police report.  Lester was arrested Monday

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Florida State CB Charles Lester arrested on DUI charge

They all came to Florida State with varying degrees of notoriety. One was a five-star for most of his senior year. The other two were four-stars. And

Florida State freshman DBs Lester, Bates, Howard adjusting quickly to college life

Charles Lester, the nation's No. 2 cornerback, has been committed to Florida State since late July and was back in Tallahassee again for the North

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Mike Norvell and Florida State fans may want to consider playing Venice (Fla.) five-star cornerback commit Charles Lester III as a wide receiver for

Five-star CB Charles Lester (Sam Spiegelman, On3)

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Florida State 5-star CB commit Charles Lester III pulls off absurd TD

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Sarasota (Florida) Riverview High School coach Josh Smithers knew early on that Charles Lester was going to be a special talent. Smithers' mother taught Lester when he was in elementary school, and it “feels great because he does everything the right way. When it works out for a young man like this, you just feel great for him.” It definitely has been working out throughout Lester’s high school career. Through his first three seasons at Riverview, Lester developed into a two-way star at receiver and cornerback. As a junior, Lester racked up 487 yards of total offense and four receiving scores. On defense, the ball was rarely thrown in his direction, but he still managed to record 53 tackles from 2021 to 2023. “I do think that he can do it all,” Smithers told ElevenWarriors.com. “That’s part of the reason he’s so highly recruited. He’s long and athletic and has really good feet. He gets in and out of his breaks and has become physical enough to where he can press people and I feel very comfortable against anybody. We play a lot more zone than we do man, and he’s really good at breaking on the football.”

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Charles Lester's build and ability as a two-way playmaker reminds us of Ambry Thomas. 

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