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The Best Florida State Football Players of All Time

Updated July 13, 2020 23.4k votes 2.7k voters 39.7k views81 items

List RulesVote up the best Seminoles football players ever. Vote based on each player's career at FSU only.

When you think of the pantheon of iconic college football programs, the Florida State Seminoles. The school is widely known for dominating college football for a span beginning in the late 1980s through the early 2000s. Behind legendary coach Bobby Bowden, the Noles maintained a home in the top-5 of the polls. Despite falling off at the end of Bowden's reign, this era produced some of the greatest players in Florida State history. The school became a de-factor feeding factory for the NFL, with a slew of first round draft picks and a number of other players who became fixtures in the pros.

The Seminoles have won three national championships, seventeen conference titles, and five division titles. The program has also produced three Heisman Trophy winners, and one NEON DEION. Sanders inspired the Tomahawk Chop, one of the most popular cheers that's associated with a particular school. On top of Deion, quarterbacks Charlie Ward, Chris Weinke and recently, Jameis Winston, are all in an elite group of Heisman Trophy winners who also took a national title back to Tallahassee.

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Corey Simon
Defensive tackle, Tackle
Birthplace: Boynton Beach, Florida
Age: 43
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Lamarcus Joyner
Safety
Birthplace: Miami, Florida
Age: 29
Teams: Florida State Seminoles football
Combined with Telvin Smith and Tim Jernigan as driving force behind nation's best defense in 2013. Remarkably ferocious tacker for 5' 8" player, and a turnover-generating machine.
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Timmy Jernigan
ESPN.com All-America First Team
FWAA All-America Second Team
Associated Press All-America Second Team
USA TODAY Sports All-America Second Team
CBSSports.com All-America Second Team
SI.com All-America Second Team
Lindy’s All-America Third Team
Coaches All-ACC First Team
All-ACC Second Team
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Snoop Minnis
Wide receiver
Birthplace: Miami, Florida
Age: 43
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Ron Sellers
Wide receiver
Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida
Age: 73
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Kelvin Benjamin
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Graham Gano
Placekicker
Birthplace: Arbroath, United Kingdom
Age: 33
Teams: Washington Redskins, Carolina Panthers, Las Vegas Locomotives

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Greg Allen
Running back
Birthplace: Florida
Age: 57
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Nick O'leary
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Burt Reynolds
Halfback
Birthplace: Lansing, Michigan, United States of America
Age: 79
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Michael Boulware
Safety, Defensive back
Birthplace: Columbia, South Carolina
Age: 39
Strongside Linebacker #6 All-Time Tackles with 377
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Reinard Wilson
Defensive end, Linebacker
Birthplace: Gainesville, Florida
Age: 46
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Greg Jones
Running back, Fullback
Birthplace: Columbia, South Carolina
Age: 39
Teams: Houston Texans, Jacksonville Jaguars
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Demarcus Walker
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Nigel Bradham
Linebacker
Birthplace: Crawfordville, Florida
Age: 31
Teams: Buffalo Bills, Florida State Seminoles football
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Laveranues Coles
Wide receiver
Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida, United States of America
Age: 42
Teams: Washington Redskins, Cincinnati Bengals, New York Jets
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Corey Sawyer
Cornerback
Birthplace: Key West, Florida
Age: 48
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Alex Barron
Tackle
Birthplace: Orangeburg, South Carolina
Age: 38
Teams: Seattle Seahawks, Oakland Raiders, St. Louis Rams
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Leon Washington
Running back, Return specialist
Birthplace: Jacksonville, Florida
Age: 38
Teams: Seattle Seahawks, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Tennessee Titans
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Lee Corso
He starred on both offense and defense on the football field leading the Seminoles in interceptions in 1954, rushing in 1955 and passing in 1956. He was the FSU career interception leader with 14 (Tied with Deion Sanders) until Monk Benasorte passed him.
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E. G. Green
Wide receiver
Birthplace: Fort Walton Beach, Florida
Age: 45
ended his career with 166 receptions (6th on FSU's all-time list), 2920 yards (4th), and 29 touchdowns (2nd).
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Bryan Stork
Center
Age: 30
Teams: Florida State Seminoles, New England Patriots
Super Bowl champion (XLIX)

BCS National Champion (2014)

ACC Champion (2012, 2013)

Consensus All-American (2013)

First-team All-ACC (2013)
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Chris Thompson
Running back
Birthplace: Greenville, Florida
Age: 29
Teams: Washington Redskins
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Javon Walker
Wide receiver
Birthplace: Galveston, Texas
Age: 41
Teams: Denver Broncos, Oakland Raiders, Green Bay Packers
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Karlos Williams