Florida State has been trending down since they beat Auburn in the national championship in the 2013 national championship, but they might have hit a new low.
Travis Hunter, the number one high school football recruit in the country for the class of 2022 has flipped from Florida State to join Jackson State.
A highly touted high school prospects changing schools as national signing day approaches is not strange. What is strange, and profoundly different about NIL rules being introduced into the sport, is what school Hunter flipped to.
Hunter flipped to Jackson State to play for Deion Sanders and the Tigers. Yes, Jackson State. The historically black college based in Jackson, Mississippi has pulled the top recruit in the country.
At his recruitment ceremony, Hunter threw Auburn, Georgia and Florida State hats away before having his mom toss him a Jackson State hat and revealed he was wearing Jackson State attire.
THE NATION’S NUMBER ONE RECRUIT TRAVIS HUNTER JUST MADE HISTORY!!!!!!!! JACKSON STATE!!!!!!!!! @DeionSanders @JacksonStateU pic.twitter.com/WOXdqj2auy
— Maria Martin (@Ria_Martin) December 15, 2021
Hunter had clearly come to this decision prior to today, considering he had a graphic ready to go on his Twitter page.
It’s OFFICIAL #jsu #gotigers 🐅 @jacksonstatefb pic.twitter.com/UTyzMPgVH6
— Travis Hunter (@TravisHunterJr) December 15, 2021
The college football world was stunned:
Deion Sanders flipping Travis Hunter, the nation's No. 1 recruit (and a CB no less) from his alma mater, FSU to join him at an HBCU, Jackson State would unquestionably become the biggest signing day stunner in my 20-plus years of covering this stuff.
— Bruce Feldman (@BruceFeldmanCFB) December 15, 2021
I’m sorry but Deion flipping the No. 1 overall recruit from FSU, who just gave Mike Norvell an extension for going 5-7, is absolutely hilarious
— Morgan Moriarty (@Morgan_Moriarty) December 15, 2021
Travis Hunter changed the 🌎
— Mike Farrell (@rivalsmike) December 15, 2021
This is the second big time recruit that Deion Sanders has pulled to Jackson State. Last winter, De’Jahn Warren, the top junior college recruit in the country, flipped from Georgia to Jackson State.
Sanders has something cooking at Jackson State. All eyes will be on their football program next fall.
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