Florida State Football: Winners and Losers from Seminoles' 2016 Spring

The 2016 Florida State spring season is officially over, and now it's a countdown to the fall. 

With 11 returning offensive starters, the Seminoles have plenty to look forward to this coming season. But there's still many questions left, and Saturday's spring game was the last glimpse into any answers we'll get for now. 

With that, let's take a look at the winners and losers of the Florida State spring camp. 

Winner: Backup QBs Henry, Francois

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Malik Henry and Deondre Francois both had impressive days, with Henry showing more consistency, while Francois showed more upside. 

Henry finished the spring game with 205 yards and two touchdowns with no picks on 15-of-22 passing, while Francois added 246 yards, two touchdowns and two interceptions on 20-of-33 passing. 

Francois and Henry both showed an air of mobility as well. Henry was agile in the pocket, and throwing on the run didn't seem to be a problem, while Francois had 37 yards rushing on six attempts, including a 25-yard gain on 3rd-and-long. 

Head coach Jimbo Fisher's quarterback battle this fall seems to be plenty muddy—and in a good way. 

Brendan Sonnone of the Orlando Sentinel reported 2015-16 starter Sean Maguire should be at full strength by June, but by no means does he have the starting gig locked up. If anything, his outlook is more murky this spring after Henry and Francois both looked impressive in their supplemental roles. 

Maguire's 1,520 yards, 11 touchdowns and six picks last year don't exactly blow the door off its hinges, either. 

Maguire hasn't done anything wrong to lose his spot, but he still watched the competition for his job get more intense while he was sidelined and unable to fortify his own standing. 

Loser: J.J. Cosentino

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The man who took over for Sean Maguire briefly in the Peach Bowl looks to be the only quarterback on the roster without a viable path to the starting job. 

Maguire is the incumbent starter, and J.J. Cosentino was unlikely to unseat him. 

Deondre Francois and Malik Henry flat-out showed Cosentino up in the spring game. Cosentino started the game at quarterback for the Garnet team, but he finished 0-for-4 passing. 

His backup on that team, Henry, stayed in the rest of the contest. 

In a crowded quarterback field where three players seem poised to compete for a starting gig on one of the country's best teams, Cosentino looks like the odd man out. 

Winner: Secondary

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Replacing Jalen Ramsey is perhaps the toughest task in all of college football, considering he may very well be the No. 1 pick in this spring's NFL draft. 

Nevertheless, in the spring game, the FSU secondary looked up to task. The Seminoles had two interceptions and also looked physical on a combined eight pass breakups. 

Ro'Derrick Hoskins, a pseudo-linebacker who often drops into coverage, looked impressive with one pick and seven tackles in the spring game. 

The Seminoles are loaded with athletes year in and year out, so it looks for now as though the hole left by Ramsey may be plugged. 

Loser: Ole Miss Fans

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Nearly 50,000 fans piled into the Citrus Bowl in Orlando—not FSU's home stadium, which is undergoing renovations—for a spring game. 

In a few months, the Seminoles return to the Citrus Bowl for their season opener against the Ole Miss Rebels. 

While technically considered a "neutral site" game, the crowd is going to favor the Seminoles. Still, there was hope that more than the usual visiting fans could make it to Orlando. 

If 50,000 showed up to an out-of-town spring game, though, how many do you think will pile into that stadium when the games start counting? 

Have fun getting tickets, Ole Miss faithful. 

Winner: Offensive Line

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With a gold mine of returners back on offense for the Seminoles, there's plenty of continuity. 

But that was no more apparent than on the offensive line. 

Despite there being a mix of backups and starting linemen on both teams, both squads opened running holes for guys like Ryan Green—filling in for an injured Dalvin Cook—and protected both Henry and Francois—both inexperienced signal-callers playing in lieu of an injured Maguire. 

As a whole, FSU rushed for 150 yards in a spring game that was sped up by a running clock. 

Success on the offensive side of the ball starts in the trenches, and Florida State may very well have the best offensive line in the country. 

By the way, four scholarship linemen were out of the spring game due to injury, according to the spring game rosters for the Seminoles. 

Winner: Everybody!

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The spring game ended in a 24-24 tie. 

Nobody went home feeling sad, the orange slices were eaten with joyous faces and the Seminoles will probably party at Pizza Hut before returning to Tallahassee, Florida. 

Ultimately, it was a solid spring for the Seminoles. Yes, guys like Maguire and Cook being dinged up is disconcerting. But it looks as though a little rest and relaxation this summer are all that stand between them and a full-fledged return to action. 

Florida State had a disappointing end to last season, losing in the Peach Bowl to Houston. 

But it looks as though FSU is on a mission to exercise those demons in 2016.