Less than two months ago, Israel Mukuamu’s history with the state of South Carolina seemed all but finished.
The three-star football prospect had spent his first three years of high school at Berkeley High in Moncks Corner and gotten his first scholarship offer from the Gamecocks and Will Muschamp as a junior. But then he and his family moved to Louisiana before his senior season and committed to Florida State in July.
But with the dramatic departure of Seminoles head coach Jimbo Fisher this past fall, Mukuamu’s path veered wildly off course — and brought him back to his home state.