- Drew Weatherford
Andrew S. (Drew) Weatherford is a quarterback for the Florida State Seminoles at Florida State University.
- Joe Avezzano
Joe Avezzano (born November 17, 1943, Yonkers, New York) is the special teams coach for the National Football League's Oakland Raiders. He was an American college and professional football player. He played college football at Florida State University, where he was a center. He played professionally in the American Football League for the Boston Patriots in 1966.
- Deion Sanders
Deion Luwynn Sanders (Born:August 9, 1967 in Fort Myers, Florida) is a former National Football League cornerback, Major League Baseball outfielder, and CBS Sports commentator. In April of 2006 he became a partial owner of the Austin Wranglers, an Arena Football League team based in Austin, TX. Sanders also works for the NFL Network, appearing on the Sunday night highlights show NFL GameDay. He played for the Atlanta Falcons, San Francisco 49ers, Dallas Cowboys, …
- Mack Brown
William Mack Brown (born August 27, 1951) is head coach of the University of Texas Longhorn football team. During the 2005 season, Coach Brown led the Longhorns to a Rose Bowl victory and a National Championship. With the 2006 season, Brown led his team to win 10 games or more for six straight years, which is the best current ten-win streak in the NCAA. Prior to coaching at Texas, Brown coached at Appalachian State, Tulane, and North Carolina.
- Derrick Brooks
Derrick Dewan Brooks (born April 18, 1973 in Pensacola, Florida) plays professional football for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League. Brooks, an outside linebacker, starred at Washington High School in Pensacola and later at Florida State University, where he was a four-year letterman and was first-team All-American his senior year. He was selected in the first round of the 1995 NFL Draft by Tampa Bay.
- Warrick Dunn
Warrick De'Mon Dunn (born January 5, 1975 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American football player who currently plays running back for the Atlanta Falcons of the NFL.
- Jeff Bowden
Jeff Bowden is an former American college football coach who most recently served as the offensive coordinator for the Florida State Seminoles under his father and head coach Bobby Bowden. Jeff Bowden resigned from the position on November 14, 2006, following a shutout loss to Wake Forest University three days earlier. He has also been a wide receivers coach and coached at Salem College, Samford University and Southern Mississippi.
- Walter Jones
Walter Jones (born January 19, 1974) is an American football offensive tackle for the Seattle Seahawks team in the National Football League. Selected by the Seattle Seahawks with the sixth overall pick in the first round of the 1997 NFL Draft, which was obtained from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in exchange for Seattle's 12th overall choice from the first round and a third-round choice obtained from the Atlanta Falcons.
- Burt Reynolds
Burt Reynolds (born Burton Reynolds Jr. on February 11, 1936) is an Oscar-nominated Emmy Award-winning American actor. Some of his memorable roles include Lewis Medlock in "Deliverance", Paul Crewe in the original version of "The Longest Yard", Bo 'Bandit' Darville in "Smokey and the Bandit", J.J. McClure in "The Cannonball Run" and Jack Horner in "Boogie Nights".
- Scott Player
Scott Darwin Player (born December 17, 1969 in St. Augustine, Florida) is a professional National Football League punter for the Arizona Cardinals. He has played eight years, all with the Cardinals. He attended Florida State University. He is currently the only player wearing a 1-bar facemask, which have been illegal in the NFL since 2004, except for players who wore them in years prior.
- T. K. Wetherell
Dr. Thomas Kent "T. K." Wetherell (December 22, 1945 -) is a Florida educational administrator and former politician. He has been president of Florida State University (FSU) since January 6, 2003.
- Chris Weinke
Christopher Jon Weinke (born July 31, 1972 in St. Paul, Minnesota) is a professional American football player who is currently a free agent. He was released by the Carolina Panthers on March 6, 2007. He has primarily been a backup during his NFL career.
- Antonio Cromartie
Antonio Cromartie (born April 15, 1984 in Tallahassee, Florida) is a current American football cornerback for the San Diego Chargers. Cromartie wore jersey #25 his rookie season but has since switched to #31 as a Charger for his sophomore year, the reverse of #13, the jersey he wore at Florida State University.
