Former Florida State wide receiver departs from Arkansas

The winter switch portal hasn’t opened but however gamers are already starting to depart packages as they put together to discover their choices. Florida State lately hosted grad-transfer offensive lineman Joshua Braun for an unofficial go to and the Seminoles seem like primed to dip their toes into the portal to fill out the roster as soon as once more.

Former FSU huge receiver Warren Thompson is in search of a brand new residence after stepping away from Arkansas earlier this week.

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Head coach Sam Pittman was fairly blunt along with his response whereas commenting on Thompson’s departure.

“He give up the crew.”

The Razorbacks awarded Thompson with a scholarship final fall after he initially transferred to this system as a walk-on to play below his former offensive coordinator in Tallahassee, Kendal Briles. He caught eight passes in the course of the first 4 video games of the season however has solely reeled in 4 catches since. In complete, he caught 31 passes for 482 yards and 4 touchdowns at Arkansas.

Previous to his time within the SEC, Thomspon started his collegiate profession with the Seminoles in 2018 as a member of former head coach Willie Taggart’s inaugural recruiting class. Thompson and his highschool teammate, Malcolm Lamar, snapped the “Armwood Curse” by signing with FSU.

It was anticipated that Thompson would play a giant function on the offense from day one however he was unable to interrupt into the rotation as he redshirted throughout his true freshman season. Following that, he appeared in 12 video games over the following two seasons and totaled 11 catches for 195 yards and one landing.

Off-the-field drama and inconsistency pressured head coach Mike Norvell and the workers to show to different choices.

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