Florida State Football: Top 15 players in program history
6. Warrick Dunn
At only 5-foot-9 and 185 pounds the New Orleans-native wasn’t going to stand out as an NFL veteran in crowds. However, Warrick Dunn never stopped proving people wrong during his time at Florida State or in the NFL.
Dunn’s mother was killed while working an off-duty job as a police officer and he became the man of the house around 18 years of age. While his No. 28 jersey can still be worn at FSU, it has been retired. He made an immediate impact on the 1993 National Championship team averaging 7.5 yards per carry and scoring 10 touchdowns from scrimmage as a freshman.
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The three-time All-ACC player then ran for over 1,000 yards for three consecutive seasons scoring 49 career touchdowns from scrimmage.
Dunn finished his time in Tallahassee logging 43 career wins before being drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers with the 12th overall pick of the 1997 NFL Draft and he was an immediate success winning the NFL’s Offensive Rookie of the Year in 1997 and compiling three Pro Bowl appearances.
The star running back won the Walter Payton Man of the Year award in 2004. Over his NFL career, Dunn rushed for over 10,000 yards scoring 49 rushing touchdowns. He is in the Atlanta Falcons Ring of Honor and established a Home for the Holidays program in 1997.
It felt like he just couldn’t be tackled when he was the running back for the Seminoles. He seemed to single-handedly dominate the rival Miami Hurricanes in every encounter.