96- Weinke to Snoop puts UF away Jameis Winston: 83.3% 31- Weinke executes the perfect play-action against Clemson 16 days to FSU football: Heisman winner is clear leader of Florida State No. His jersey #16 has been retired by Florida State. In addition to his remarkable on-field accomplishments, Weinke was awarded a national NACDA post-graduate scholarship for academic excellence and was an all-district Academic All-American. Weinke threw 79 career touchdown passes for the Seminoles and at the time of his graduation ranked 12 in NCAA history in TD passes and 18th in career passing yardage. His passing efficiency as a senior (163.1) was the highest ever for an FSU quarterback and ranked second nationally. Weinke was the first three-year starter for Bobby Bowden and had a 32-3 record as the starter. He virtually swept the major awards that year by adding the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm, Davey O’Brien and a host of Player of the Year honors to his Heisman. Paul, Minnesota, Weinke led the nation in passing as a senior in 2000 with 4,167 yards. Weinke, who came to FSU after a five-year professional baseball career, led Florida State to a unanimous National Championship in 1999 as a junior and followed that by taking FSU back to the national title game as a senior and winning the Heisman Trophy. Ward still owned 14 FSU football records at the time of his induction into the FSU Hall of Fame.īest Florida State football player in history bracket: We have a champion Florida State legend talks NIL, state of FSU and more Chris Weinke: 88.1%įlorida State quarterback Chris Weinke literally rewrote the Seminole record books during his remarkable career as the Seminole’s quarterback. He is only the second college football player ever to win the Sullivan Award given annually to the nation’s top amateur athlete. He also won the Davey O’Brien and Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Awards and was named Walter Camp Player of the Year and Toyota Leader of the Year. In addition, Ward was the sparkplug on three Seminole NCAA Tournament basketball teams.Ī native of nearby Thomasville, Ga., Ward became Florida State’s first Heisman Trophy winner in 1993 after completing 69.5 percent of his passes for 3,032 yards with 27 touchdowns and only four interceptions. The most decorated player in the history of college football, Charlie Ward won literally every award he was eligible for as a senior quarterback on Florida State’s 1993 National Championship team. We know the suspense is too much to handle for you to see the final results, so without further ado, we present to you the Mount Rushmore of FSU quarterbacks.įlorida State Mount Rushmore: QuarterbacksĪs voted on by the Tomahawk Nation community, determined by appearance percentage on ballots Charlie Ward: 92.6% On Monday, we posted a poll for the Tomahawk Nation community to choose your top four Seminoles at this week’s position group and presented the choices from some of our staff and contributors on Tuesday and finally, after days of polling you, our dear readers, the Tomahawk Nation community has spoken! To help the offseason pass a bit faster Tomahawk Nation is introducing our new Mount Rushmore series, where we’ll be determining the top four Florida State Seminoles at each position by weighing everything from stats to accomplishments to historical significance.
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