2017 Florida State Seminoles football team

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Watchlists • Rimington Trophy ::Alec Eberle • Maxwell Award ::Deondre Francois ::Derwin James • Bednarik Award ::Ryan Izzo • Lou Groza Award ::Ricky Aguayo • Outland Trophy ::Alex Eberle ::Derrick Nnadi • Nagurski Trophy ::Derwin James ::Tarvarus McFadden • Paul Hornung Award ::Derwin James • Butkus Award ::Alec Eberle • '''Davey O'Brien Award''' ::Deondre Francois • Doak Walker Award ::Jacques Patrick • Manning Award ::Deondre Francois • Ted Hendricks Award ::Josh Sweat ::Brian Burns • Senior Bowl ::Nate Andrews ::Ermon Lane ::Trey Marshall ::Ro'Derrick Hoskins ::Jacob Pugh ::Matthew Thomas ::Derrick Nnadi Honors All-ACC All-Americans == Bowl eligibility controversy ==

On December 21, 2017, a user on Reddit made a viral post questioning the bowl eligibility of Florida State in relation to their matchup against Delaware State. The user claimed to have received data on Delaware State's roster and scholarship allocation and determined that Delaware State had only 87% of their roster currently on athletic scholarship; the NCAA requires that an FCS team have at least 90% of its roster on scholarship in order for an FBS opponent to count a victory against an FCS team towards their bowl eligibility. The post was later echoed by college football analyst Brett McMurphy in a Facebook post. However, Florida State refuted the post one day later, pointing out that while Delaware State had only offered athletic scholarships to 87% of its roster, it offered academic scholarships to other players, which was not mentioned in the original reports. Academic scholarships also counted towards the 90% scholarship threshold, and Delaware State offered enough in conjunction to their athletic scholarship allocation to allow the Seminoles' win versus the Hornets to count towards bowl eligibility. Florida State would defeat Southern Mississippi in the Independence Bowl six days later. == NFL draft ==

Five Seminoles were chosen in the 2018 NFL draft: == Notes ==