Florida State defensive back Omarion Cooper ruled out for Duquesne game due to injury

Florida State defensive back Omarion Cooper has been ruled out of tonight’s matchup against the Duquesne Dukes, according to Warchant.com. He is not in uniform tonight, nor is Seminoles’ safety Travis Jay. There were reports before the game that Cooper was walking with a slight limp. Coming out of high school, Cooper was rated as a four-star prospect and the No. 29 cornerback in America for the 2021 cycle, according to the On3 Consensus Rankings.

The starting corners for the ‘Noles in tonight’s matchup will be Jarrian Jones and Renardo Green. Kickoff is slated for 6:30 PM EST on the ACC Network and the original kickoff of tonight’s matchup was slated for 5:00 PM EST, but was delayed due to lightning in the Tallahassee, Florida area surrounding Doak Campbell Stadium.

There were plenty of students in the stands in Doak Campbell Stadium during the lightning delay. Clearly, everyone was eagerly anticipating the start of the 2022 college football season for the Seminoles.

Florida State is opening their third season under Mike Norvell. With an 8-13 record his first two seasons, Seminole faithful are hoping to see their first winning campaign since 2017. Based on ESPN’s predictions for this season, they may get just that down in Tallahassee.

An article from Mark Schlabach at ESPN predicted the outcome of each Power 5 conference in 2022. For one of Schlabach’s bold ACC predictions, he has Florida State making their first bowl game since 2019.

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“Bobby Bowden guided the Seminoles to 28 consecutive bowl games from 1982 to 2009, but they haven’t played in the postseason in three of the past four seasons,” said Schlabach. “With seven home games and a finally improving offensive line, FSU should be good enough to get to 6-6 or better.”

Norvell’s team missed the bowl season by a game in 2021 with a 5-7 record. A four game losing streak, including a loss to an FCS team, did Florida State no favors. However, turning it around to finish 5-3 was an improvement. Schlabach says their season was better than some realized. They just couldn’t shake people first noticing their initial four game stretch.

On3’s Barkley Truax also contributed to this article.