THE FLATS – Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King (Longview, Texas/Longview H.S.) added another chapter to his story as one of college football’s most outstanding players on Friday when he was named one of five finalists for the 2025 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award. The Unitas Golden Arm Award is presented annually to college football’s top upperclassman quarterback.
King, the nation’s leader in total offense at 340.7 yards per game, is joined on the Unitas Golden Arm Award’s list of finalists by Indiana’s Fernando Mendoza, Vanderbilt’s Diego Pavia, Texas A&M’s Marcel Reed and Georgia’s Gunner Stockton.
King ranks among the nation’s top 25 in 16 different statistical categories, including total offense, passing (251.0 ypg), rushing (89.7 ypg), passing efficiency (159.2 rating), completion percentage (.727), passing yards per attempt (8.93), scoring (9.3 ppg) and points responsible for (16.2 ppg).
He’s the only player in the nation averaging both 250 passing yards and 85 rushing yards per game, a feat accomplished by just four NCAA Division I FBS players since 1995. Of the four that have averaged 250 passing/85 rushing yards per game since ’95, three won the Heisman Trophy (LSU’s Jayden Daniels, Louisville’s Lamar Jackson and Texas A&M’s Johnny Manziel) and the fourth was runner-up (Oklahoma’s Jalen Hurts).
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Most importantly, King directs the nation’s top-ranked offense (496.7 ypg) and has No. 15/12 Georgia Tech (9-1, 6-1 ACC) in position to earn berths in the ACC Championship Game and College Football Playoff. King and the Yellow Jackets can clinch Tech’s first ACC title game appearance since 2014 with a home win over Pitt on Saturday night at Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (7 p.m. – ESPN).
The winner of the 2025 Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award will be announced in the coming weeks and the award will be presented at the annual Golden Arm Award ceremony on December 12 in Baltimore.
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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