Jaiden Francois has once again decommitted from Miami.

The South Dade four-star defensive back announced on Friday that he’s opening his recruitment back up.

Francois took an unofficial visit to Florida last and is scheduled to return to Gainesville on Saturday for the Gators showdown with Auburn. He also said in the past that the plan is to take official visits to both Ohio State and Penn State at some point down the line.

"This have been a crazy journey," Francois wrote on social media. "This have been a crazy journey. My mind have been all over the place. I need to make sure I'm making the best decision for me and not for everyone else. My recruitment is open. Will announce my decision on national signing day. Thank you."

Francois was at Hard Rock Stadium two weeks ago for Miami's narrow win over Central Michigan. He said the week prior that he liked what he has seen out of the Hurricanes, but at the same time made it seem like the close losses to both Florida and North Carolina were a bit disappointing.

"It kind of surprised me a little bit because I had like high expectations for them like the whole new Miami thing," Francois explained "They started off 0-2 so like it was eye opening, but I feel like Manny Diaz is going to lead them on the right path."

Francois originally committed to the Hurricanes last summer at the program's annual Paradise Camp. The ball-hawking safety, who tied the Miami-Dade County single-season record with 12 interceptions as a junior, ended up decommitting from the hometown school once Diaz announced that he was leaving to take a job at Temple before eventually recommitting to Miami once Diaz was hired to take over for Mark Richt in Coral Gables.

The Hurricanes now hold 23 commitments in the Class of 2020. Francois is the 12th prospect to decommit from Miami this cycle and the fourth under the watch of Diaz, who made national headlines a few weeks ago when he brought up the fact that his staff was going to take a different approach with recruiting in order to combat the high volume of decommitments.

“Simply what we are saying is No. 1 we have to create value in what it means to be committed to the Univeristy of Miami,” Diaz said on 560WQAM. “Again if you go back to sales, if you come into the store and hold some merchandise, there should be some value in holding the merchandise and that it’s harder to put it back down … We have to create that value from the inside. We have to make it mean something.

“We have a little bit different of a protocol of what it takes to become a commit. A little bit different that what it was in the past. Then once you are committed, there’s a series of guidelines that we think you should follow.

“Now look, you can’t stop someone from taking a visit. We’re never saying you can’t take a visit. But what we are simply saying is that if someone takes a visit, we have to have the ability then to go look at other recruits at that position because we have been left at the alter in the past. We have had guys say, ‘hey I’m only going, I just want to see.’ And that’s fine we’re not saying, ‘well forget it you’re dropped.’ But what we are saying is that we have to protect the University of Miami. That is our job. That is what this program is all about. That’s bigger than me, the players and the recruits.”