Former Florida State running back lands in PAC-12

Transfers throughout the nation are nonetheless searching for new locations forward of the 2022 season. Time is working out and scholarships are drying up, which means some gamers will not even get a chance to go well with up for a program this fall. That is simply the fact of the switch portal. The grass is not all the time greener, generally it isn’t even rising.

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Former Florida State working again D.J. Williams entered the switch portal at first of June. The transfer was a bit stunning contemplating the deadline for gamers to enter the portal whereas retaining their eligibility for the yr had handed. Nonetheless, Williams is not anticipated to be affected as a result of he attained his diploma on the conclusion of the spring semester.

On Tuesday afternoon, Williams introduced on social media that he was committing to the College of Arizona. He could have two seasons of eligibility remaining with the Wildcats.

After starting his school profession at Auburn, Williams was unable to interrupt into Florida State’s working again rotation final season. He appeared in six video games as a reserve, recording ten carries for 47 yards and one landing. 31 of these yards on the bottom and his lone rating as a Seminole got here within the 59-3 victory over Massachusetts.

The Florida native will likely be transferring on to his third program in three years. He joins a stacked Wildcats backfield that now holds seven scholarship working backs. Regardless of that, Arizona’s main rusher from 2021 solely recorded 385 yards, which means there’s a chance for Williams to make an instantaneous affect together with his expertise. Williams has totaled 132 carries for 646 yards and 6 touchdowns in three seasons.

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The emergence of Oregon working again switch Trey Benson throughout spring apply meant that Williams would have had an uphill battle to earn snaps at Florida State in 2022. Treshaun Ward and Lawrance Toafili are each getting into their third years within the system and are anticipated to be constant choices this fall. True freshman Rodney Hill and walk-on CJ Campbell even have the aptitude to contribute.

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