TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- In front of several former Florida State players that led the Seminoles back into national relevancy, the remodeled 2015 team went through their first spring scrimmage.

Sixth-year coach Jimbo Fisher spoke positively about his team’s energy and performance. Fisher, who has lost only once over the last two seasons, said he saw the makings of another strong team.

Here are the biggest takeaways from the Seminoles' first scrimmage:

1. Quarterback Sean Maguire continues to impress

Maguire opened the quarterback competition with a leg up on the younger players because of his experience in Fisher’s offense. The fourth-year quarterback is taking full advantage of his opportunity, and Fisher said last week it was Maguire’s play as much as his understanding of the playbook that has him ahead of J.J. Cosentino, John Franklin III and De'Andre Johnson.

On Monday, Fisher once again left practice pleased with Maguire, who could make this quarterback competition short-lived.

"[Maguire] made throws down the field from the start of the scrimmage to the end," Fisher said. "[Maguire] made good decisions, where he went with the ball -- smart, accurate with the ball, scrambled a little, stepped up in the pocket, pocket presence, did a good job with sliding. Even with pressure, throwing it away. I liked what I saw out of him today."

2. The young, inexperienced Seminoles are doing OK

Fisher said at his spring news conference that the key words of this spring were education and patience. This isn’t the team that returned a lot of experienced talent like it did a year ago.

At some point it’s time to let the players work it out on the field themselves, though.

“I learned a long time ago you gotta let them play. You can overcoach them,” Fisher said. “They have to get on the field by themselves. We got to learn to turn them loose. If you don’t ever let them have success and failure, you’re never going to know what you’ll get in the fall. Is it hard? Yes, but you got to let them go.”

3. The scrimmage was pretty even

Fisher harped on the success of Maguire and his running backs -- freshman Jacques Patrick in particular -- but overall he said the scrimmage wasn’t dominated by the offense or the defense. The pass rush was a struggle for FSU last season, which in turn limited the Noles' effectiveness on third downs. Jacob Pugh sacked Maguire a few times in the scrimmage though, and Fisher said that the defense did a good job on third downs.

Offensively, the line paved the way for the running backs despite being without center Ryan Hoefeld (knee surgery) and right tackle Chad Mavety (right foot). The young receivers were aligned correctly, which Fisher needed to see from his inexperienced group.

The Seminoles will scrimmage again April 7 and will have their spring game April 11. They could have one more practice after the spring game.