Former Florida State receiver Kenny O’Neal is now searching for his fourth school in less than two years. Tennessee coach Phillip Fulmer announced Tuesday that O’Neal, who played for FSU in 2005, is no longer on the team.

In December, when the Vols visited Tampa for the Outback Bowl, a colleague of mine asked if I knew of any Tennessee-FSU connections. I told him to write about O’Neal, who would have been a great story at the Emerald Bowl in 2006 if he had not been kicked off the team.

O’Neal grew up in Oakland, a short drive across the Bay Bridge from where FSU defeated UCLA in the Emerald Bowl in San Francisco. However, by that time O’Neal was long gone after his dismissal from the Noles in the summer of ‘06. He was playing for City College of San Francisco with plans on transferring to Tennessee.

Well, my suggestion for an Outback Bowl feature on O’Neal flopped as well since he was declared academically ineligible the week of the game.

And now Tuesday’s news that O’Neal is once more looking for a home.

“We excused Kenny from spring practice for the entire spring to get his academics in order,’’ Fulmer told the Knoxville News-Sentinel.

That never happened, and O’Neal leaves Tennessee with a total of two receptions for 59 yards, including a 49-yard touchdown reception against Louisiana-Lafayette.