Nesbitt’s Heisman campaign starts Tuesday
Georgia Tech will unveil its Heisman Trophy campaign for quarterback Joshua Nesbitt on Tuesday.
Watch for a website, www.nesbitt4heisman.com, to go live by 2 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.
Nesbitt, a 6-foot-1, 217-pound senior, passed for 1,701 yards and rushed for 1,037 yards last season to lead the Yellow Jackets to the ACC championship. He is considered an outside contender for the award. Alabama running back Mark Ingram, who won the award last season, is the favorite to win it again this season. The last quarterback from an option team to win the Heisman was Nebraska’s Eric Crouch in 2001.
Though the trophy is named after Tech’s first coach, John Heisman, who went 102-29-7 from 1904-19, no Yellow Jacket has ever won college football’s most prestigious trophy, given annually to the sport’s best player.
With 2,079 yards in three seasons, Nesbitt has already rushed for more yards than any quarterback in Tech’s history and is just the second to rush and pass for more than 1,000 yards in a season. A Greene County High School product, Nesbitt needs 692 yards to become the most prolific rushing quarterback in ACC history.
Tech in the Heisman Trophy voting
2006: Calvin Johnson, WR 10th
1999: Joe Hamilton, QB 2nd
1978: Eddie Lee Ivery, TB 8th
1966: Lenny Snow, TB 14th
1963: Billy Lothridge, QB 2nd
1962: Billy Lothridge, QB 8th
1943: Eddie Prokop, HB 5th
1942: Clint Castleberry, HB 3rd
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63 comments Add your comment
ty webb
August 30th, 2010
5:09 pm
good one!
IveryTheGreat
August 30th, 2010
5:14 pm
Eddie Lee Ivery got snubbed!!!
Tech Sucks
August 30th, 2010
5:51 pm
lol. Not going to happen. Tech will finish with a .500 record.
JACKETNATION
August 30th, 2010
6:18 pm
Joe Hamilton should have won it too, too much politics involved Glad to hear this news, NESBITT FOR HEISMAN
Worm
August 30th, 2010
6:19 pm
He will not be in the top 10..Spending money on this when the athletics dept. is losing money isn’t smart.
Chris
August 30th, 2010
6:21 pm
Joshua will go undefeated this year and win the heisman. I beleive he can do it. Let’s do it!
TechDan
August 30th, 2010
6:22 pm
Lil Joe was robbed!
NESBITT FOR HEISMAN
August 30th, 2010
6:25 pm
Nesbitt deserves to be a candidate. I didn’t see Ponder(fsu), Wilson(ncst), Harris(miami) or Parker(clemson) leading their team to the ACC championship. It was long time coming, congrats Josh and go get’em!
Ralph
August 30th, 2010
6:29 pm
Sad (but true) that a Heisman run needs to be marketed. Once, only the individual stats counted (along with a won – loss record).
wes
August 30th, 2010
6:34 pm
Eric Crouch won the Heisman Trophy while throwing 5 or 7 TD’s and 10 interceptions!
Joshua has a much better TD/INT ratio, but his completion% has to be a little bit north of 50%
Joshua Nesbitt is the most interesting college football player in the country.
Paulie J
August 30th, 2010
6:35 pm
Many many jacket fans hearts will be crushed this year, including the Josh for Heisman campaign.
THWGT!!!!!
JAdams
August 30th, 2010
6:43 pm
Gailey would have never let something like this happen. thats why he sucks
GT GRAD
August 30th, 2010
6:44 pm
Nesbitt is a superb athelete and definitely should be considered for the Heisman.
I hope he wins!
Okeefe/Bob
August 30th, 2010
7:05 pm
Lothridge got snubbed also.The word was that Staubach meant more to his team than Lothridge.All Billy did was run the ball,throw the ball,punt the ball,kick the ball for extra points and field goals and kick the damn ball off after scores.I saw him play and can tell you no one meant more to his team than Billy Lothridge. I’m still ticked off that he didn’t win it.As much as I like Joshua,I beleive the only chance of him winning the award is if Tech goes undefeated and brings home the Nat. Championship.
Rodney Dangerfield
August 30th, 2010
7:09 pm
Hey UGA fans, we aren’t stupid. We know that Tech probably has to go undefeated and Nesbitt will need a better completion % and still needs to run for over 1000 yards. But he will be the focus this year with no BayBay or Dwyer. So it is not unbelievable that he can win. I have never seen a Tech QB with more grit and heart than Nesbitt. Even if he doesn’t have a chance, he still deserves some respect for the way he plays the game.
Tech never gets any respect, hence my name, and we are used to it. That may be the whole reason why I am a Tech fan, the underdog factor. I’m not sure what I would do if they got all the recruits and won all the time. I guess I would then be a UGA fan, oh wait, UGA gets all the recruits but fails at the winning.
