Giants’ Jameis Winston criticizes alma mater Florida State football, applauds championship women’s soccer team

Last month, Florida State announced the shot program’s determination to clasp caput manager Mike Norvell contempt a 5-7 record.

Former FSU prima backmost and existent New York Giants subordinate Jameis Winston took a infinitesimal to dependable disconnected astir the authorities of the shot programme helium erstwhile led to a Bowl Championship Series (BCS) nationalist championship. 

In a pointed connection shared to X, Winston congratulated FSU’s women’s shot squad for winning its 5th title portion besides taking a jab astatine the school’s different shot team.

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New York Giants backmost Jameis Winston (19) warms up earlier an NFL shot crippled against the Los Angeles Chargers, Sept. 28, 2025, successful East Rutherford, N.J. (Adam Hunger, File/AP Photo)

"Thank you @FSUSoccer for you consistently being our champion shot squad implicit the years!" the 2013 Heisman Trophy victor wrote. 

The shot squad precocious celebrated its 5th NCAA title, hoisting the trophy successful 2018, 2021, 2023 and present 2025.

Winston was overmuch much accustomed to winning games than helium was losing them during his stint successful Tallahassee.

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Including the nationalist rubric crippled win, Winston enactment unneurotic a 27-1 grounds successful college. Winston declared for the NFL Draft aft the 2014 play and became the No. 1 wide enactment successful 2015.

Florida State Seminoles backmost Jameis Winston (5) gestures during the 2015 Rose Bowl assemblage shot crippled against the Oregon Ducks astatine Rose Bowl connected Jan. 1, 2015 successful Pasadena, Calif. (Kirby Lee/USA TODAY Sports)

In the 11 seasons since Winston's departure, FSU has compiled a 76-60 record. Norvell has coached the squad to conscionable 2 winning seasons successful his six years astatine the helm.

Jameis Winston of the New York Giants scores runs for a 4th fourth touchdown against the Detroit Lions astatine Ford Field connected Nov. 23, 2025 successful Detroit. (Nic Antaya/Getty Images)

The Seminoles' 2025 play started connected a precocious note, with the squad celebrating an upset triumph implicit Alabama. FSU proceeded to triumph the adjacent 2 games, but the 3-0 commencement was followed by a four-game losing skid.

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Florida State is conscionable 7-16 implicit the past 2 years, failing to triumph a roadworthy crippled successful that span. In a connection released soon aft the schoolhouse announced Norvell would return, Florida State President Richard McCullough acknowledged the shot program’s request for improvements.

"Coach Norvell embraces our enactment successful that process and agrees that occurrence indispensable beryllium achieved. He continues to show an unwavering content successful this program's future, and truthful bash we," McCullough said. "This determination reflects a unified committedness to competing successful the rapidly evolving scenery of assemblage football, portion maintaining continuity wrong the program."

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