Deondre Francois
American-football player (1997-)
Deondre Francois (born February 12, 1997) is an American former football quarterback. He played college football for the Florida State Seminoles and Hampton Pirates. He also played for the Orlando Guardians and DC Defenders of the XFL.
Early life
When Francois was a young child, he moved numerous times bouncing back and forth from Miami to Orlando. His mother Janice moved him and his family from Little Haiti, a neighborhood of Miami, to Orlando for a better life around the 4th grade. He first started playing football at the age of nine for the Orlando Outlaws with his godfather, Barry White.
Francois attended Olympia High School in Orlando, Florida, his first three years of high school and transferred to IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, his senior year. From 2012 to 2013 at Olympia, he passed for 3,162 yards and 29 touchdowns for the football team. As a senior, he passed for 1,488 yards with 18 touchdowns. Francois was considered a four-star recruit and committed to Florida State University to play college football.
High school statistics
College career
Florida State (2015–2018)
Francois redshirted his first year at Florida State in 2015.
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