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Jordan Travis (born May 2, 2000) is an American football quarterback who plays college football for the Florida State Seminoles and previously played football for the Louisville Cardinals.
Biography
Travis was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, and attended Palm Beach Central High School. After his Sophomore year, he transferred to The Benjamin School where he graduated in 2018. Coming out of high school he was ranked No. 24 dual-threat quarterback by 247Sports. His brother Devon Travis played baseball at Florida State under Mike Martin.
College career
Louisville
Travis began his college career committing to the Louisville Cardinals over the Baylor Bears. Playing just 3 games, he completed 4-of-14 passing and 40 on the ground. In November 2018, Travis announced he would be transferring.
Florida State
On Dec. 22, 2018 Travis announced he would be transferring to Florida State. He has spent four seasons with the Florida State Seminoles and announced a return for a fifth season in December 2022. He transferred into FSU in 2019 under head coach Willie Taggart but did not take the field for FSU until Taggart was fired.
Travis became the first Florida State starting quarterback to win three games against rival Miami.
In 2023, Travis was named one of 20 semifinalists for the Davey O'Brien National Quarterback Award.
On November 18, 2023, Travis experienced a serious leg injury against North Alabama. He was fighting for extra yards, but his left leg was caught underneath a defender, causing his ankle to twist awkwardly. An air cast was placed on his leg and he was carted off. On November 20, 2023, Travis announced that the injury was season-ending and would also end his college football career. Travis finished fifth in Heisman Trophy voting behind Marvin Harrison Jr., Bo Nix, Michael Penix Jr., and eventual winner Jayden Daniels.
Statistics
| Season | Games | Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | GS | Record | Cmp | Att | Pct | Yds | Avg | TD | Int | Rtg | Att | Yds | Avg | TD | ||
| Louisville Cardinals | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | 3 | 0 | 0–0 | 4 | 14 | 28.6 | 71 | 5.1 | 1 | 1 | 80.5 | 8 | 40 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Florida State Seminoles | ||||||||||||||||
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | 0–0 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 79 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 114.9 | 23 | 228 | 9.9 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 8 | 6 | 3–3 | 72 | 131 | 55.0 | 1,056 | 8.1 | 6 | 6 | 128.6 | 97 | 569 | 5.9 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 10 | 9 | 5–4 | 122 | 194 | 62.9 | 1,539 | 7.9 | 15 | 6 | 148.9 | 134 | 530 | 4.0 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 13 | 13 | 10–3 | 226 | 353 | 64.0 | 3,214 | 9.1 | 24 | 5 | 160.1 | 82 | 417 | 5.1 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 11 | 11 | 11-0 | 205 | 320 | 64.1 | 2,734 | 8.5 | 20 | 2 | 155.2 | 72 | 160 | 2.2 | 7 | |
| Career | 49 | 39 | 29-10 | 635 | 1,023 | 62.1 | 8,693 | 8.5 | 66 | 20 | 150.8 | 416 | 1,934 | 4.6 | 31 | |