2013 Jameis Winston
Quarterback, FL State Seminoles

As a highly touted football and baseball recruit, Jameis Winston had his pick of colleges. After leading the Seminoles to an undefeated ACC regular season and the cusp of the national title game, the fans in Tallahassee are ecstatic he chose Florida State.

He had one of the most sensational debuts in the history of college football when he completed 25 of 27 passes with four touchdowns, plus another rushing, against Pittsburgh. He built on this with a performance of sheer domination in the ‘Noles season defining road win at Clemson as he silenced Death Valley with a 444 yards while accounting for four more TDs.

In a season of amazing stats, the most amazing is probably Winston’s ridiculous 69% completion percentage, a number unheard of from a redshirt freshman in a power conference. He had 35 TD passes in the regular season and did so despite being pulled at, or just after, halftime in a number of games which Florida State was dominating.

The best compliment you can pay Winston is that he is as NFL ready as any QB in college football, a scary thought for the ACC as he returns to school next year stronger, faster and smarter.