Florida State's Rashad Greene Sets School Record for Most Career Receiving Yards

If Florida State University makes the College Football Playoff, you’ll hear plenty about sophomore quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Jameis Winston (as if you haven’t already). But senior receiver Rashad Greene might be the Seminoles’ most indispensable player.

Greene showed why Saturday in No. 3 FSU’s last-second, 20-17 win over Boston College. He caught eight passes for 106 yards and set a key program record in the process. Greene became FSU’s all-time leading receiver, passing Ron Sellers. Sellers rolled up 3,598 career receiving yards from 1966-69; Greene now has 3,613 yards receiving. Greene is also the Seminoles’ career receptions leader, passing Sellers and Peter Warrick this season.

On Saturday, Greene showed his toughness. In the first half, he suffered a right arm injury that briefly forced him to the locker room, but he returned for the second half.

He was crucial down the stretch, too. With the game tied at 17-17 and 4:37 remaining, Winston repeatedly targeted Greene in the game-winning drive. An 11-yard pass pushed FSU into BC territory with just over two minutes left, and a 15-yard connection got the Seminoles into field-goal range for Roberto Aguayo with 1:26 remaining. Five Dalvin Cook runs later, and Aguayo made a 26-yard field goal with three seconds left on the clock.

With one regular-season game remaining, Greene has 83 receptions for 1,148 yards and five touchdowns, which marks his second consecutive 1,000-yard receiving season. He’ll be a key part of FSU’s offense as the Seminoles push for a College Football Playoff berth. While Winston will get the attention, he'll utilize the steady senior, Greene, as his main target.