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2007: The Seminoles' starting quarterback the last three seasons...has been through his share of ups and downs in his career but has been the ultimate team player and was awarded the leadership award at the 2007 football awards dinner for the way he handled himself all season...served as the team's offensive captain six times...started the first four games of the season before losing his job to Xavier Lee...worked as hard as anyone on the team to win his job back and started the last six games of the year...has started at quarterback 33 times in 38 games since 2005...has a 20-13 record as FSU's starter and has guided the Seminoles to wins over five ranked teams including an upset of then-No. 2 BC his junior year...finished the season ranked near the top of every career statistical category at Florida State...third in career passing yards, eighth in career TD passes, second in career completions and third in career 300-yard games...set the ACC and FSU single season record and career record with a streak of 270 straight passes without an interception...Weatherford led the nation in interception avoidance in 2007, with an interception percentage of just 0.94...Weatherford threw only three interceptions in 318 attempts...the Seminole signal caller is one of only two QB's in the top 100 in the FBS with three interceptions or less and the only one with over 300 pass attempts...completed at least 60% of his passes in five of his last eight starts...one of only two QB's ever at FSU to complete 600 passes in his career...had a passer efficiency rating of 118.5 and completed nearly 57% of his passes...named the ACC's offensive back of the week after throwing for 354 yards and two TD's in FSU's upset of Boston College.
Sophomore Year (2006): FSU's starting quarterback in 10 of 13
games including wins over Miami and UCLA...completed over 55% of
his passes for the second year in a row...threw for 2,154 yards and 12
touchdowns...led the Seminoles in yards, completions, attempts,
completion percentage, yards per game and TDs...finished fourth in
the ACC in total offense and fifth in passing yards per game...threw
the longest pass by a Seminole last season (73 yards)...cut down on
his interceptions by nearly 40% from his record-setting freshman
season...threw for at least one TD in seven of his 10 starts and had
multiple TD passes in three starts...had three, 300-yard passing games
for the second straight season...opened the season with his second
career win over the Hurricanes and his third career win over a top 12
team...had his best game for yards the following week with 336 in a
win versus Troy...connected with current Miami Dolphin Lorenzo
Booker on a 73-yard pass versus NC State, the longest pass of his
career...set a new personal-best with four TD passes versus Rice...had
a season high for completions and attempts the next week versus
Boston College...missed the Maryland game due to an injured foot
and did not start the next two games versus Virginia and Wake
Forest...finished the year starting versus Western Michigan, Florida and
UCLA...had an impressive Emerald Bowl leading FSU to a win over
UCLA as he recorded the sixth, 300-yard game of his career throwing
for 325 yards.
Freshman Year (2005): Started all 13 games for the Seminoles at
quarterback and led all freshmen nationally in passing yardage (3,208)
and passing touchdowns (18)...passed NC State's Philip Rivers as the
top freshmen passer in ACC history with his 258-yard performance in
the Orange Bowl vs. Penn State...his 3,208 yards ranked as the third
best passing yardage season at FSU...recorded three, 300-yard passing
games...fifth-best season in school history for total offense with 3,180
yards...also ran for three scores...named CollegeFootballNews.com
second team freshman All-American...named to The Sporting News
freshman All-American second team as well as first team freshman All-
ACC...was named ACC Freshman of the Year by TSN...led the ACC in
total offense (244.6) and passing yards per game (246.8)...became the
first freshman in ACC history to lead the league in total offense...set a
new ACC record for passing yards by a freshman (3,208)...completed
a career-high 35 passes in the Virginia game which ranks sixth on the
FSU all-time single game completion list...his season passing yardage
ranked as the third-best season performance at FSU...threw for 300
yards three different times in his rookie season (The Citadel, Wake
2007 Forest & Virginia) and led the ACC with 10 games of 200 or more
yards...had at least one TD pass in 11 of 13 games...accounted for 21
Seminole touchdowns (18 passing and three rushing)...named ACC
Rookie of the Week twice...went 26-of-37 for 342 yards with two
touchdowns vs. The Citadel...threw for a career-high 377 yards at
Virginia...his performance versus the Cavaliers ranks 18th all-time at FSU
for yards in a single-game...also second all-time for attempts in a
game with 59 versus Virginia...completed 20-of-31 passes for 351
yards with three TDs in the win over Wake Forest...named Rivals.com
National Freshman of the Week after going 21-of-35 for 225 yards
with one TD and no interceptions in the ACC Championship game
against Virginia Tech.
2004: A medical redshirt season after playing in one game and
injuring his ankle against North Carolina...sprained his right ankle on a
bootleg run to his left on his first collegiate play.
High School: Graduated from Land O' Lakes High School in
2004...a four-star player and the No. 6 rated pro-style quarterback in
the country by Rivlas.com...No. 2 quarterback on the Tallahassee
Democrat Sunshine 75...as a junior he earned all-state first-team honors
after completing 151 of 215 passes (.702 percent) for 2,494 yards, 37
TDs and only two interceptions...was the Pasco County Player of the
Year by the Tampa Tribune...completed 172 of 341 passes (.504
percent) for 2,639 yards and 20 TDs as a senior...led his team to a 12-1
record as a senior...also rushed for 470 yards and 10 TDs...played
safety as well and had 120 tackles and eight interceptions as his team
finished 8-5...was named Florida's 4A Player of the Year as well as the
2003 All-Suncoast Player of the Year by the St. Petersburg Times...was
one of the QBs for Team Florida in the CaliFlorida Bowl played on Jan.
2, 2004.
Personal: Born June 22, 1985...major is finance...a two-time All-
ACC Academic Football Team selection...2006 ESPN The Magazine
Academic All-District...grandfather, Bill Weatherford, played football at
SMU in the same backfield with the legendary Doak Walker...dad, Bill,
also played football at SMU as a quarterback...brother, Joe
Weatherford, is a freshman quarterback at UCF...is one of nine
children...father is a descendent of famous Scottish leader William
Wallace's clan and also is a direct descendent of William Weatherford
(also known as Red Eagle, chief of the Creek Indians)...another relative
on his father's side is Lew Wallace, who wrote the famous novel Ben
Hur...spent the summer of 2007 as an intern in the office of Florida
Governor Charlie Crist.
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