SavannahJacket
August 30th, 2010
7:13 pm
With the O-Line getting bigger stronger and faster Joshua will do great things this year. If he rushes for 1000 and passes for 2400 he would be the first ever 3000/5000 qb in D-I history. Throw in 30+ wins with another good season and he will be a lock for the top 3. See you in NYC in December!!!
Damon Evans
August 30th, 2010
7:16 pm
Anyone know where I can get a good martini to watch Joshua in action?
Tech Fan Since 1950
August 30th, 2010
7:18 pm
Billy Lothridge (1963) and Joe Hamilton (1999) both got snubbed, but both did come in second. The Heisman Trophy should be won based on performance on the field. Nesbitt is an excellent candidate and should be in the running. If he can get off to a good start and Tech wins the first five games then a marketing campaign can begin to help. It is about time that the Heisman Trophy comes home to one of the main historic headquarters of Coach John Heisman. I’m looking at my “Hamilton for Heisman” mouse pad as I type this. Go Joshua!
Hayseed Dixie
August 30th, 2010
7:28 pm
Joe Hamilton was the greatest Yellow Jacket I’d ever seen- until Nesbitt’s steal back against FSU.
Hayseed Dixie
August 30th, 2010
7:29 pm
Oh, and if Tebow had done the same play against FSU we’d STILL be forced to watch it on ESPN.
Ultimate Road Warriors
August 30th, 2010
7:52 pm
the comments from the GT fans on this blog are awesome. Rodney Dangerfield, I agree with you, Nesbitt will have to do twice as much as other quarterbacks to get half the respect but if anyone can pull that off it is NESBITT. He is a team leader, game changer and I wish him the best of luck this season in his career. JOSH(joshua), if you are reading these comments, there are GT fans that do indeed think you are the best QB in the country and a definite Heisman candidate. We will support you and rally for you because we know how the media is and wants to disrepect you. Go get ‘em
And before anyone brings up Nesbitt’s performance in the Orange Bowl, I didn’t see Bama’s Mark Ingram do anything in the Sugar Bowl loss against Utah and he won a Heisman, so what is your point.
Bug Zapper
August 30th, 2010
8:22 pm
Must not be much to talk about in the Tech program if the subject is Nesbitt’s Heisman campaign……Now thats a JOKE……..Not only can he not throw the ball but even if he did there’s noone there to catch it…….Bwahahahahahaha
get real
August 30th, 2010
8:27 pm
Nesbitt for Heisman???? pfft…. Your kidding right?? He can’t even pass the ball. This has to be some kind of joke. He has as much of a chance to win the Heisman as he does to beat Georgia……..NONE.
Adam Weber for Heisman
August 30th, 2010
8:50 pm
Figured I would throw my name in there….I am the QB at Minnesota. I have as much chance of getting a single Heisman Vote as Josh Nesbitt does.
Tech Fan Since 1950
August 30th, 2010
8:55 pm
“get real”…for the record Nesbitt has already beaten Georgia once (Classic City) and if you doggies hadn’t done the usual stuff last year twisting ankle, etc.(he would have been in the game a little more and you didn’t want that did you?) things might have been a little different. Congratulations on your win last year. No sour grapes here, just stating the facts. Nesbitt is a better passer than you think and he is a much better leader and gritty runner than anyone I can think of, even east of Atlanta.
Colin Kaepernick for Heisman
August 30th, 2010
8:55 pm
I am the QB at Nevada, and, like Adam Weber, have had a much better career than Josh Nesbitt, and am more likely to get a single Heisman vote than Nesbitt. If anybody and their brother can have a Heisman campaign, I figured I would throw my name in there.
ACC champs
August 30th, 2010
8:56 pm
here’s the deal, there will be a Nesbitt for Heisman campaign and no one cares what you idiot morons think. I realize that you have nothing else to worry about being that you have bragged about winning another national title now for 29 years and it still hasn’t happened. And not many around to remember the one you did win 30 years ago and the kids do not care..so some of you brag about the national titles the SEC has won but since none of those titles are ugays, what does that have to do with you? If Miami or VT won a national title, I would not be on here bragging about either one of them. Like CPJ, I would hoping to devise a plan to beat them. You people are so J E A L O U S over every little thing. It is not GT’s fault that year in and year out you have 5 star recruiting classes and no national titles to show for it. Maybe you need to start pointing the finger at you own football program. Ever thought of that?
Rodney Dangerfield
August 30th, 2010
8:58 pm
Hayseed, If Tebow did what Nesbitt did (stealing the fumble back) against FSU there would be HBO specials made about it. It would be in the top 10 ESPN college football moments. Who knows, since Tebow has graduated from UF what will ESPN talk about?
