Cornerback Travis Hunter, the No. 2-ranked hire within the country, turned his devotion from Florida State to Jackson State on Wednesday to change into the primary first-class highschool soccer prospect to indicate with an FCS group because ESPN began its rankings in 2006.
Jackson State coach Deion Sanders, a Professional Soccer Corridor of Fame defensive once again, teased earlier than the beginning of the early finalizing interval that he was going to drag off one thing historical, and now Sanders has actually retreated a first-class defensive once again from his university.
Hunter, a 6-foot-1, 165-pound possibility from Collins Excessive Faculty in Suwanee, Georgia, had actually been committed to Florida State since March 2020.
It is OFFICIAL #jsu #gotigers @jacksonstatefb pic.twitter.com/UTyzMPgVH6— Travis Hunter (@TravisHunterJr) December 15, 2021
” Florida State has all the time been a beacon for me,” Hunter specified in his Twitter put up Wednesday. “I matured down there, that is the location my roots are, and I by no ways questioned that I d play for the Seminoles.
” It is a dream thats burdensome to let go of, nevertheless normally were described regarding step into a much bigger future than the one we thought of for ourselves. For me, that future is at Jackson State College.”
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2 AssociatedAt his signing ceremony, Hunter had 3 baseball caps on the desk in entrance of him as he prepared to make his announcement: Florida State, Auburn and Georgia.
He tossed them off the stage one-by-one and unzipped his sweatshirt to disclose a T-shirt that discover Consider. He then captured a Jackson State cap– with a darkish blue J on a white background– that was tossed to him from the group and put that on.
A longtime member of the Southwestern Athletic Convention, Jackson State gained its first SWAC title given that 2007 last month.
Hunter had actually taken visits to Georgia throughout his recruiting course of, stimulating evaluations that he would perhaps flip to the Bulldogs. Hunter shot these reports down, stating on social media that he was a Seminole and was not decommitting in October.
Hunter then took a go to Jackson State in November to see the group defeat Alcorn State.
” Traditionally Black Faculties and Universities have a rich historic past in soccer,” Hunter stated in his installed. “I require to be a part of that historic past, and additional, I need to be a part of that future. Im making this choice in order that I can mild the method which for others to observe, make it a little easier for the following participant to acknowledge that HBCUs might also be every part you require and additional.”
Sanders signed his kid, quarterback Shedeur Sanders, who was an ESPN 300 recruit within the 2021 class, together with ESPN 300 prospects Katron Evans, Quaydarius Davis and Trevonte Rucker.
On the time, Shedeur Sanders was the highest-ranked commit Jackson State had signed, nevertheless Hunter now takes that area.
The Related Press added to this report.
