57 Facts About Jameis Winston

Jameis Lanaed Winston is an American football quarterback for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League.

Jameis Winston played college football at Florida State, where he became the youngest player to win the Heisman Trophy and led his team to victory in the 2014 BCS National Championship Game during his freshman year.

Jameis Winston set several franchise rookie records for the Buccaneers, earning him Pro Bowl honors, and led the league in passing yards during the 2019 season.

Not re-signed to Tampa Bay after his rookie contract expired, Jameis Winston joined the Saints as a backup to Drew Brees.

Jameis Winston became the team's primary starter in 2021 following Brees' retirement.

Jameis Winston was born in Bessemer, Alabama on January 6,1994.

Jameis Winston attended Hueytown High School, where he played both football and baseball.

Jameis Winston was considered the best dual-threat quarterback recruit in the nation by Rivals.

Jameis Winston was named the MVP of the ESPN RISE Elite 11 quarterback camp.

Additionally, Jameis Winston earned the Gatorade Player of the Year recognition for the state of Alabama.

Jameis Winston committed to attend Florida State University on February 3,2012.

Jameis Winston redshirted during the 2012 college football season behind senior quarterback EJ Manuel.

Jameis Winston was named the 2013 ACC Offensive Player of the Year and ACC Player of the Year to go along with winning the AP Player of the Year Award, Davey O'Brien Award, Manning Award, Walter Camp Player of the Year Award, as well as the nickname "Famous Jameis".

Jameis Winston became the second freshman to win the award, after Manziel won the previous year.

Jameis Winston became the youngest to win the award, at 19 years and 342 days.

Jameis Winston was named the Offensive MVP of the game after passing for 235 yards with two touchdowns, including the game-winning touchdown pass to Kelvin Benjamin with 13 seconds left.

Jameis Winston finished his freshman season with a conference-leading 4,057 passing yards and 40 passing touchdowns, which set an ACC record and a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision freshman record.

Jameis Winston did not play in one game due to suspension.

Jameis Winston finished the season with a conference-leading 3,907 passing yards and 25 touchdowns.

Jameis Winston finished in sixth place in the Heisman Trophy voting in 2014.

Jameis Winston chose Florida State in part because he was allowed to play for the Florida State Seminoles baseball team in addition to football.

On May 1,2015, Jameis Winston signed a four-year, $23.35 million contract with the Buccaneers, with a $16.7 million signing bonus.

Jameis Winston played his first regular season game against the Tennessee Titans that featured fellow first rounder, Marcus Mariota.

Jameis Winston's interception was the first time a rookie's first pass was returned for a touchdown since Brett Favre in 1991.

On November 22,2015, against the Philadelphia Eagles, Jameis Winston tied an NFL rookie, and Buccaneers franchise, record with five touchdown passes.

Jameis Winston set franchise rookie records in pass attempts, pass completions, passing yards, and passing touchdowns.

Jameis Winston finished his rookie season with 4,042 passing yards, finishing 23 yards short of the franchise record set by Josh Freeman in 2012.

Jameis Winston became the third rookie quarterback to pass over 4,000 yards in a season.

Jameis Winston was named to the NFL All-Rookie Team for his 2015 season, becoming the fourth Buccaneers quarterback to receive this award, joining Tom Owen, Doug Williams, and Mike Glennon.

Jameis Winston earned NFC Offensive Player of the Week for his performance against the Falcons.

Jameis Winston led the Buccaneers to their first winning season in six years after defeating the Carolina Panthers in the regular-season finale, during which he broke the franchise records for passing yards and passing touchdowns in a season and became the first quarterback in NFL history to start his career with consecutive seasons of 4,000 yards passing.

Jameis Winston was ranked 57th by his peers on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2017.

Jameis Winston missed the next three games due to injury and returned in Week 13.

Jameis Winston finished the 2017 season with 3,504 passing yards, 19 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions.

In Week 8 against the Cincinnati Bengals, Jameis Winston threw for 276 yards, one touchdown, and four interceptions and he was benched in the third quarter for Fitzpatrick.

Jameis Winston finished his fifth year setting new career highs, leading the league in passing yards, completions, and attempts to go along with new career highs in passing touchdowns but leading the league in interceptions and total turnovers.

Jameis Winston finished with 5,109 passing yards, 33 passing touchdowns, one rushing touchdown, 30 interceptions, and five lost fumbles.

Jameis Winston was recognized for having his first and last pass as a Buccaneer returned for touchdowns.

On February 28,2020, it was revealed that Jameis Winston underwent surgery to repair a torn meniscus.

Jameis Winston was not re-signed by the Buccaneers in the offseason, as they opted to replace him with longtime New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady.

Jameis Winston's contract had a value of $1.1 million including his base salary of $952,000 and a signing bonus of $148,000 with a possible $3.4 million in incentives.

Jameis Winston made his first appearance of the 2020 season in Week 9 against his former team the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sunday Night Football in relief of Brees.

In Week 10 against the San Francisco 49ers, Jameis Winston came in the second half after Brees left the game with a rib injury.

On March 15,2021, Jameis Winston re-signed with the Saints on a one-year deal worth $12 million.

In Week 8 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Jameis Winston had to leave the game in the second quarter due to a knee injury after being horse-collar tackled by Tampa Bay linebacker Devin White.

The next day, it was revealed that Jameis Winston had suffered a torn ACL and had MCL damage, ending his season.

On March 21,2022, Jameis Winston signed a two-year, $28 million contract extension with the Saints.

Jameis Winston played the first three games before being inactive in Weeks 4 and 5.

On March 14,2023, Jameis Winston re-signed with the New Orleans Saints.

Jameis Winston married his wife, Breion Allen, in a private ceremony held at their home on March 27,2020.

Florida State's policy is that athletes charged with a felony cannot play until their case is resolved, but Jameis Winston continued to play throughout the investigation because he was never charged.

In July 2013, a Burger King employee called police in July to complain that Jameis Winston was stealing soda.

Jameis Winston asked for a water cup after she told him to stop, but he said he would use it for soda and filled it repeatedly with soda over her objections, the report said.

Jameis Winston was ordered to undergo 20 hours of community service, and was suspended from any college baseball activity until he completed his community service.

On September 17,2014, Jameis Winston was suspended for the first half of Florida State's upcoming game against Clemson.

Two days later, university president Garnett S Stokes and athletic director Stan Wilcox, citing results of an "ongoing investigation", announced that Winston would be suspended for the whole game.

On November 17,2017, it was reported that the NFL conducted an investigation, where Jameis Winston allegedly groped a female Uber driver in 2016.