• Eli Lederman, ESPN Staff WriterOct 27, 2024, 06:30 PM ET

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      Eli Lederman covers college football and recruiting for ESPN.com. He joined ESPN in 2024 after covering the University of Oklahoma for Sellout Crowd and the Tulsa World.

Four-star wide receiver C.J. Wiley decommitted from Florida State on Sunday afternoon, marking the latest blow to the Seminoles’ 2025 class amid the program’s 1-7 start this fall.

Wiley, No. 187 in the 2025 ESPN 300, is the fifth ESPN 300 prospect to pull his pledge from Florida State since the start of the regular season. His exit comes less than 24 hours after the Seminoles’ disastrous 2024 campaign continued in Week 9 with a 36-14 loss to Miami on Saturday that saw Florida State tally just 248 yards of total offense.

Wiley is ESPN’s 23rd-ranked wide receiver in 2025 and was the No. 3 prospect in the Seminoles’ incoming class prior to his decommitment. The 6-foot-5, 200-pound pass catcher marked a major addition for Florida State when Wiley committed to the program over LSU and Georgia on Jan. 24 after hauling in 68 passes for 1,473 yards and 14 touchdowns in his junior season last fall. Yet Wiley’s commitment ultimately lasted all of four months, and he now reopens his recruitment as one of the nation’s top uncommitted wide receivers little more than a month out from the start of the early signing period on Dec. 4.

Wiley’s decommitment continues the string of high-profile departures from Florida State’s 2025 class this fall. The exodus began in September when four-star defenders Javion Hilson (No. 76 in ESPN 300)) and Myron Charles (No. 178) pulled their pledges. The early weeks of October saw four-star pass catchers Malik Clark (No. 176 in ESPN 300) and Daylan McCutcheon (No. 145) leave the Seminoles’ 2025 class, and with Wiley’s decommitment Florida State has now lost pledges from three of ESPN’s top 25 wide receiver prospects in the current cycle in the span of just 26 days.

Charles and McCutcheon flipped immediately to Texas following their respective decommitments. Clark is now the second-ranked member of South Carolina’s 2025 class.

Florida State’s incoming class dropped to No. 37 in ESPN’s latest team rankings for the 2025 cycle earlier this week. Roughly six weeks from the start of the early signing period, the Seminoles now hold only five commitments from ESPN 300 prospects, headlined by five-star offensive tackle Solomon Thomas (No. 13 in the ESPN 300).

Florida State enters Week 10 sitting 1-6 in ACC play and hosts North Carolina on Saturday at 3:30 p.m. ET on the ACC Network.