THE FLATS –Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King (Longview, Texas/Longview H.S.) has made the top 10 list for the 2025 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, which honors college football’s top upperclassman quarterback who best exemplifies character, leadership and excellence, on and off the field.
King is in the midst of a historic season, leading Georgia Tech to its first 8-0 start in 59 years and its first-ever 5-0 record in Atlantic Coast Conference play.
Individually, King is the only player in the country that is averaging at least 200 passing yards and 90 rushing yards per game this season. In the last 10 seasons, only three power-conference players have averaged 200 passing yards and 90 rushing yards a game. All three – Louisville’s Lamar Jackson (2016 and 2017), Oklahoma’s Jalen Hurts (2019) and LSU’s Jayden Daniels (2023) – were Heisman Trophy finalists, with Jackson and Daniels both winning the award.
In all, King ranks among the top five nationally in seven different statistical categories, the top 10 in nine and the top 20 in 12, including total offense (304.4 ypg), points responsible for (16.6 ppg), rushing (93.0 ypg) and completion percentage (70.6%).
King is joined in the top 10 for the 2025 Golden Arm Award by Miami (Fla.)’s Carson Beck, TCU’s Josh Hoover, Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza, Duke’s Darian Mensah, Louisville’s Miller Moss, Vanderbilt’s Diego Pavia, Texas A&M’s Marcel Reed, Cincinnati’s Brendan Sorsby and Georgia’s Gunner Stockton. King ranks second among the group in total offense, just 2.7 yards per game behind Mensah, who King outdueled in a 27-18 win at Duke on Oct. 18, and fifth in points responsible for (behind only Mendoza, Sorsby, Hoover and Reed).
VIDEO: Haynes King highlights vs. Syracuse (ACC Digital Network)
The winner of the 2025 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award will be announced later this year in Baltimore.
King and the No. 8/7-ranked Yellow Jackets put their unblemished record on the line on Saturday when they travel to NC State for a pivotal ACC matchup. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. in Raleigh, N.C. and the game will be televised nationally on ESPN2.
2025 GEORGIA TECH FOOTBALL TICKETS
With a fanbase that has been reenergized by the Yellow Jackets’ success, attendance at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field is up 29% over this time in 2024. Fans can still be a part of the excitement on The Flats, as tickets remain for the Yellow Jackets’ final regular-season home game of 2025 at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field:
Saturday, Nov. 22 vs. Pitt (Senior Day/Military Appreciation Day/Michael Isenhour Toy Drive-25th Anniversary) – Click HERE for tickets.
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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