FSU football: Reaction to Malachi Wideman flipping to Tennessee
By Kelvin Hunt
FSU football went into National Signing Day hoping to sign its highest ranked commit in four-star wide receiver Malachi Wideman. He chose Tennessee instead.
FSU football signed 17 of its 18 commits during the early signing period in December. Four-star wide receiver Malachi Wideman was the lone exception and now we know why.
The two-star athlete stayed ‘committed’ to the Noles while choosing to visit the likes of Washington State, Oregon, Ole Miss and Tennessee.
There was some hope he might stick with the Noles as he and his family kept things close to the vest.
Ultimately he chose to sign with Tennessee where both football and basketball programs are fairly terrible.
The reasoning doesn’t make much sense other than maybe he figured he would get more playing time at Tennessee in terms of basketball?
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He was only rated a three-star basketball recruit and was mostly known for his incredible in-game dunks. Whether or not he could be a impact player at somewhere like FSU remained to be seen.
Thoughts
Malachi Wideman is a player ranked No. 116 in the nation, a four-star player you don’t want to lose. However, if you’re going to lose a player, wide receiver is a position most young players are not going to be impact players at for a while it at all.
The bust rate is extremely high, and the fact Wideman was going attempt to play two sports in college means the probability of him not becoming an impact player is even higher.
The FSU coaching staff did a good job of addressing the need at wide receiver and signed five players at the position for 2020.
Bryan Robinson and Ja’Khi Douglas are both four-star recruits with Corey Wren being one of the fastest athletes in the nation.
Douglas can fly too with Kentron Poitier and Darion Williamson being more big bodied receivers who can go up and get the ball against smaller defensive backs.
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It’s definitely a hit perception wise because he’s a blue chip player and FSU has lost blue chip players last year on National Signing Day in Sam Howell and Nick Cross.