List of Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets starting quarterbacks This is a list of every Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team quarterback and the years they participated on the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team . Georgia Tech quarterbacks have led Georgia Tech to 673 wins , 37 bowl games , and 4 National Championships . Two quarterbacks have received Heisman Trophy votes and one of the quarterbacks , Billy Lothridge , received votes in multiple years . Nine Georgia Tech quarterbacks have been taken in the National Football League draft since 1936 . Including the NFL , Georgia Tech quarterbacks have also played professionally in the Arena Football League , Canadian Football League , World Football League , and American Football League . Three former Georgia Tech quarterbacks went on to be head coaches in Division I - A or professional football . Georgia Tech quarterbacks have played prominent roles in American society off the gridiron as well . Froggie Morrison , the starting quarter for the 222 - 0 game , served in World War I after graduating in 1916 . Pat McHugh graduated in 1942 , fought in World War II , and returned in 1946 to be drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles . Eddie McAshan became the first African American to start at quarterback for a major Southeastern university during the peak of the Civil Rights Movement . Four Georgia Tech quarterbacks transferred from other universities and won starting jobs at Georgia Tech . Of the four , two men transferred from archrival University of Georgia and ironically defeated the Bulldogs three times in four meetings including the very first contest of Clean , Old - Fashioned Hate . In the 2008 college football season , five different current or former Yellow Jacket quarterbacks started for three different Division I - A football teams including Georgia Tech . Main starting quarterbacks . 1979 to present . The following quarterbacks were the leading passer for the Yellow Jackets each season since joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1979 . 1964 to 1978 . The following quarterbacks were the leading passer for the Yellow Jackets each season the team was a non - conference independent team , following their withdrawal from the Southeastern Conference . 1933 to 1964 . The following quarterbacks were the leading passer for the Yellow Jackets each season the team was a member of the Southeastern Conference . 1922 to 1932 . The following quarterbacks were the predominant quarters for the Yellow Jackets each season the team was a member of the Southern Conference . 1895 to 1921 ( incomplete ) . The following players were the leading quarters for the Yellow Jackets each season the team was a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association . 1892 to 1894 ( incomplete ) . The following players were the predominant quarters for the Yellow Jackets each season the team was a non - conference independent team , following the birth of Georgia Tech football . Other starting quarterbacks . These are quarterbacks that started a few games in the season for special cases and were not the statistical passing leader for the season . Most of these quarterbacks went on to start the following year or were primary backups throughout their careers . Other quarterbacks . These are players that departed Georgia Tech and played prominent roles in other teams ' successes or played quarterback as a second position at Georgia Tech .