- Ron Simmons
Ron Simmons (born May 15 1958) is an American semi-retired professional wrestler and retired American football player. He was the first African American to win the WCW World Heavyweight Championship, and was thus the first officially recognized African American World Champion. (Bobo Brazil, who won the NWA Championship in 1962, was not officially recognized for his win.) Simmons was a Florida State University All-American football player, …
- Brad Johnson
James Bradley Johnson (born September 13, 1968 in Marietta, Georgia) is an American football quarterback in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys. He has also played for the Minnesota Vikings, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Washington Redskins over his career.
- Charlie Ward
Charlie Ward (born October 12, 1970 in Thomasville, Georgia) is an American football, basketball, and baseball player. Ward won the 1993 Heisman Trophy as a quarterback for Florida State University, and subsequently led the Seminoles to their first-ever National Championship when FSU defeated Nebraska 18-16 in the 1994 Orange Bowl. The Seminoles had suffered their only defeat of the season to a second-ranked Notre Dame team, …
- Devard Darling
Devard Loran Darling (born April 16, 1982 in Nassau, Bahamas) is an American football wide receiver for the Baltimore Ravens of the NFL. He was drafted in the third round (82nd overall) of the 2004 NFL Draft out of the Washington State University. Darling has 2 catches for 5 yards in his career.
- Devaughn Darling
Devaughn Darling (born April 16, 1982 in Nassau, Bahamas-died February 26, 2001 in Tallahassee, Florida) was a former Florida State University football player, and the identical twin brother of Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Devard Darling. Devaughn collapsed and died Feb. 26, 2001, of an apparent cardiac arrhythmia at the age of 18. He was penciled in as a starting outside linebacker going into the 2001 spring practices.
- Wyatt Sexton
Wyatt Sexton (born July 20, 1984) is a former National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) American football quarterback for the Florida State Seminoles. Sexton is well known for his performances on the field and for his suffering from the effects of Lyme disease. Sexton's career ended after he was doused with pepper spray by police officers who found him lying in the street and proclaiming himself as God in June 2005.
- Danny McManus
Danny McManus (born June 17, 1965 in Hollywood, Florida) is a retired American and Canadian football quarterback. McManus spent every football season from 1990 until his retirement in 2007 in the Canadian Football League, playing with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, British Columbia Lions, Edmonton Eskimos, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, and Calgary Stampeders. McManus also spent the 1988 NFL season on the bench with the Kansas City Chiefs.
- Anquan Boldin
Anquan Kenmile Boldin (born October 3, 1980 in Pahokee, Florida) is an American football player for the NFL Arizona Cardinals. In 2003, Boldin was named NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year by the Associated Press. He was drafted by the Cardinals in the 2003 NFL Draft out of Florida State University. He was drafted in the 2nd round because of his relatively slow combine speed: a 4.71 40 yard dash. He is the cousin of CFL All-Star defensive back Korey Banks
- Javon Walker
Javon Lataff Walker (born October 14, 1978 in Galveston, Texas) is a professional American football player who is currently a wide receiver for the NFL's Denver Broncos. He was drafted by the Green Bay Packers as a first round pick (20th overall) in the 2002 NFL draft, from Florida State University.
- Rick Stockstill
Rick Stockstill (born December 23, 1957) is the 14th and current head football coach at Middle Tennessee State University. Stockstill is a former quarterback at Florida State and assistant coach at Central Florida, East Carolina, Clemson and South Carolina.
- Alex Barron
Alex Benjamin Barron (born September 28, 1982 in Orangeburg, South Carolina) is an American football right tackle currently playing for the St. Louis Rams of the NFL. He was selected with the 19th overall pick of the 2005 NFL Draft out of Florida State University.
- Pat Watkins
Patrick Watkins (born December 18, 1982) is a free safety for the Dallas Cowboys of the NFL, who drafted him in the fifth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. The 6'5" Watkins attended college at Florida State University, and attended Lincoln High School in Tallahassee, Florida. Watkins runs a 4.43 in the 40 yard dash.
- Robert Urich
Robert Urich was an Emmy-winning actor, best known for playing private investigators on the television series "Spenser: For Hire" (1985–1988) and "Vega$" (1978–1981). He also starred in numerous other television series over the years including: "S.W.A.T." (1975), "Soap" (1977) and The Lazarus Man (1996).
