Joe Hamilton ( American football ) 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 . 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 and has yet to sign with another team or officially announce his retirement . Post - playing career . He returned to school , and received his degree in History , Technology , and Society in August 2007 . " 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 . 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 .