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Omarion Cooper is transferring again to Florida State following one season at Colorado.
Cooper introduced his return to FSU, the place the cornerback performed two seasons earlier than spending his junior yr with the Buffaloes.
Deion Sanders’ Jackson State Tigers have been amongst a number of groups to make Cooper a scholarship provide earlier than he dedicated to the Seminoles out of Florida’s Lehigh Senior Excessive Faculty. In his first school season, he tallied two interceptions and 4 cross breakups earlier than recording a choose and a pressured fumble in 2022.
After taking part in 12 video games for the 10-3 Seminoles, Cooper joined Sanders in Colorado. In 9 video games, he collected 37 tackles, a fumble restoration, and 5 cross breakups.
“What stood out was the gorgeous city and panorama! The wonderful individuals there and the teaching employees have a lot of NFL expertise,” Cooper instructed On3’s Hayes Fawcett when transferring to Colorado final yr. “Why not get coached by the perfect and a head coach who’s from the identical metropolis as me?”
Cooper appeared to have a change of coronary heart after one season. He grew to become one in every of 27 Buffaloes gamers to enter the switch portal this spring.
Eight days after re-entering the portal, Cooper selected a reunion with Mike Norvell at Florida State. He’ll rejoin a Seminoles squad that received the ACC title with an undefeated report earlier than controversially being omitted from the School Soccer Playoff.
The Seminoles have additionally added transfers comparable to quarterback DJ Uiagalelei, edge rusher Marvin Jones Jr., and three former Alabama gamers (Earl Little II, TJ Ferguson, and Malik Benson) this offseason.
