The Heisman winner who had a poor NFL career and played quarterback at the University of Oklahoma is currently a business owner in what state
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Heisman curse The Heisman curse is a term coined to reference a two-part assertion of a negative future for the winning player of the Heisman Trophy. The "curse" supposes that any college football player who wins the Heisman plays on a team that will likely lose its subsequent bowl game. The trend of post-award failure has garnered the attention of the mainstream media. Talk of a curse in relation to bowl results was particularly prevalent from 2003 to 2008, when six Heisman Trophy winners compiled a cumulative 1–5 bowl game record, and five of those six led number one ranked teams into the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship Game as favorites (Heisman Trophy winners, including Reggie Bush, who gave back his Heisman Trophy, are 4–8 overall in the BCS National Championship Game and College Football Playoff National Championship, although prior to 2009 they were 1–6). Additionally, the Heisman curse asserts that in most cases a Heisman winner will have either a poor career in the National Football League (NFL), or in fact not even see such a football career at all. Although many Heisman winners have not enjoyed success at the professional level, including players like Matt Leinart, Andre Ware, Jason White, Rashaan Salaam, Eric Crouch, Ty Detmer, Troy Smith and Gino Torretta, proponents of the "curse" rarely cite highly successful players such as Barry Sanders, Charles Woodson, Eddie George, Tim Brown, Bo Jackson, Marcus Allen, Earl Campbell, and Tony Dorsett among the notables.
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Jason White (American football) Jason White (born June 19, 1980) is an American former college football quarterback who played for the University of Oklahoma, was recognized as a unanimous All-American, and won the Heisman Trophy in 2003. White is currently a business owner in Oklahoma.
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Mark Walczak Mark Walczak is a former NFL professional Football player who played tight end and long snapper for five NFL seasons for the Indianapolis Colts, Buffalo Bills, Phoenix Cardinals, and San Diego Chargers. In 2007 Mark has been inducted into the New York State Section 5 High School Football Hall of Fame. Since being retired from the NFL, Walczak has shifted his focus to building a successful Real Estate company, Az Real Estate Advisors, llc in Scottsdale Arizona. He also actively works to help improve the health of former professional athletes through promoting Sleep Apnea awareness for testing and treatment across the country. He has teamed up with several other former NFL greats in this effort. Mark and his associates have helped over 300 former players get successfully tested and treated for sleep apnea. Mark also makes himself available for public and corporate motivational speaking and various charitable fund raising events nationally.
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Travis M. Kerr Travis M. Kerr (July 28, 1902 – June 7, 1970) was an American businessman in Oklahoma City and a Thoroughbred racehorse owner. Involved in the oil and uranium business, he was the younger brother of Oklahoma businessman and Senator, Robert S. Kerr.
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Randy Brogdon Randall C. "Randy" Brogdon (born June 17, 1953) is an American businessman and politician. He was a state senator for Oklahoma's 34th senate district from 2002 until 2011. Brogdon ran for governor of Oklahoma in 2010 on a platform of tax cuts and reducing the role of government. He was defeated by Mary Fallin. On December 25, 2013, Brogdon announced that he would challenge incumbent Governor Fallin in the 2014 gubernatorial election. However, he withdrew to run for the U.S. Senate in a special election triggered by the retirement of Tom Coburn. He lost the nomination to representative James Lankford. In April 2015, he was elected as chairman of the Oklahoma Republican Party.
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Eugene Profit Eugene A. Profit is an American investor, entrepreneur, philanthropist and former American football cornerback for the New England Patriots and Washington Redskins. He is the founder, president, CEO, and portfolio manager of Profit Investment Management, an investment management firm located in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.
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Ty Detmer Ty Hubert Detmer (born October 30, 1967) is an American football coach and former player. As a player, Detmer won the Heisman Trophy in 1990 while playing quarterback for Brigham Young University (BYU). He went on to play professionally in the National Football League (NFL) for fourteen seasons. He has been the offensive coordinator at BYU since December 2015. At BYU, Detmer broke several NCAA records and was twice recognized as a consensus All-American. A late-round pick in the 1992 NFL Draft, Detmer played for five NFL teams, mostly in a back-up role. He is the older brother of former NFL quarterback Koy Detmer.
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Kippy Brown Charles Henry "Kippy" Brown(born March 6, 1955) is an American football former coach and former player who most recently was the wide receivers coach for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He was a college-level starting quarterback for Memphis and coached in various capacities at both the college and professional levels of American football. He retired in May 2015.
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Mason Rudolph (American football) Mason Rudolph (born July 17, 1995) is an American football quarterback for the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
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Ron Norick Ronald J. Norick (born August 5, 1941) is an American politician. A Republican, he served as mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma from 1988 to 1998. He is the son of James H. Norick, who served as Mayor of Oklahoma City from 1959 to 1963 and 1967 to 1971. He attended Oklahoma City University and studied management. He is a former bank director and manager of Norick Investments Company LLC. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2008.
