FSU football: 10 greatest Seminoles of the Bobby Bowden era

There have been plenty of great players that Bowden brought to Tallahassee and sent off to the NFL, but which Seminoles had the best careers at FSU from 1976 to 2009?
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Deion Sanders. player. CB. . 1. . Deion Sanders. 1985-88. 435. FSU Bowden Era

Career interceptions: 14

Awards: College Football Hall of Fame inductee, 2x All-American, NFL Hall of Fame

Deion Sanders never won a national championship at Florida State, and he never won the Heisman trophy like Weinke and Ward, but he is unequivocally the greatest player in Florida State football history.

In his four years, he made 14 interceptions and returned three for touchdowns. He also returned three punts for touchdowns. He was a shutdown corner who was also the best playmaker in the entire country when he got his hands on the ball. Simply between kick and punt returns, he totaled 1,742 all-purpose yards in his career as a Seminole.

At FSU, Sanders played baseball and track and field, winning the 100-meter and 200-meter conference titles in 1988. Primetime went on to become a pro and college football hall-of-famer and played nine seasons in the MLB.

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