Did 'Sports Illustrated' Purposely Leave Jameis Winston's Name off Its Cover?

Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston received the honor of being on a regional cover of Sports Illustrated this week, but there is a glaring omission.

Sports Illustrated came up with four regional covers as part of its College Football Playoff preview. Take a look at all of the covers:

"

.@SInow details why the #Noles can win the @CFBPlayoff this week with Jameis Winston on the cover. pic.twitter.com/FldJa7eR4j

— FSU Football (@FSU_Football) December 23, 2014"

For some reason, Winston is the only cover athlete whose name is not in bold letters on the cover. Alabama's Blake Sims, Oregon's Marcus Mariota and Ohio State's Cardale Jones all had their names featured on their covers. Winston did not.

The 2013 Heisman Trophy winner did receive a special little blurb in the corner of his cover that none of the other cover athletes got, but it focused on his off-field issues.

Of course, Seminoles fans would only notice that Winston had received "special treatment" if they saw all four covers. 

It's not known if Winston's cover was different intentionally, but it does seem a bit odd that each cover did not follow the same template.

[FSU Football, Sports Illustrated; h/t Twitter, The Big Lead]