Christian Ponder Class: RS Freshman Hometown: Colleyville, TX High School: Colleyville Heritage HS Height / Weight: 6-2 / 207 Position: QB

2007: One of the most pleasant surprises of preseason, Ponder saw the first action of his career in 2007...the redshirt freshman was forced into action when Drew Weatherford was knocked out of the Virginia Tech game...with back-up Xavier Lee unavailable, Ponder stepped into his first collegiate game at Lane Stadium in a hostile environment...the Texas native came in to the game in the second quarter and the first pass of his career was a beautifully thrown 23-yard out to Greg Carr...Ponder came out in the third quarter and drove FSU down the field and into the lead...his first career TD pass was an eight-yard post to De'Cody Fagg to put the Seminoles up 21-20...with the TD strike Ponder became the first Seminole QB to throw a TD in his first game since Chris Rix did it September 1, 2001. Five other QB's played their first game in between Rix and Ponder...also led FSU in rushing that game with 51 yards on five carries.

2006: A redshirt season.

High School: Graduated from Colleyville Heritage High School in 2006...three-star player by Rivals.com...ranked 14th in the nation among pro-style passers by Rivals.com and the No. 50 overall prospect in the website's postseason Texas Top 100 list...listed as 20th overall quarterback in the nation by Scout.com...rated as the No. 19 quarterback in the country on the postseason PrepStar200...threw for 2,214 yards and 20 touchdowns during his senior season at Heritage, while also rushing for 911 yards and 12 scores...named first team all-district 5-5A by the Dallas Morning News...threw for 318 yards and three TDs in a loss to eventual state champion Southlake Carroll...gained 438 yards of total offense (252 passing, 186 rushing) and accounted for six TDs (5 pass, 1 rush) in a game against Richland...chose Florida State over Oklahoma State and Georgia Tech.

Personal: Born Feb. 25, 1988...a real estate/finance major... father, David, played linebacker at Florida State from 1980-83...posted a 3.89 GPA winning the academic award for the freshman class...will open the fall with 84 credit hours despite being in school for just one year.