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This past weekend, Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston and WWE Superstar Titus O’Neil treated approximately 130 students in the Tampa area to a screening of the movie “Black Panther.”

The students, ranging from 13 to 18 years old, had to submit Winston an essay on which African-American leaders inspired them the most. Winston and O’Neil even wore dashikis to the outing, which are colorfully patterned garments that originated in West Africa.

Winston and Bucs defensive tackle Gerald McCoy also teamed up with O’Neil to host a free screening of the film when it was released, bringing the total to 2,000 kids and counting.

Winston, O’Neil and McCoy are part of a large group of professional athletes and celebrities who have hosted “Black Panther” movie screenings. Bucs defensive tackle Clinton McDonald hosted a screening in his hometown of Gainesville, Arkansas. Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Jaelen Strong did the same in his hometown of Philadelphia, as did New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan in New Orleans and Carolina Panthers safety Mike Adams in his hometown of Patterson, New Jersey.

“Black Panther” is the first Marvel film with a predominantly black cast. In 10 days since its release in North America, it surpassed $404 million.

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Jameis Lanaed Winston @Jaboowins is an American football quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). Born and raised in Alabama, he was a highly regarded quarterback in high school, and led his team to the state championship as a junior. Winston played college football for the Florida State Seminoles and as a Redshirt freshman became the youngest player to win the Heisman Trophy and helped lead the Seminoles to a victory in the 2014 BCS National Championship Game. In his sophomore and final year, the Seminoles advanced to the Rose Bowl, part of the College Football Playoff. Winston also played on Florida State’s baseball team. Winston was drafted as the first overall pick by the Buccaneers in the 2015 NFL Draft.

Winston was born in Bessemer, Alabama on January 6, 1994. He attended Hueytown High School, where he played both football and baseball. Winston was considered the best dual-threat quarterback recruit in the nation by Rivals.com, the best overall quarterback recruit by ESPN. Winston was also named the MVP of the ESPN RISE Elite 11 quarterback camp. Additionally, Winston earned the Gatorade Player of the Year recognition for the state of Alabama. He led Hueytown to a state championship during his junior year.Winston committed to attend Florida State University on February 3, 2012. The Texas Rangers selected Winston in the 15th round of the 2012 Major League Baseball Draft out of high school. Though the Rangers proposed allowing him to play for the Florida State Seminoles football team while working out with their baseball organization, Winston decided not to sign.

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Winston redshirted during the 2012 college football season behind senior quarterback EJ Manuel.

Prior to the 2013 season, Winston was named Florida State’s starting quarterback. In his college debut, he completed 25 of 27 passes with four passing touchdowns along with a rushing touchdown in a 41–17 victory over the University of Pittsburgh.

Winston helped lead the team to an undefeated 13–0 regular season record, including a 45–7 victory in the ACC Championship against Duke.

Winston won the Heisman Trophy on December 14, 2013, beating out quarterbacks AJ McCarron, Jordan Lynch, and Johnny Manziel, the previous winner, as well as running backs Tre Mason and Andre Williams. He became the second freshman to win the award, after Manziel won the previous year. He also became the youngest to win the award, at 19 years and 342 days.

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On January 6, 2014, Winston’s 20th birthday, Florida State defeated Auburn 34–31 in the 2014 BCS National Championship Game. Winston was named the Offensive MVP of the game after passing for 235 yards with two touchdowns, including the game-winning touchdown pass to Kelvin Benjamin with 13 seconds left. Winston finished his freshman season with 4,057 passing yards and 40 passing touchdowns, which set an ACC record and a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision freshman record.

2014 season

Winston started 13 games his redshirt sophomore season. He did not play in one game due to suspension. After a 13–0 regular season, the Seminoles were selected to play in the 2015 Rose Bowl, a semifinal game in the College Football Playoff, against Oregon. Oregon would win the game by a score of 59–20, giving Winston his only loss as a starter during his college career. Winston finished the season with 3,907 passing yards and 25 touchdowns.

After the season, Winston decided to forgo the remaining two years of eligibility and enter the 2015 NFL Draft. He finished his career 26–1 as a starter and completed 562 of 851 passes for 7,964 yards, 65 touchdowns, and 28 interceptions.

