FSU football: All-Time top ten receivers in Seminoles history
The FSU football program is not what it once was when it comes to producing the nation’s top prospects for the professional level at the wide receiver position — being excluded from ESPN’s list of schools worthy of the “WRU” label that included USC, LSU, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Ohio State — but it has and will always feature some of the all-time game-breakers in the passing game.
To that end, the Seminoles have someone on the career receiving yardage list and the single-game touchdown list, proving greatness can be sustained over years or concentrated on one given Saturday in the Florida Panhandle.
Chop Chat is here to present those who had staying power and made the all-time history books for career yardage.
Here are the FSU football program’s top 10 all-time receivers
FSU football career receiving leader No. 10: Craphonso Thorpe
- 2,153 receiving yards
- 18 touchdowns
- 17.5 yards per catch
Craphonso Thorpe was a Tallahassee native that excelled at both route-running and pass protection, serving as a star corner and wideout at Lincoln High School. In Thorpe’s junior year of high school, Lincon won the state title.
A First-Team All-ACC receiver, Thorpe was never part of a Florida State squad that lost more than four games. Twice, those Seminoles went to a New Year’s Six bowl game (2002, 2003).
While his NFL career only saw him accumulate 12 receptions for 70 yards with just one touchdown, Thorpe was able to bounce around the league for five years before having to settle for the now-defunct UFL.