It appears Jameis Winston has finally seen the writing on the wall.
According to Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports, Winston will finish out the school year, and he’s going to enter the 2015 NFL Draft as well.
Winston intends to fight vigilantly to maintain his innocence in both instances, however, given the current state of his relationship with the upper reaches of FSU, it has become a certainty he will declare for the NFL Draft. Winston led the Seminoles to a wild win vs. Notre Dame Saturday night to preserve their national title hopes.
These same sources said a few weeks back that Winston was torn as to his future, pointing to how much he loved playing football and baseball in college, and at that time they suggested that only if the team was still undefeated deep into the season and Winston having a superb season would he leave. Now, however, in the face of the multiple investigations into him, and what has become an adversarial relationship with school officials (excluding coach Jimbo Fisher and key members of the athletic department) it is virtually certain Winston is declaring no matter what happens in the second half of the season.
Last week, FOX Sports’ Jay Glazer reported that Winston is dropping on NFL draft boards, and that some NFL general managers have taken the Heisman Trophy winner off their board altogether.
It’s probably Winston’s best interest to just go, do some image rehabilitation during the process, and let his skills do the talking.