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Robert Griffin III Robert Lee Griffin III (born February 12, 1990), nicknamed RG3 or RGIII, is an American football quarterback who is currently a free agent. He played college football at Baylor, where he won the 2011 Heisman Trophy. He was drafted by the Washington Redskins second overall in the first round of the 2012 NFL Draft.
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Keith Cash Keith Lovell Cash (born August 7, 1969) is a former professional American football tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played six seasons in the NFL, one for the Pittsburgh Steelers and five for the Kansas City Chiefs. As a collegian, Keith played wide receiver at the University of Texas. Keith is best remembered at UT for catching the game-winning touchdown pass on 4th down from Texas quarterback Peter Gardere in a rivalry game against Oklahoma which enabled UT to win the game 14-13 in 1990. Keith's most memorable NFL receptions include catching a touchdown pass from Joe Montana in Montana's first game against his former team, the San Francisco 49ers, and catching a touchdown pass from Montana in the Chiefs' 28-20 playoff victory over the Houston Oilers in 1993.
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Al Lerner Alfred "Al" Lerner (May 8, 1933 – October 23, 2002) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was best known as the Chairman of the Board of credit card giant MBNA and the owner of the Cleveland Browns of the National Football League. He was also a past president of the Board of Trustees of the famed Cleveland Clinic as well as a major benefactor.
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J. Walter Duncan J. Walter Duncan Jr. (November 26, 1916 – February 21, 2009) was an American businessman. He was born in Illinois, but moved to Oklahoma in 1949. He worked in the oil and gas industry. In 1983, he became owner of the New Jersey Generals, he sold the team to Donald Trump after the 1983 USFL season.
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Herman Sarkowsky Herman Sarkowsky (June 9, 1925 – November 2, 2014) was a Seattle, Washington, United States businessman, philanthropist, thoroughbred breeder, and former sports executive. He was a co-founder of two Pacific Northwest sports franchises, the Portland Trail Blazers and the Seattle Seahawks.
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Dick Kazmaier Richard William Kazmaier Jr. (November 23, 1930 – August 1, 2013) was an American football player for Princeton University from 1949 through 1951 and winner of the 1951 Heisman Trophy.
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Dallas Baker Dallas Leon Baker (born November 10, 1982) is an American former professional football player. Baker played college football for the University of Florida, and thereafter, he has played professionally for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) and the Jacksonville Sharks of the Arena Football League (AFL). As a member of the Steelers, he won Super Bowl XLIII against the Arizona Cardinals. He is currently the wide receivers coach at Marshall University.
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Juqua Parker Juqua Demail Parker ( ; born Juqua Demail Thomas on May 15, 1978) is an American football defensive end who is currently retired. He was signed by the Tennessee Titans as an undrafted free agent in 2001. He played college football at Oklahoma State and high school football at Aldine High School in Houston, Texas.
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Sandy Stephens Sanford Emory Stephens II (September 21, 1940 – June 6, 2000) was an American college football player and civic leader. Stephens was born and raised in the Pittsburgh area city of Uniontown, Pennsylvania and is best known for his career as a college football quarterback at the University of Minnesota, where he became one of the first African-American quarterbacks in major college football and the first African American to be named an All-American at quarterback. He was a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
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Randy Ball Randy Ball (born February 23, 1951) is a former American college football player and coach. He served as the head coach at Western Illinois University (WIU) from 1990 to 1998, and Missouri State University (MSU) from 1999 through 2005, compiling an overall record of 98 wins, 83 losses, and one tie. Ball is currently a pro personnel scouting assistant for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL), a position he has held since May 2013.
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Michael Terrizzi Michael "Mike" Terrizzi is a retired football player who played quarterback for the Purdue University football team and was later signed by the San Francisco 49ers before his playing career was cut short by injury. He is a current attorney with the law firm of Plastiras & Terrizzi located in San Rafael, California. As quarterback for Purdue during the 1974 football season, he led the Boilermakers to a 31-20 victory over archrival Notre Dame at Notre Dame's stadium in South Bend, Indiana. Following this victory, Purdue did not defeat Notre Dame at Notre Dame for 30 years until 2004, when Kyle Orton led the Boilermakers to a 41-16 victory in South Bend. Nicknamed "Dorothy," he is not as well known as fellow Purdue quarterbacks with Bob Griese, Drew Brees and Kyle Orton. After graduation, he was signed by the San Francisco 49ers although his professional football career was cut short not long thereafter by an injury.
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James Kilian James Kilian (born October 24, 1980) is a former professional gridiron football quarterback. Kilian played football and basketball at Medford High School in Medford, Oklahoma, making him one of the few 8-man or 6-man athletes to be drafted to the NFL in recent years. He played college football for the Tulsa Golden Hurricane and started at quarterback for the 2001 and 2002 seasons. He placed himself for draft eligibility as a junior. Kilian was drafted in the seventh round of the 2005 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs.