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ACC Football: The best quarterback in each program’s history

By Aaron Gershon

LOUISVILLE, KY - SEPTEMBER 17: Lamar Jackson #8 of the Louisville Cardinals runs with the ball against the Florida State Seminoles at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium on September 17, 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images)
LOUISVILLE, KY - SEPTEMBER 17: Lamar Jackson #8 of the Louisville Cardinals runs with the ball against the Florida State Seminoles at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium on September 17, 2016 in Louisville, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) /
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Georgia Tech football
Joe Hamilton, Georgia Tech football (Mandatory Credit: Doug Pensinger /Allsport) /

Pick Analysis. QB. 14. player. Scouting Report. 1996-99. Joe Hamilton. 880

An ACC football dual-threat machine.

College football Hall of Famer Joe Hamilton is one of the best ever to play for Georgia Tech.

The dual-threat quarterback threw 8,882 yards and 65 touchdowns while adding 1,758 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns.

In 1998, Hamilton led the Yellow Jackets to a 10-2 season that resulted in an ACC co-championship and Gator Bowl victory by throwing for 2,166 yards and 17 touchdowns while rushing for 298 yards and four touchdowns. He followed that up with an incredible 1999 season in which he threw for 3,060 yards and 29 touchdowns with 734 rushing yards and six touchdowns.

Hamilton took home several honors such as consensus All-American honors, the Davey O’Brien Award, was the Heisman Trophy runner-up, NCAA Quarterback of the Year, ACC Player of the Year and ACC Offensive Player of the Year.

Hamilton was selected in the seventh round of the 2000 NFL Draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers where he earned a Super Bowl ring.

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