{"id":275036,"date":"2026-05-18T12:01:31","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/275036\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T12:01:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T12:01:31","slug":"key-fsu-running-back-target-commits-to-sec-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/275036\/","title":{"rendered":"Key FSU running back target commits to SEC program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/ncaaf\/teams\/florida-state-seminoles\/3409\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Florida State Seminoles;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Florida State Seminoles&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Florida State Seminoles<\/a> have missed on another key running back target, with four-star prospect Brayden Tyson committed to the South Carolina Gamecocks on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>FSU was a finalist for Tyson, who was also considering the Miami Hurricanes, Purdue Boilermakers, and Rutgers Scarlet Knights. He visited FSU three times this year before committing to South Carolina, attending a Junior Day event in March and multiple spring practices.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Tyson is ranked as the No. 357 overall player and No. 23 athlete in the 247Sports composite. The Snellville product is also the No. 38 player from Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>He had a strong junior season at Brockwood High School, rushing for 1,292 yards and 16 touchdowns on 163 carries. While it was a great performance, it had nothing on his sophomore campaign. He finished his breakout season with 2,123 yards and 26 touchdowns, averaging 10.2 yards per carry.<\/p>\n<p>Tyson is the latest running back target that the Seminoles have missed out on, with Ty Keys committing to Miami and Gary Walker trending towards the <a href=\"http:\/\/clemsonwire.usatoday.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Clemson Tigers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Clemson Tigers&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Clemson Tigers<\/a>. While they can flip Keys or Tyson and Walker&#8217;s recruitment is far from over, two of their top uncommitted targets are Jayden Miles and Marquis Fennell.<\/p>\n<p>Contact\/Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FSUWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@FSUWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@FSUWire&quot;}\" class=\"link \">@FSUWire<\/a>\u00a0on X, and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/theauburnwire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of FSU news, notes, and opinions.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on FSU Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/fsuwire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/fsu\/recruiting\/2026\/05\/16\/fsu-football-south-carolina-brayden-tyson-commit\/90116580007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:FSU football target Brayden Tyson commits to South Carolina;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;FSU football target Brayden Tyson commits to South Carolina&quot;}\" class=\"link \">FSU football target Brayden Tyson commits to South Carolina<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Florida State Seminoles have missed on another key running back target, with four-star prospect Brayden Tyson committed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275037,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[103982,3731,3603,117421,5079,2519,4656,1801,6759,232,234,233,11774],"class_list":["post-275036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-brayden-tyson","tag-florida-state-seminoles","tag-fsu","tag-gary-walker","tag-miami-hurricanes","tag-purdue-boilermakers","tag-rutgers-scarlet-knights","tag-south-carolina","tag-south-carolina-gamecocks","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news","tag-target"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275036","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=275036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}