College statistics

Year	Team	Passing						Rushing
Year	Team	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	TD	Int	Att	Yds	Avg	TD
2013	Florida State	257	384	66.9%	4,057	40	10	77	193	2.5	4
2014	Florida State	305	467	65.4%	3,907	25	18	57	65	1.2	3
Total		562	851	66.0%	7,964	65	28	134	258	1.9	7

Awards and honors

Heisman Trophy (2013)
Walter Camp Award (2013)
Manning Award (2013)
Archie Griffin Award (2013)
AP Player of the Year (2013)
Sporting News Player of the Year (2013)
BCS National Championship (2014)
BCS National Championship Offensive MVP (2014)
Orange Bowl champion (2013)
Consensus All-American (2013)
2× First-team All-ACC (2013, 2014)
ACC Player of the Year (2013)
ACC Offensive Player of the Year (2013)
ACC Rookie of the Year (2013)
ACC Offensive Rookie of the Year (2013)
ACC Athlete of the Year (2014)
College Football Performance National Freshman of the Year (2013)
ACC Championship Game MVP (2013)
3× ACC Championship (2012, 2013, 2014)
USA Today High School All-American (2011)

Baseball

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Winston chose Florida State in part because he was allowed to play for the Florida State Seminoles baseball team in addition to football. A switch-hitting batter and a right-handed thrower, he played as an outfielder and a pitcher as a freshman in 2013. He batted .235 with a .723 on-base plus slugging in 119 at-bats and had a 3.00 earned run average in 27 innings pitched. Prior to the 2014 season, Winston was named a preseason All-American by Baseball America as a 3rd-team utility player.

College statistics

Year	Team	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	SO	BB	BA	H	R	RBI	BB	SLG/OBP
2013	Florida State	27.0	1	2	2	3.00	21	12	.235	28	21	9	22	.345/.377
2014	Florida State	33.1	1	0	7	1.08	31	7	.128	5	6	4	8	.179/.292
Total		60.1	2	2	9	1.95	62	19	.208	33	27	13	30

Professional career

**Pre-draft measurables**
Ht	Wt	Arm length	Hand size	40-yard dash	10-yd split	20-yd split	20-ss	3-cone	Vert jump	Broad	Wonderlic
6 ft 3 ³⁄₄ in (1.92 m)	231 lb (105 kg)	32 in (0.81 m)	9 ³⁄₈ in (0.24 m)	4.97 s	1.74 s	2.89 s	4.36 s	7.16 s	28 ¹⁄₂ in (0.72 m)	8 ft 7 in (2.62 m)	27
All values from NFL Combine^[28] except the Wonderlic^[29]

2015 season: Rookie year

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The Tampa Bay Buccaneers took Winston first overall in the 2015 NFL Draft. On May 1, 2015, Winston signed a four-year, $23.35 million contract with the Buccaneers, with a $16.7 million signing bonus. The contract prevents him from playing any other sport than football.

Winston played his first regular season game against the Tennessee Titans that featured fellow first rounder, Marcus Mariota. In the 42–14 loss, his first pass was intercepted and returned for a touchdown by Coty Sensabaugh. Winston’s interception was the first time a rookie’s first pass was returned for a pick-6 since Brett Favre in 1991.

On November 22, 2015, against the Philadelphia Eagles, Winston tied an NFL rookie, and Buccaneers franchise, record with five touchdown passes.

Winston set franchise rookie records in pass attempts, pass completions, passing yards, and passing touchdowns. Winston finished his rookie season with 4,042 passing yards, finishing 23 yards short of the franchise record set by Josh Freeman in 2012. Winston also became the third rookie quarterback to pass over 4,000 yards in a season.

Winston was selected to his first Pro Bowl game making him the first rookie quarterback in Buccaneers’ history to be selected.

