Heard an interesting fact yesterday on the radio (H2H I believe)

[starkvegasdawg]

Of the previous 16 QB Heisman trophy winners, only one has ever won a playoff game in the NFL. The one who did was Tim Tebow. Cam Newton can be the second if Carolina wins their game this weekend against San Francisco.

[defiantdog]

Roger Staubach, Jim Plunkett, Doug Flutie (kind of), and Vinny Testaverde won a few. Hell, Staubach was a Super Bowl MVP.

[starkvegasdawg]

But they were out of the top 16. Here is that list:
1989 Andre Ware Houston QB
1990 Ty Detmer Brigham Young QB
1992 Gino Torretta Miami (Fla) QB
1993 Charlie Ward Florida State QB
1996 Danny Wuerffel Florida QB
2000 Chris Weinke Florida State QB
2001 Eric Crouch Nebraska QB
2002 Carson Palmer USC QB
2003 Jason White Oklahoma QB
2004 Matt Leinart USC QB
2006 Troy Smith Ohio State QB
2007 Tim Tebow Florida QB
2008 Sam Bradford Oklahoma QB
2010 Cam Newton Auburn QB
2011 Robert Griffin III Baylor University QB
2012 Johnny Manziel Texas A&M QB
2013 Jameis Winston Florida State QB

[Johnson85]

But they were out of the top 16. Here is that list:
1989 Andre Ware Houston QB
1990 Ty Detmer Brigham Young QB
1992 Gino Torretta Miami (Fla) QB
1993 Charlie Ward Florida State QB NBA
1996 Danny Wuerffel Florida QB
2000 Chris Weinke Florida State QB
2001 Eric Crouch Nebraska QB safety
2002 Carson Palmer USC QB
2003 Jason White Oklahoma QB
2004 Matt Leinart USC QB
2006 Troy Smith Ohio State QB
2007 Tim Tebow Florida QB
2008 Sam Bradford Oklahoma QB
2010 Cam Newton Auburn QB
2011 Robert Griffin III Baylor University QB
2012 Johnny Manziel Texas A&M QB college
2013 Jameis Winston Florida State QB (college)

So really the last 12 heisman winners to play qb in the NFL. Still interesting.

ETA: Or 13?

[defiantdog]

Good point.... guess I didn't feel like doing the math to count the last 16 qb's lol. Damn you Andrew Ware for creating the heisman curse and being a boring announcer!

[justwin]

to me, ware is the best announcer out there. He's the one guy that focuses on the x&os and can really dissect and communicate what's going on. I actually value his opinion and will watch a game I'm not interested in if he's covering it. He knows good qb play.


Good point.... guess I didn't feel like doing the math to count the last 16 qb's lol. Damn you Andrew Ware for creating the heisman curse and being a boring announcer!

[Goat Holder]

Sort of illustrates that the more corporate college football became, the less it translated to the NFL. I still think that's the case, now more than ever. Unless you just have a freak like Cam Newton who can do it all.

[defiantdog]

to me, ware is the best announcer out there. He's the one guy that focuses on the x&os and can really dissect and communicate what's going on. I actually value his opinion and will watch a game I'm not interested in if he's covering it. He knows good qb play.

To each his own man.... I admit, he's not as bad as Matt Millen.... but he's not as good as John Gruden.

[justwin]

Haha, I almost wrote that I thought ware was as good as Gruden as he's one of my favorites. Come on, Millen is the worst followed by Craig James, lugenbill, lunqwist...ware is way better thAn any of those



To each his own man.... I admit, he's not as bad as Matt Millen.... but he's not as good as John Gruden.