Florida State quarterback Jordan Travis addresses reason behind Twitter activity

Starting quarterback Jordan Travis has guided Florida State to a 4-0 start and has the Seminoles ranked No. 23 nationally, their first appearance in the AP Top 25 since the 2018 preseason. All that despite, apparently, some doubting he’s actually a quarterback.

Following a 44-14 win over Boston College on Saturday, one in which Travis threw for a season-high 321 yards, the FSU quarterback dropped a not-so-subtle hashtag at the end of a tweet for his doubters.

“Great team win, the atmosphere was amazing,” Travis wrote. “Appreciate the fans more than y’all know. God bless and Go Noles! #iamaqb”

Despite his considerable talent as a runner — Travis logged 1,357 yards and 17 touchdowns rushing from 2018-21 — the Florida State signal-caller personally motivates himself with memories of those doubters.

Every week he goes out on the field he’s proving to himself they’re wrong.

“That’s for myself. It’s not for anybody,” Travis said this week. “Everything I tweet is kind of for myself. It’s just for myself, to tell myself I play quarterback. Because I hear running back, receiver, whatever I hear … just to keep working and getting better every single day.”

After his initial tweet following the win over the Eagles, Travis followed it up with a shorter one.

“Never satisfied,” he wrote.

Jordan Travis proving he’s a capable quarterback

For all his ability as a runner, quarterback Jordan Travis really hasn’t utilized his legs much this season. Certainly not the way he has in years past.

Through the first four games he’s run for only 48 yards and one touchdown.

Of course, injury has played a part in that. Travis was injured late in the Louisville contest on Sept. 16, to the point that him playing in the Boston College game wasn’t a sure thing until the middle of last week. He rehabbed heavily to convince coach Mike Norvell he was ready to play.

Still, as Travis has grown with Norvell’s offense, he’s proven he can unlock defenses with his arm, as well.

On the season he’s completing 65.9% of his passes and has a 5-1 touchdown to interception ratio. He’s coming up on the 1,000-yard mark, likely to eclipse it this week after throwing for 945 yards in the first four games.

If Florida State is going to make a run at the ACC, it’ll need Travis in top form over the next three weeks. The Seminoles face No. 22 Wake Forest at home this week, travel to No. 10 NC State the following week and then host No. 5 Clemson after that.

“I think Jordan is putting himself in a position to do some really special things,” Norvell said. “If he keeps doing the things that (he’s doing), and the way that he’s investing, it’s going to be fun to watch.”