Class of 2024 Safety CJ Heard decommits from Florida State

Class of 2024 safety CJ Heard of Atlanta (GA) Woodward Academy decommitted from Florida State Sunday afternoon.

The 5-foot-11, 195 pounder had been committed to the Seminoles since July 2022.

Heard sent a statement to On3 regarding his decommitment:

First off I would like to thank Coach Norvell, Coach Fuller, and the rest of Florida State staff for accepting my commitment to Florida State University. 

It has always been a dream to go to FSU growing up but GOD has other plans for me. 

With that being said “Business is Business” and I will be de-committing from FSU.  My recruitment is 100% open.

CJ Heard Recruiting Profile 

Heard ranks as the No. 601 player according to the On3 Industry Ranking, a weighted average that utilizes all four major recruiting media companies. He also tabs in as the No. 61 safety and the No. 71 player in the state of Georgia.

He currently does not have an On3 NIL Valuation publicly listed. The On3 NIL Valuation is the industry’s leading index that sets high school and college athletes’ projected annual value (PAV). The NIL valuation does not act as a tracker of the value of NIL deals an athlete has completed to date. It rather signifies an athlete’s value at a certain moment in time.