We’re breaking into the top dozen Florida State football players in our countdown with a Seminole great whose career took a decade to play out after he initially arrived at FSU. But it sure was worth the wait.
To say the least, Chris Weinke had options coming out of high school in St. Paul, Minnesota. The captain of his hockey team, a highly touted baseball prospect, and the top quarterback in the Land of 10,000 Lakes, Weinke signed with the ’Noles and redshirted in 1990. He was then selected with a second-round pick by the Toronto Blue Jays and went pro, playing minor-league ball before returning to Tallahassee in 1997 to return to football.