{"id":105279,"date":"2026-01-04T15:26:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T15:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/105279\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T15:26:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T15:26:11","slug":"florida-state-te-transfer-gives-update-on-his-recruitment-following-auburn-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/105279\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida State TE transfer gives update on his recruitment following Auburn visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida State transfer tight end Randy Pittman Jr. was one of a handful of players to visit Auburn this weekend.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s a target at a major position of need for Auburn, as the Tigers are only set to return one scholarship tight end from the 2025 roster. They signed freshman DJ Broughton<\/a>, but will likely sign multiple transfers to fill out the room.<\/p>\n

Pittman still has visits lined up with SMU and South Carolina, he told a small group of reporters on Saturday, and plans on making a decision sometime after his South Carolina visit on Jan. 7.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m just looking to continue to grow and just make sure I\u2019m making the right decision for me,\u201d Pittman said. \u201cI\u2019m just going through that process the next few days and being able to have a clear mind when I\u2019m making the decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pittman was complimentary when talking about new head coach Alex Golesh and tight ends coach Larry Scott. When asked what stood out to him about Auburn, Pittman said, \u201cmostly the people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think the love felt genuine,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

A junior from Panama City, Florida, Pittman caught 23 passes for 208 yards and two touchdowns for Florida State this season. He started his career at UCF, spending two seasons there and catching 51 passes for 631 yards and three touchdowns over the two years.<\/p>\n

The transfer portal officially opened at 11 p.m. CT on Thursday night and will remain open until Jan. 16.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Florida State transfer tight end Randy Pittman Jr. was one of a handful of players to visit Auburn…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":105280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9678,28,30,29,36818],"class_list":["post-105279","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-9678","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-wspix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105279","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}