FSU Football: Ranking top 10 impact players for ‘Noles in 2017
By Kelvin Hunt
Deondre Francois is the most important player on the team in 2017. The ‘Noles survived without Derwin James last season. They won games when Derrick Nnadi was injured, but things would change drastically if Francois were to be unavailable.
Francois had a great redshirt freshman campaign, winning ACC Rookie of the Year honors and passing for over 3,000 yards with 23 touchdowns and seven interceptions.
He also rushed for nearly 500 yards when not counting sack yardage, and was one of the best quarterbacks in the country on third down.
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If was the beneficiary of having the best running back in FSU history in the backfield. However, it’ll be up to him to make the offense click in 2017.
Francois has the most talented wide receiver group in the Jimbo Fisher era throw to along with very good tight end targets.
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The FSU offense will depend on Francois to get the offense into the right plays, take care of the football while letting the talent around him do work.