Pittsburg running back Jamar Searcy has committed to Wake Forest, he announced on X on Monday night.
Searcy’s announcement comes just over a month after he decommitted from Washington State, following head coach Jake Dickert’s departure from the Pac-12 school to Wake Forrest.
The 5-foot-8 running back verbally committed to Washington State in June and signed a letter of intent on Dec. 4. But a day after Dickert filled the head coaching vacancy at Wake Forest on Dec. 18, Searcy announced he would reopen his recruitment.
Searcy received offers from SMU and New Mexico this month but decided to follow Dickert to Wake Forest.
“I wanna thank (Dickert) and (running back coach Effrem Reed) and the rest of the staff for believing in me and trusting me to perform my god gifted talents for the next 3 to 4 years,” Searcy wrote in the X post.
Searcy was a standout as a running back and safety for Pittsburg last fall. He finished the year rushing for 1,668 yards and 22 touchdowns to help the Pirates win a NorCal title and reach the Division I-AA state title game. He also totaled 49 tackles and two interceptions.
Searcy was an all-Bay Area News Group first-team selection as an athlete and received all-league first-team honors.
In Pittsburg’s 28-26 loss to Lincoln-San Diego in the 1-AA state title game, Searcy rushed for 290 yards and four touchdowns.