{"id":98007,"date":"2025-12-28T20:58:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T20:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/98007\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T20:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T20:58:07","slug":"florida-state-safety-ashlynd-barker-plans-to-enter-ncaa-transfer-portal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/98007\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida State safety Ashlynd Barker plans to enter NCAA Transfer Portal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Florida State<\/a> safety Ashlynd Barker<\/a> plans to enter the NCAA Transfer Portal, per On3\u2019s Hayes Fawcett<\/a>. He spent three seasons at Florida State after redshirting his true freshman season at Iowa Western Community College. He has one year of eligibility remaining.<\/p>\n

Barker made 11 appearances and nine starts in the 2025 campaign. He tallied 48 tackles, five tackles for loss, three sacks and two pass breakups.<\/p>\n

In total, he made 36 appearances for the Seminoles. During that time, he amassed 78 tackles, 6.5 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks and three passes defended.<\/p>\n

Ashlynd Barker played high school football at Northside (IA), where he was an unranked prospect. In his senior season, he recorded 22 tackles and three pass breakups.<\/p>\n

Barker is the 21st Florida State player who has announced his intent to enter the transfer portal this offseason. The Seminoles finished the 2025 campaign with a 5-7 overall record and a 2-6 mark in conference play.<\/p>\n

It was a disappointing outcome for the Seminoles, who began the season with an upset win over Alabama<\/a>. Florida State entered Week 4 ranked at No. 8 in the country, but fell to Virginia and only won two more games through the remainder of the season.<\/p>\n

Despite Florida State posting back-to-back losing seasons, Mike Norvell<\/a> is returning as the Seminoles\u2019 head coach next season. Norvell believes his program isn\u2019t far away from finding its footing.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, we\u2019ve got to be more consistent,\u201d Norvell\u00a0said<\/a> in November. \u201cWe\u2019ve shown flashes of being able to play at an elite level, but we\u2019ve not been consistent enough or we haven\u2019t played in a sense of complementary football, especially there on the road.<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething that we\u2019ve got to continue to improve upon. We\u2019ve got a young team. We\u2019ve got some young players, we\u2019ve got some guys that do have experience, but ultimately it\u2019s still about the application of that. I don\u2019t think we\u2019re far off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Florida State will not only have new players next season, but new coaches too. The program has already hired a new running backs coach (Kam Martin), defensive ends coach (Nick Williams) and defensive backs coach (Blue Adams).<\/p>\n

To keep up with the latest players on the move, check out On3\u2019s Transfer Portal\u00a0wire<\/a>.\u00a0The\u00a0On3 Transfer Portal Instagram account<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Twitter account<\/a>\u00a0are excellent resources to stay up to date with the latest moves.<\/p>\n