The Florida State Seminoles are having a season to forget.
When the Seminoles opened the season with a Week Zero loss to the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, many thought it was just the typical early season craziness that would work itself out over time.
It didn’t work itself out over time. FSU is 1-4 entering October and a dismal 1-3 in ACC play. Before the season, the school was a potential College Football Playoff contender, and now they’ll be lucky even to make a bowl game.
The dreadful start to the season has also been felt on the recruiting trail. In the past month, Florida State has lost three top commits in their class of 2025. First, four-star defensive tackle Myron Charles flipped to Texas in early September. Then, four-star defensive end Javion Hilson de-committed, saying he wanted to decide closer to National Signing Day.
On Tuesday, four-star wide receiver Malik Clark became the latest player to de-commit from Florida State, per Hayes Fawcett of On3.
BREAKING: Four-Star WR Malik Clark has Decommitted from Florida State, he tells me for @on3recruits
The 6’3 185 WR from Rock Hill, SC had been Committed to the Seminoles since July
Holds a total of 40 Offershttps://t.co/bKOmpRZoW9 pic.twitter.com/Wh9CVyThIH
— Hayes Fawcett (@Hayesfawcett3) October 1, 2024
As noted, Clark is from Rock Hill, South Carolina which is 75 miles north of Columbia, where the South Carolina Gamecocks play. The Gamecocks are expected to be one of the team’s on Clark’s radar, as he took an official visit to the school in July before committing to Florida State and will be visting again this weekend to see the Gamecocks take on the Ole Miss Rebels per Adam Gorney of Rivals.
After his de-commitment from Florida State, four-star WR Malik Clark is supposed to visit South Carolina this weekend and then UCF, Colorado, Texas A&M and others are involved.@Rivals
— Adam Gorney (@adamgorney) October 1, 2024
The market is heating up for the top wide receiver in South Carolina.