- Sebastian Janikowski
Sebastian Janikowski is a placekicker who currently plays for the NFL's Oakland Raiders. His nicknames are the "Polish Powderkeg", the "Polish Cannon", "Sea Bass" and "Lightning Feet". He currently lives in Castro Valley, California
- Ernie Sims
Ernie Sims III (born December 23, 1984 in Tallahassee, Florida) is an American football player for the Detroit Lions, who played outside linebacker for the Florida State University Seminoles. His father Ernie Sims Jr., played football under head coach Bobby Bowden at Florida State in 1977, 1978, 1980 and 1981. His mother, Alice Sims, formerly Alice Bennett, was an All-American sprinter on the Florida State track and field team from 1980 through 1983.
- Zack Crockett
Zack Crockett (born December 2, 1972 in Pompano Beach, Florida) is an NFL fullback, currently playing for the Oakland Raiders. He currently wears the number 32. Crockett played college football for the Florida State Seminoles. He was drafted by the Indianapolis Colts in the third round (79th overall) in 1995. He is known for his mean goal-line rushes and sporty wild dreadlocks.
- Adrian McPherson
Adrian Jamal (A.D.) McPherson (born May 8, 1983 in Bradenton, Florida, USA) is an American football quarterback formerly of the New Orleans Saints of the NFL. He was selected with the 16th pick of the fifth round (152nd overall) of the 2005 NFL Draft out of Florida State University although he had not attended the school in over two years. A former Florida Mr. Basketball and Mr.
- Leroy Butler
LeRoy Butler, III (born July 19, 1968) is a former American football strong safety who played his entire career with the Green Bay Packers (1990-2001). He spent his childhood in Jacksonville, Florida, challenged by physical problems that forced him to wear leg braces and use a wheelchair at times while undergoing therapy
- Leon Washington
Leon Washington (born August 29, 1982) is an American football running back who currently plays for the National Football League's New York Jets. He was drafted in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft (pick 117). After being heavily recruited during his high school career at Andrew Jackson Senior High School, Washington elected to play college football for Florida State. The pick used to select Washington was obtained by the Jets from the Kansas City Chiefs, …
- Peter Boulware
Peter Nicholas Boulware (born December 18, 1974 in Columbia, South Carolina) is a former American football linebacker who played for the Baltimore Ravens. He graduated first from Spring Valley High School, and went on to play for Florida State University.
- Chris Hope
Chris Hope (born September 29, 1980, in Rock Hill, South Carolina) is an American Football player who played free safety for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and is currently with the Tennessee Titans.
- Kim Hammond
Kim Crane Hammond (born October 12, 1944 in Miami, Florida) is a former American football quarterback who played two seasons for the Miami Dolphins and the Boston Patriots, respectively, in 1968 and 1969 in the American Football League. Hammond is currently a circuit judge for Flagler County in Florida. Hammond played college football in Florida State University where he was a second team All-American in his senior year.
- Antone Smith
Antone Smith (born in Pahokee, Florida) is a tailback with the Florida State University NCAA football team. He signed with Florida State after his senior season at Pahokee High School ended in 2005. In his senior year of high school, Smith led Pahokee to the state football title and rushed for 276 yards and three touchdowns in the championship game, finishing with an outstanding 2814 yards and 44 touchdowns on the season.
- William Thomas
William Thomas, III (born November 20, 1974 in Deland, Florida) is an American football offensive tackle for the Philadelphia Eagles of the NFL. Thomas attended DeLand High School in DeLand, Florida and was a letterman in football. He was selected with the 11th overall pick of the 1998 NFL Draft out of Florida State University. Prior to the 2006 NFL season, Thomas was referred to as "Tra". Tra was a nickname noting he was William Thomas III.
- Buster Davis
Buster Davis (born October 20, 1983) is a linebacker for the Arizona Cardinals He attended Florida State University for college. He was drafted in the third round by the Arizona Cardinals during the 2007 NFL Draft.
- Martin Mayhew
Martin Mayhew (born October 8, 1965 in Daytona Beach, Florida), was a former American professional football player who was selected by the Buffalo Bills in the tenth round (262nd overall) of the 1988 NFL Draft. A 5'8", 172 cornerback from Florida State, Mayhew played in 8 NFL seasons from 1989-1996. He started in Super Bowl XXVI for the Washington Redskins.
- Fred Biletnikoff
Frederick S. Biletnikoff (born February 23, 1943 in Erie, Pennsylvania) is a former American football wide receiver and coach. He spent the majority of his professional playing and coaching days with the Oakland Raiders.