Tampa Bay Buccaneers sophomore quarterback Jameis Winston saw alot of success during his time with the Florida State Seminoles. Winston not only won a National Championship but was a Heisman Trophy winner as well. Prior to his time in Tallahassee the 22 year-old was a five-star recruit and wanted by nearly every major conference in the country. Stanford was among the hundreds of schools across the country that was interested in landing Winston. The Crimson Tide, the Cardinal and the Seminoles were all in the running for the dual threat quarterback. However, Winston opted to attend Florida State and suit up for Jimbo Fisher and the Seminoles.

During Wednesday’s conference call with Bay Area media, Winston took a moment to reflect on his decision to attend FSU. He said if he could do it all over again, he would have by-passed Florida State to play for Stanford instead.

“It was really me just not knowing how prestigious Stanford really was, Winston said when discussing his decision to attend Florida State. “I look back all the time and see how if I would have went to Stanford, how my life could have really turned. But you make your decisions, you go with them and you own them.”

Jameis made headlines during his time with the Seminoles primarily for his off the field issues, including allegations of sexual assault and shoplifting crab legs. He believes that if he had chose to gear up for the Cardinal then things may have certainly turned out differently for him.

“Just because Stanford is a great school, Winston emphasized. “You are who you put yourself around and I would have just loved the opportunity to go to Stanford and be with some of my friends around there.”

Although he didn’t make the trip to the Bay Area to play college football, he’ll have the opportunity to play professionally when the Buccaneers take on the 49ers in San Francisco on Sunday.