Top FSU Football Players Under Jimbo Fisher: No. 4

FSU football has had some great talent over the time Jimbo Fisher has been head coach – here’s another one of the 10 best during his tenure.

It was nearly seven and a half yeas ago that everything changed for FSU football. After almost three and a half decades under the leadership of legendary head coach Bobby Bowden, it was time to hand the keys over to Jimbo Fisher – who had spent the previous three seasons as the offensive coordinator and “head coach in waiting”.

Since that time, the Seminoles have come back from the time known as the “lost decade” from many and turned the program back into a perennial winner over Fisher’s seven seasons in charge. It’s a tenure that has included ACC titles, a national championship and countless award winners and All-Americans who reminded the country that Florida State was indeed back.

Of the hundreds of players who have suited up in the garnet and gold under Fisher, which ones have been the best of the best? It’s not an easy question considering all the talent that has come through Tallahassee. In compiling our top 10 list of the best FSU football players under Fisher, countless players who brought home honors and ended up in the pros didn’t make the cut – showing you the amount of talent that is on the list.

Without further ado, here’s another of the top Seminoles during the Jimbo Fisher era.

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No. 4 – Rashad Greene, WR (2011-2014)

After starting his prep career in his native hometown of Albany, GA, Greene moved to South Florida and attended the football factory known as Fort Lauderdale’s St. Thomas Aquanis. There, he became a four star receiving recruit and the apple of head coach Jimbo Fisher’s recruiting eye, signing with the Seminoles and quickly becoming a part of the passing game.

After a freshman season of nearly 600 yards and seven touchdowns, including five in his first five games of college football, Greene saw a slight increase as a sophomore with 741 yards and six touchdowns – with the highlight being a 100+ yard, two touchdown day in a comeback win over Virginia Tech. As a junior in 2013, Greene became one of the top targets for new quarterback Jameis Winston…finishing the year with just under 1,100 yards and nine touchdowns. He will forever be remembered for a 146-yard, two-touchdown day against Clemson and going 49 yards on the final drive to set up the game-winning touchdown over Auburn in the national title game.

As a senior, Greene became the school’s all time leading receiver after going for 1,365 yards and seven touchdowns over the course of the year. He had eight games over 100 yards receiving, including going for 203 yards in the opener over Oklahoma State and getting two touchdowns in the ACC Championship Game win over Georgia Tech while finishing the year as a second team All-American from the AP.

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Greene would stay in the state of Florida, where he is now preparing to enter his third season with the Jacksonville Jaguars after being picked in the 2015 NFL Draft.