Dawg squeeze
August 30th, 2010
9:01 pm
Ugag fans are just jealous! They don’t have any players to consider for the Heisman! Go Jackets….Go Nesbitt!
Bee Lover
August 30th, 2010
9:05 pm
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Maybe you need to start pointing the finger at you own football program. Ever thought of that?
Yeah, take that you “hiney sniffers”
K
August 30th, 2010
9:19 pm
Yes, Billy Lothridge and Joe Hamilton were robbed.
Tech gets no respect, but things are changing!
There is no other player in this country that means more to a team than Joshua Nesbitt. I do think we now have a coach and athletic director who know how to get things done.
Now is Ga Tech time!!!!!! It can happen! Go Yellow Jackets!!!!!!!!
If you want to see a Heisman Trophy then make the drive to Athens!
August 30th, 2010
9:21 pm
Try winning a bowl game and beating UGA for a change. Tech hasn’t won a bowl game since 2005 at the Champ Sports Bowl!
Bug Zapper
August 30th, 2010
9:22 pm
Tech fan since 1850! You know aloong with the rest of the nation that Nesbitt cant pass…..THATS FACT…..stats don’t lie…..The heisman campaign is just something that you guys are concopting to make yourselves feel good about something……and if the best youve got is one rogue victory over UGA in years then your bar is’nt raised that high now is it?…..A good leader for your team, yes, but heisman candidate is a pipe dream…..kinda like winning against your rival from the east
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
9:29 pm
Wait AJ Green is the football god of the whole US according to the dawg fans. AJ has done so much in his uga career he has to be the greatest player in the whole of the NCAA.
jacketbrave
August 30th, 2010
9:34 pm
SHUT THE H3LL UP U GAY @SS UGA FANS! GIVE THE GUY A MF’N CHANCE!
Bug Zapper
August 30th, 2010
9:36 pm
jacketbrave…….he has no chance!
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
9:37 pm
Bug Z if Nesbitt can’t pass then why did he have more yards than Bobo’s qb at mutt u? J. Cox threw for fewer yards than a running qb in NESBITT. The greatest qbs Richt has ever benn around he did nothing to make them better. Jim Kelly took his job in college. C. Ward learned so much from Richt he became a NBA point guard after his Heisman trophy year. Richt taught Winkie how to get a MLB pitchers arm, right. Richt has not made a qb get better ever. Richt was blessed to have QBs with more talent than he knew what to do with. He just used their skill set o make the team better, but he never made the qds better. If you think different then you need to stop smoking the mushrooms growing on the field from the cesspool of the south.
wesleywhatwhat
August 30th, 2010
9:38 pm
this guy has a great chance to be in the top 3 when votes are counted in december.
http://twitpic.com/21rix1
wesleywhatwhat
August 30th, 2010
9:39 pm
errrr, no, wait. wrong pic. i think i meant to post this link:
http://twitpic.com/2be0py
college football
August 30th, 2010
9:48 pm
HEISMAN, are you out of your mind, he’s barely a decent high school quarterback. You need to get a life.
superDawg
August 30th, 2010
9:48 pm
Boy Howdie.
hmmmm........
August 30th, 2010
9:50 pm
choke
Bug Zapper
August 30th, 2010
10:00 pm
5150…..uhhh…..If you care to look at numbers David Greene is the second winningest QB in CFB history, Shockley won a SEC championship in his only year as a starter, and Stafford was a number 1 pick…..So, there goes your theory……Joe Cox was a dissappointment indeed but also did’nt have the skill set….A Murray though, does….Charlie Ward was never a true QB but Richt turned him into one of the most dynamic QB’s ever in the college game.
superDawg
August 30th, 2010
10:07 pm
The main headline on this topic made me laugh.
Reggie Balless
August 30th, 2010
10:22 pm
Bwahahhahahahahaha… he has as much chance to win the Heisman as another Tech product, FlagBoy, does winning the Miss America pagent.
Alcoholic
August 30th, 2010
10:39 pm
Heisman? Lol
4 tix 4 hotdogs 4 cokes
August 30th, 2010
10:40 pm
Doesn’t the Heisman runner-up win a free hotdog?
K with a K
August 30th, 2010
10:46 pm
GO JOSH!! GO JACKETS!! you guys don’t hate on the Bulldogs, don’t you know they Run This State…Oh I mean Hit and Run!
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
11:03 pm
hahahah right
Dawgman
August 30th, 2010
11:04 pm
I’m laughing so hard I’m going to puke!!!!!! HAHAAA!!!!!
