The 2018 off-season continues to be a nightmare for Florida State QB Deondre Francois who was just busted for weed in Tallahassee ... but it could have been much, much worse.
Long story short ... cops raided his home on April 12th over a tip he may have been dealing marijuana.
Francois was detained while cops searched the place -- but they ultimately determined there wasn't enough evidence to prove he was slangin'.
Cops did however find 17 grams of "cannabis/tobacco mixture" and "items of drug paraphernalia" on the premises -- so they cited the 21-year-old for possession.