2016 season

Winston’s sophomore season in the NFL began with an impressive performance against the Atlanta Falcons at the Georgia Dome, in which he completed over 70% of his throws and 4 touchdown passes in a 31-24 victory. Following Week 1 the Buccaneers began to struggle through injuries, inconsistent play, and offensive turnovers till mid-season, at which point the team was 3-5 and had experienced blow out losses to the Arizona Cardinals, Denver Broncos, and Atlanta Falcons and a 3-game losing streak. Following the loss to the Falcons, the Winston lead Buccaneers began playing efficient offense as well as exceptional defense and special teams play, resulting in the Buccaneers’ first 5-game winning streak since the Super Bowl winning 2002 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season. The win streak gave the Buccaneers possession of the 6th seed in the NFC playoff race, which they quickly lost after back-to-back losses to the Dallas Cowboys and New Orleans Saints. Winston led the Buccaneers to their first winning season in 6 years after defeating the Carolina Panthers in the regular season finale, during which he broke the franchise records for passing yards and passing touchdowns in a season and became the first quarterback in NFL history to start his career with consecutive seasons of 4,000 yards passing; however the Buccaneers were eliminated from playoff contention via a tie breaker with the Detroit Lions. He was ranked 57th by his peers on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2017.

2017 season

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During Week 6 against the Arizona Cardinals, Winston left the game with an apparent right shoulder injury. The next day, October 16, Winston suffered a sprained AC joint in his right shoulder, but he stated that he could play through it. During Week 9’s loss to the Saints, Winston was taken out of the game with the same shoulder injury. Head coach Dirk Koetter announced the next day that he would miss at least two weeks to rest his shoulder. While on the sideline, Winston initiated an altercation with Saints rookie Marshon Lattimore, while being assisted by teammate Mike Evans, for which Winston was fined $12,154. In the game, Winston became the second youngest player in NFL history to reach 10,000 career passing yards, four days older than record-holder Drew Bledsoe. He missed the next three games due to injury and returned in Week 13. Overall, Winston and Buccaneers struggled to a 5–11 record. Winston finished the 2017 season with 3,504 passing yards, 19 touchdowns, and 11 interceptions.

Career statistics

Season	Team	Games		Passing										Rushing				Fumbles
Season	Team	GP	GS	Cmp	Att	Pct	Yds	Y/A	TD	Int	Rate	Sck	SckY	Att	Yds	Avg	TD	Fum	Lost
2015	TB	16	16	312	535	58.3	4,042	7.6	22	15	84.2	27	190	54	213	3.9	6	6	2
2016	TB	16	16	345	567	60.8	4,090	7.2	28	18	86.1	35	247	53	165	3.1	1	10	6
2017	TB	13	13	282	442	63.8	3,504	7.9	19	11	92.2	33	207	33	135	4.1	1	15	7
Total		45	45	939	1,544	60.8	11,636	7.5	69	44	87.2	95	644	140	513	3.7	8	31	15

NFL records

Most passing touchdowns in a single game by a rookie quarterback: 5 (tied with Ray Buivid, Matthew Stafford, and Deshaun Watson)
Most passing touchdowns by a rookie quarterback in one half: 4 (tied with Marcus Mariota and Deshaun Watson) (November 22, 2015 vs. Philadelphia Eagles)
Youngest player to pass for 3,000 yards: (21 years, 342 days) December 13, 2015
Youngest player to pass for 4,000 yards: (21 years, 363 days) January 3, 2016
Second youngest player to pass for 10,000 yards: (23 years, 303 days; 4 days older than Drew Bledsoe) November 5, 2017
Youngest player to pass for 40 touchdowns: (22 years, 312 days) November 13, 2016
Most seasons of passing for 4000 yards to begin a career – 2 (2015–2016)
Most touchdown passes before 24th birthday: 69 (23 years, 360 days) December 31, 2017

Buccaneers franchise records

Most passing touchdowns in a game – 5 (tied) (November 22, 2015 vs. Philadelphia Eagles)
Most passing touchdowns by a rookie – 22
Most passing yards by a rookie – 4,042
Most rushing touchdowns by a rookie quarterback in a season – 6
Most rushing touchdowns by a quarterback in a season – 6
Highest single-season completion percentage by a rookie (minimum 16 games) – 58.3
Most passing touchdowns in a season – 28
Most passing yards in a season – 4,090
Most games of 300 yards passing in a single season – 6 (2017)
Most consecutive seasons, 3,000 yards passing – 3 (2015-present) (tied with Brad Johnson and Josh Freeman)
Most seasons with 3,000+ passing yards – 3 (tied with Brad Johnson and Josh Freeman)
Most consecutive seasons of 4,000 yards passing – 2 (2015–2016)
Most consecutive seasons of 4,000 yards passing to begin a career – 2 (2015–2016)
Most seasons of 4,000 yards passing – 2 (2015-present)

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