Lightly Recruited Ponder Becoming Big-Time Player Premium Content

Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Christian Ponder wasn’t supposed to be this good.

The emerging star for No. 18 Florida State was projected as a possible backup quarterback during the recruiting process, a smart kid with good lineage whose father had played for coach Bobby Bowden two decades ago. If nothing else, Florida State coaches figured Ponder would improve the football team’s grade point…


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