Joe Hamilton (American football)

Joe Hamilton

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Hamilton in 2013
No. 14
Position: Quarterback
Personal information
Date of birth: (1977-03-13) March 13, 1977
Place of birth: Alvin, South Carolina
Height: 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight: 190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school: Macedonia (SC)
College: Georgia Tech
NFL Draft: 2000 / Round: 7 / Pick: 234
Career history
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics
Player stats at NFL.com
Career Arena statistics as of 2006
Pass Comp-Pass Att: 806-1,215
Passing yards: 9,863
Percentage: 66.3
TD-INT: 181-34
Passer rating: 116.77
Player stats at PFR
Player stats at ArenaFan.com

Joseph Fitzgerald Hamilton (born March 13, 1977) is a former American college and professional football player who was a quarterback in three different professional leagues. He played college football for the Georgia Institute of Technology, earned All-American recognition and won several national awards. He played professionally, most recently for the Orlando Predators of the Arena Football League. After his playing career ended, Hamilton became an administrator and coach. He has served as the running backs coach for Georgia State University and currently works in the recruiting department for his alma mater, Georgia Tech.

College career

Hamilton accepted an athletic scholarship to attend Georgia Tech, where he played for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team from 1996 to 1999. He set Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) career records for total offense (10,640 yards), touchdown passes (65) and total touchdowns (83). As a senior in 1999, he was recognized as a consensus first-team All-American, won the Davey O'Brien Award, and was a finalist for the Heisman Trophy, finishing as the runner-up in the Heisman voting behind Wisconsin running back Ron Dayne. In 2002, he was named as one of the fifty members of the ACC 50th Anniversary Football Team. Hamilton was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2014.[1]

Professional career

Due to his lack of prototypical height for an NFL quarterback (standing just 5'10"/1.78 m), he fell to the 7th round of the 2000 NFL Draft before being drafted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. In three years with the Buccaneers he only played four downs in a single regular-season game. In 2002 the Buccaneers allocated Hamilton to NFL Europe, where he led the Frankfurt Galaxy to 5-2 record in 2002 before suffering a severe knee injury (torn ACL). He spent the entire 2002 NFL season on injured reserve and was released by the Buccaneers at the end of the season. He received a Super Bowl ring following the Buccaneers' victory in Super Bowl XXXVII.

He signed with the Arena Football League's Orlando Predators in 2004 and guided the team to a 9-5 record and the playoffs, despite suffering another knee injury and missing two and a half games.

He was then signed by the Indianapolis Colts in 2004, reuniting with former Buccaneers coach Tony Dungy, but only saw limited action in one game before being released during the season.

He returned to the Orlando Predators where he was the starting quarterback through the 2006 season. He has a 32-15 record as the Predators' starter and led them to ArenaBowl XX in 2006, losing 69-61 to the Chicago Rush. With a win, Hamilton would have become the first player in history to own both a Super Bowl and ArenaBowl ring. In the 2006 off-season, he was released by the Orlando Predators.[2]

Post-playing career

He returned to school, and received his degree in History, Technology, and Society in August 2007. "[3]

In 2008, following an arrest for a hit and run, DUI, open container and marijuana possession, Joe Hamilton resigned as a Georgia Tech assistant coach—less than two weeks after he was hired.[4]

In 2010, he resurrected his coaching career when he became a recruiting intern at Georgia State, which had launched its Georgia State Panthers football team that year. In June 2011, he joined the Panthers' full-time staff as running backs coach.[5] On May 7, 2013, exactly 5 years after submitting his resignation, Hamilton was re-hired by Georgia Tech to provide assistance with recruiting for the Yellow Jackets football team.[6]

Collegiate awards and honors

See also

References

  1. ↑ National Football Foundation (2014-05-22). "NFF Proudly Announces Impressive 2014 College Football Hall of Fame Class". FootballFoundation.org. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  2. ↑ "Hamilton released by Predators". The Technique. 2006-10-13. Archived from the original on 2006-10-22. Retrieved 2007-03-28.
  3. 1 2 "Hamilton resigns post at Tech". Atlanta Journal-Constitution. May 7, 2008. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
  4. ↑ "Joe Hamilton gets second chance at GT". ESPN. August 8, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Hamilton Named Running Backs Coach" (Press release). Georgia State Athletics. June 6, 2011. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
  6. ↑ Ken Sugiura (May 7, 2013). "Hamilton hired to Tech staff". ajc.com. Retrieved May 9, 2013.
  7. ↑ http://www.theacc.com/sports/m-footbl/05fblegends.html
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