[bigboydan]

Here's the rundown on Florida State Seminoles quarterback Drew Weatherford: he's listed as a 6-3, 220 pound sophomore, and in 2005 he threw for 3,208 yards, 18 touchdowns and 18 interceptions. His completion percentage was 58.8 and his efficiency rating was 121.29. FSU coach Bobby Bowden's real high on the kid, too, telling Street & Smiths "If he can stay healthy, he has no negatives... Drew studies the game, he loves the game, he's a team player and he is a natural-born leader." So will this natural-born leader be a Heisman Trophy candidate in 2006?

[pags11]

good QB, gonna be a great QB...

[bigboydan]

that lack of talent they have this year makes me wonder though pags.

[pags11]

dan, as we have previously discussed it's not the same FSU teams as before, but they are still very talented...did you see the way this guy played the last two games of the season?...the throws he made?...with no offensive line?...he's a future NFL QB and a future heisman candidate...you can bank on that bud...

[bigboydan]

we shall see pags.

[onlooker]

Blue Ribbon Yearbook.

With sophomore Drew Weatherford (6-3, 220) returning for his second season as a starter, Bowden says this is the most stable he has felt about his quarterback position since former Heisman Trophy winner Chris Weinke was under center.

Bowden admits he doesn't particularly like having young guys lead his offense, but 2005 was the second time in five years he's had to rely on a redshirt freshman to play quarterback, thanks to expected returning starter Wyatt Sexton's offseason meltdown. Sexton, who started seven games as a junior in 2004, was committed to a psychiatric facility after being found disoriented on a Tallahassee street last June. He sat out all of last season after being diagnosed with Lyme disease, but practiced with the team through its Orange Bowl workouts.

However, the son of FSU running backs coach Billy Sexton announced in January that he would not return to football.

Weatherford -- who survived a protracted battle against fellow redshirt freshman Xavier Lee (6-4, 228) in pre-fall camp last year to win Sexton's vacated job -- was amazingly mature as the Seminoles jumped out to a 5-0 record and a No. 4 national ranking.

But Weatherford struggled late in the season as his offensive line fell apart in front of him. In the Seminoles' three-game losing streak at the end of the season, Weatherford threw seven interceptions and was sacked 14 times.

His final numbers were impressive -- he broke Philip Rivers' ACC freshman passing record by amassing 3,208 passing yards, more than any other freshman quarterback in the nation last year and the third best single-season passing total in school history. He also had 18 touchdown passes on the season and was chosen Freshman All-America by several media outlets.

But the coaching staff was concerned with 18 interceptions Weatherford threw and the struggles he had down the stretch. Weatherford seemed to diminish those worries with a near-perfect spring practice.

Weatherford didn't throw a single interception throughout spring drills until the annual Garnet & Gold Game, and that was blamed on an inexperienced receiver running the wrong route, not Weatherford.

[pags11]

thanks for the article dan...sounds like the kid is starting to mature...