A season after Joe Hamilton wrapped up his prolific Georgia Tech career after the 1999 season, the Yellow Jackets quickly realized that their man in waiting wasn’t too shabby himself.
Hamilton won the Davey O’Brien Award and was second in Heisman voting his senior season in a career that would eventually lead to spot in the College Football Hall of Fame.
A once-in-a-generation quarterback is tough to replace, but in 2000 George Godsey did as good a job at following in the footsteps of an instant legend as anyone could have.