THE FLATS – Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King (Longview, Texas/Longview H.S.) has placed 10th in voting for the 2025 Heisman Trophy, becoming only the seventh player in Tech history to finish in the top 10 in Heisman balloting. The Heisman Trophy Trust announced the fifth through 10th spots in the 2025 Heisman voting on Thursday evening.
King is the first Yellow Jacket to finish in the top 10 in Heisman Trophy balloting since College Football Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson also placed 10th in 2006, and is only the third Yellow Jacket to finish in the top 10 in the last 47 years.
GEORGIA TECH IN THE TOP 10 IN HEISMAN TROPHY VOTING
| Year | Player | Place |
| 1942 | HB Clint Castleberry | 3rd |
| 1943 | HB Eddie Prokop | 5th |
| 1962 | QB Billy Lothridge | 8th |
| 1963 | QB Billy Lothridge | 2nd |
| 1978 | RB Eddie Lee Ivery | 8th |
| 1999 | QB Joe Hamilton | 2nd |
| 2006 | WR Calvin Johnson | 10th |
| 2025 | QB Haynes King | 10th |
King has put together one of the most historic individual seasons in college football history in 2025. He’s accounted for 3,619 yards of offense (2,697 passing, 922 rushing) and 27 touchdowns (12 passing, 15 rushing) in just 11 games, while helping lead the Georgia Tech (9-3, 6-2) to only the 16th nine-win regular season in its 133-year football history. He was named the Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year and Offensive Player of the Year, becoming only the fourth Yellow Jacket to ever earn those honors (Hamilton – 1999, Johnson – 2006 and RB Jonathan Dwyer – 2008).
King is the only power-conference player in the nation this season, and just the fifth since 1956, to average at least 240 passing yards and 80 rushing yards per game, according to sports-reference.com. Of the previous four power-conference players to accomplish the feat, three won the Heisman Trophy (LSU’s Jayden Daniels – 2023, Louisville’s Lamar Jackson – 2016 and Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel – 2012), while the fourth, Oklahoma’s Jalen Hurts in 2019, finished second in Heisman voting (Jackson also averaged 240 passing/80 rushing yards in 2017, when he was third in Heisman balloting).
King also ranks among the nation’s leaders this season in total offense (329.0 ypg – third), rushing by a QB (83.8 ypg – fifth and tops among power-conference players), scoring by a QB (8.2 ppg – third and tops among power-conference players) and rushing touchdowns, regardless of position (15 – tied for seventh). He leads the ACC in each of those categories, and was named ACC Quarterback of the Week five times in 11 games.
King will play the final game of his legendary Georgia Tech career on Saturday, Dec. 27 when the No. 22-ranked Yellow Jackets face No. 12 BYU in the 2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. at Camping World Stadium in Orlando.
POP-TARTS BOWL TICKETS
Georgia Tech ticket requests for the 2025 Pop-Tarts Bowl versus No. 12 BYU (Saturday, Dec. 27 in Orlando) are now open. Tech fans are urged to purchase their Pop-Tarts Bowl tickets from Tech athletics in order to guarantee being seated in blocks with other Georgia Tech fans and to officially document the number of Yellow Jacket fans in attendance, which is a leading factor in future postseason selections.
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2026 GEORGIA TECH FOOTBALL SEASON TICKETS
2026 Georgia Tech football season tickets are available now. The Yellow Jackets’ highly anticipated 2026 home schedule features all seven of their home games being played at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field, including premium non-conference showdowns versus Colorado and Tennessee.
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Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
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