One player who has spent three seasons with the Seminoles is leaving the team.
Players can still declare their plans to move on when things reopen in April, even though the NCAA Transfer Portal is locked until the spring. Although the Tallahassee semester has begun, Florida State has already seen some turnover on its roster, and the departures have persisted.
Joshua Burrell, a redshirt junior wide receiver, declared on Thursday night that he intends to use the portal as a graduate transfer. Burrell is expected to graduate from FSU in May, and he will be able to use the final two seasons of his eligibility at his next stop.
Throughout his tenure with the Seminoles, the native of South Carolina was restricted by ailments. This past season, he made nine appearances but did not register any numbers. Most of his efforts came from special teams. Before having surgery in December of the previous year, Burrell played in nine games.
In the 2021 class, Florida State signed the former three-star prospect. With twenty appearances, he ends his stint in garnet and gold. Burrell was a multi-year Seminole Scholar and a regular member of the ACC Honour Roll.
“My family and God deserve my gratitude for their love, support, assistance, and wisdom. It has been a real blessing to spend these three years at Florida State University. My development as a man and an athlete at this university has changed the course of my future. I have gained a great deal of knowledge from my successes, failures, accomplishments, injuries, obstacles, and more. I will never take these experiences for granted, even though they have not always been simple.”
“Thank you, Coach Norvell, for changing my life by having faith in my ability to succeed at FSU. I appreciate you investing in me, Coach Dugs, and being such a fantastic role model. I’m grateful to Coach YAC for welcoming me with open arms when I switched to playing running back. I want to express my gratitude to all the other coaches and my sincere appreciation to all the athletic trainers I had the pleasure of working with at Florida State.”
“To my brothers and teammates: I genuinely adore you all. Our newfound fraternity made the choice difficult. Go on climbing and pursuing greatness.”
“I made the decision to enter my name in the transfer porta after much prayer and thought. My intention is to graduate from Florida State in May 2024, after which I will have two more years of graduate transfer eligibility.”
Notwithstanding the losses of Keon Coleman and Johnny Wilson, Florida State will have a strong core of wide receivers returning. Redshirt senior Kentron Poitier, senior Ja’Khi Douglas, senior Darion Williamson, senior Deuce Spann, senior Malik Benson, sophomore Vandrevius Jacobs, sophomore Destyn Hill, and redshirt freshman Jalen Brown are a few of the participants in the unit.
Outside of Burrell, the Seminoles saw quarterback Tate Rodemaker (Southern Miss), quarterback AJ Duffy (San Diego State), Rodney Hill, running back CJ Campbell (FAU), wide receiver Goldie Lawrence (UCF) tight end Markeston Douglas (Arizona State), tight end Preston Daniel (Buffalo), offensive lineman Thomas Shrader (Appalachian State), offensive lineman Bless Harris (TCU), offensive lineman Daughtry Richardson (FAU), offensive lineman Qae’shon Sapp (ECU), defensive end Gilber Edmond (South Carolina), defensive lineman Dennis Briggs, defensive tackle Malcolm Ray (Rutgers), defensive tackle Ayobami Tifase (Georgia Tech), linebacker Dylan Brown-Turner (UTEP), and kicker Tyler Keltner (Oklahoma) enter the portal during the recent transfer window that closed on January 4.
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