5150 P.O.A.D
August 30th, 2010
11:14 pm
Bug Z David greene was a great qb on the bootleg fake. Richt may have tought him that, but Green had the gust to stand with his back to the line until he turned and threw the pass. Q. Carter and DJ were jokes and you know it. Don’t even try that sales pitch or you will get Reggie Ball thrown up at you. Richt didn’t teach Stafford a thing because Bobo was his position caoach and Bobo didn’t teach Matt t have a HUGE arm. Richt didn’t teach Weinke to have a pro baseball players arm or to be a 4 year NFL age QB. Richt taught C. Ward how to be a NBA point guard right? Ward ran around and then threw the ball as deep as he could after the D broke down and the WRs got behind the D. Richt taught C Ward that trick right? If Richt is worthhis money then why don’t all the major colleges needing a coach at least ask to speak to Richt? Why didn’t UT call to talk to Bobo if he is so good? Mane the last UGA Head Coach to get a job after UGA? Name one Uga OC that got a head coaching job after leaving UGA? The last coach from UGA that left an was a Head coach was Erk Russell at GSU. GSU didn’t have a team before Erk showed up. Who was the OC that got ERK a National Championship in 85? PAUL JOHNSON. without Paul Erk would not have a dog house to sleep in.
HugoStiglitz
August 30th, 2010
11:16 pm
The Heisman Trophy is a popularity contest and Nesbitt isnt popular enough. It doesnt matter his stats, he would pretty much have to lead us to an undefeated record and the MNC to even be considered. More then likely someone from the SEC or Big 10 who doesnt deserve it will win it like Ingram last year.
Bug Zapper
August 30th, 2010
11:43 pm
Oh, and one more thing 5150…..as far as BOBO goes, yes there are times that were dissappointed in his play calling but one things for sure, he’s done a wonderful job calling the right plays against you losers…….Oh, who’s your recievers coach?
Bug repellant
August 30th, 2010
11:58 pm
ok 5150. First off, Q carter never played on any Richt coached team you idiot!. 2nd, David Green is the second all time winningest QB in NCAA history. 3rd, DJ Shockley won a SEC title in his only year as a starter and also a BCS game(which you guys have never done). And no, Richt nor Bobo did’nt teach Stafford the big arm thing as you say but they did coach him up enough to end up a number one draft pick so obviously somethings being taught right……Now, even as mad as I get at Bobo at times, he’s sure doing something right against you losers…..look at the record……Oh, and by the way, you brought up Reggie Balls name. Not me!…but thats a joke in itself……Did he ever learn how to count?
Stinger
August 31st, 2010
12:01 am
Josh is a sure thing for the Heisman. Murray is a sure thing for a pick six. LMFAO. Long season dogs without a QB.
Alcoholic
August 31st, 2010
12:23 am
Tech d-bags! The closest thing to heisman tech has is……….uh……………………………………
Can you use it in a sentence please?
Nesbitt
August 31st, 2010
12:52 am
“I can throw with accuracy…I just choose not to.”
DawgNation
August 31st, 2010
9:04 am
Can’t have 4-14, 51 yards passing and 21 attempts for 54 yards rushing like last year’s stellar performance against Wake Forest.
30-24
GT Sambo
August 31st, 2010
9:44 am
Realistically do I think Nesbitt is going to win the Heisman, No. However, I think he has a chance to be in the mix much like Joe in 1999. If he has that kind of season where he is running the offense efficiently, moving the ball on the ground and completing 55%-60% of his passes, then he will have as good a shot as anyone. I remember Joe in the 1999 game at FSU throwing the ball all over the field and putting up a Heisman-worthy performance even in a loss. Nesbitt would have to play like that and have a couple of signature wins as well as possibly some signature performances even in losses.
wintervilledawg
August 31st, 2010
10:00 am
ESPN will spend this year fawning over Nick Saban. He will take the place of Tim Tebow. Good luck to Nesbitt. I didn’t realize that Tech did not have a Heisman winner. With the history I wouldn’t have guessed that. Yes, I’m a Dawg fan but I’m not your typical no neck, redneck type. Good luck until late November!
Not Disappointed
August 31st, 2010
10:05 am
Do you thing Joshua! Little Joe was robbed, but I believe you will rock this year!
GT Sambo
August 31st, 2010
10:08 am
wintervilledawg,
Thanks for the level-headed, even-keeled comments. There are a few of you UGA fans like that out there. UGA should be much improved on defense and after Murray gets his feet wet a little bit, also somewhat improved in the passing game. Both Tech and UGA should go into their rivalry game with nine to ten wins, so it should be a good one this year.
HERSCHEL WAS SCREWED
August 31st, 2010
1:38 pm
Undoubtedly, Herschel Walker was screwed his freshman year. Everyone knows the only reason he did not get the Heisman is because it had never been given to a freshman or even sophomore up to that point. Without Herschel, Dawgs go 8-4, maybe 9-3.