List of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets starting quarterbacks
Name Years Started Notability
Jerry Priestley 1964 Started one season for the Jackets . Also lettered in baseball and basketball , one of the few athletes in Tech history to ever do so
Billy Lothridge 1961-1963 Started the majority of three seasons for the Jackets . Still is the only Tech player to receive Heisman Trophy votes in two different years . Heisman runner-up in 1963 . Played professional football primarily for the Dallas Cowboys and Atlanta Falcons
Stan Gann 1960 Started his sophomore season for the Jackets before losing starting position to Billy Lothridge in 1961 . Coached high school football at Northside High School in Warner Robins , Georgia
Fred Braselton 1959 Started as quarterback and punter for the Jackets in his senior season . Starting punter in 1958 , as well
Ron Vann 1957-1958
Wade Mitchell 1955-1956 Played quarterback and defensive back for Georgia Tech throughout his career . Accumulated fifteen offensive touchdowns , thirteen defensive interceptions , and one defensive touchdown throughout Tech career
Pepper Rodgers 1953-1954 Started senior year for Georgia Tech . Head coach of the University of Kansas Kansas Jayhawks from 1966 to 1970 where he began a famous feud with Missouri Tigers head coach Dan Devine , which would follow them to their heated showdowns as Georgia Tech and Notre Dame head coaches . Head coach of Georgia Tech from 1974 thru 1979
Bill Brigman 1952 Led Georgia Tech to the 1952 National Championship . Was primary backup to Pepper Rodgers in 1953 and 1954
Darrell Crawford 1950-1951
Jimmy Southard 1947-1949 Started in 31 games for Georgia Tech amassing 24 wins . Inducted into Tech Hall of Fame in 1994
Frank Broyles 1946 Started all of senior season for Georgia Tech . Head coach of the University of Arkansas Razorbacks from 1958-1976 and was appointed Athletic Director of the program in 1974 , a position he held until 2007
Ed Holtsinger 1945 Converted from center to play quarterback because of his size and athleticism . Bobby Dodd needed the bigger man to run his new T formation offense . Played professional football for the Green Bay Packers
Eddie Prokop 1943-1944 Quarterbacked Georgia Tech for two seasons . First Georgia Tech quarterback and second player to receive Heisman Trophy votes finishing fifth in the 1944 voting . Held Georgia Tech 's rushing record in a bowl game with 199 yards until the 2004 Humanitarian Bowl . Played professional football for the New York Yanks and Chicago Rockets
Pat McHugh 1942 Primary quarterback for his senior season . After graduation , fought in World War II . Drafted in 1946 to play for the Philadelphia Eagles
Johnny Bosch 1940-1941 Starting quarter for majority of two seasons at Georgia Tech . Took starting job from Billy Beers in 1939
Billy Beers 1939 Started with Johnny Bosch for majority of 1939 season . Lost starting job at end of 1939 season
Joe Bartlette 1938
Fletcher Sims 1935-1937 All-SEC . Started as quarterback for majority of three seasons engineering Georgia Tech 's flash attack and also played on Georgia Tech 's basketball team . Played professional football for the Chicago Bears
Shorty Roberts 1933-1934 Split time with Jack Phillips at quarter for two seasons . Roberts also played outfield for Georgia Tech baseball . Philips was also the featured kicker and punter for Tech from 1933-1934
Main starting quarterbacks -- 1933 to 1964
The following quarterbacks were the leading passer for the Yellow Jackets each season the team was a member of the Southeastern Conference .
This is a list of every Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team quarterback and the years they participated on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team. Georgia Tech quarterbacks have led Georgia Tech to 673 wins, 37 bowl games, and 4 National Championships. Two quarterbacks have received Heisman Trophy votes and one of the quarterbacks, Billy Lothridge, received votes in multiple years. Nine Georgia Tech quarterbacks have been taken in the National Football League draft since 1936. Including the NFL, Georgia Tech quarterbacks have also played professionally in the Arena Football League, Canadian Football League, World Football League, and American Football League. Three former Georgia Tech quarterbacks went on to be head coaches in Division I-A or professional football. Georgia Tech quarterbacks have played prominent roles in American society off the gridiron as well. Froggie Morrison, the starting quarterback for the 222-0 game, served in World War I after graduating in 1916. Pat McHugh graduated in 1942, fought in World War II, and returned in 1946 to be drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles. Eddie McAshan became the first African American to start at quarterback for a major Southeastern university during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement. Four Georgia Tech quarterbacks transferred from other universities and won starting jobs at Georgia Tech. Of the four, two men transferred from archrival University of Georgia and ironically defeated the Bulldogs three times in four meetings including the very first contest of Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate.