During a two-game stretch in wins in Weeks 14 and 15, Winston tossed for 456 and 458 yards, becoming the only player in NFL history to pass for 450 yards in consecutive contests. In 2019, Winston posted career-highs in passing yards (5,109), touchdown passes (33), completions (380), and yards-per-attempt (8.2). From 2015-19, Winston set numerous Buccaneers passing records including both the franchise's career and single-season marks in passing yardage and the career record for touchdown passes. ![]() native has appeared in 86 regular season games with 80 starts, completing 1,738-of-2,835 passes (61.3%) for 21,840 yards with 139 touchdowns, 96 interceptions and an 87.5 passer rating, while adding 1,220 rushing yards and 11 touchdowns and being named to the Pro Bowl in 2015. Starting the first three games of the 2022 season, Winston completed 73-of-115 passes (63.5%) for 858 yards, four touchdowns, five interceptions and a 79.5 passer rating. (He redshirted last year.) Despite his high school career having ended on somewhat of a downer, his legend grew nonetheless, mostly from breathless reports from practice and some truly amazing YouTube clips.NFL CAREER – Originally selected with the first overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers out of Florida State, Winston enters his fourth season in New Orleans. No one had seen Winston in an actual game since that night on Nov. Vigor had serious talent, sending five players to college from the 2012 class it was the rare team with enough beef to stop Hueytown from trampling it up front and enough skill to blanket Winston's receiving targets without dropping extra players into coverage. They usually had to call the dogs off in the second half." Not against Vigor, which succeeded where Pitt couldn't and slowed down Winston and Co., in a 20-7 victory. "They were scoring about 46 points a game and could've scored a lot more," Johnson told BuzzFeed today. Then-Vigor defensive coordinator Ashley Johnson had heard all about Winston's exploits up in Hueytown, a town of about 16,000 just outside of Birmingham. Winston led Hueytown High to a 13-0 record and into the Alabama Class 5A semifinals against traditional power Vigor High School. By halftime, he was already trending on Twitter. Winston's stat line from the first half alone was staggering: 17-of-18 for 240 yards and three touchdowns. It was one of those rare performances that exceeded the hype, and Pittsburgh could not have been blamed for being unprepared for a redshirt freshman quarterback with not a snap of college football on his resumé before Monday. Better than Cam or Manziel or RGIII's best game. ![]() ![]() Winston's quarterback rating against Pittsburgh? 252.2. 221.6 quarterback rating.Ģ013, WInston: 25-of-27 for 356 yards and four touchdowns and eight rushes for 25 yards and one touchdown. 250.6 quarterback rating.Ģ012, Johnny Manziel: 14-of-20 for 267 yards and three touchdowns and one interception and 16 rushes for 102 yards and two touchdowns vs. 246.6 quarterback rating.Ģ011, Robert Griffin III: 21-of-27 for 359 yards and five touchdowns and 10 rushes for 38 yards vs. against reasonably-qualified opponents) using the QBR stat.Ģ010, Cam Newton: 9-of-14 for 186 yards and three touchdowns and 15 rushes for 171 yards and two touchdowns vs. Here's how Florida State redshirt freshman Jameis Winston's game Monday compared to the best- ever efforts of the last three Heisman-winning quarterbacks against FBS teams (i.e.
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