Is this right?

[WV Cowboy]

Read this on another site, .. is it corrrect?

In the last 25 years, 16 QBs have won the Heisman. Only 1 has won an NFL Playoff game: Tim Tebow

Not surprised about the Tebow part, but that there is only one playoff win among them.

 

[joseephuss]

I am surprised by the Tebow part and not by the other part. Actually, the Tebow part is not true. Vinny Testaverde won a playoff game in 1998 while with the Jets when he faced the Jags and in 1994 with the Browns against the Pats.

Heisman trophy winning QBs have not had stellar NFL careers. Roger Staubach is the exception to the rule.

Year Name School Position Class
1937 Clint Frank Yale QB Sr.
1938 Davey O'Brien TCU QB Sr.
1943 Angelo Bertelli Notre Dame QB Sr.
1944 Les Horvath Ohio State QB Sr.
1947 John Lujack Notre Dame QB Sr.
1956 Paul Hornung Notre Dame QB Sr.
1962 Terry Baker Oregon State QB Sr.
1963 Roger Staubach Navy QB Jr.
1964 John Huarte Notre Dame QB Sr.
1966 Steve Spurrier Florida QB Sr.
1967 Gary Beban UCLA QB Sr.
1970 Jim Plunkett Stanford QB Sr.
1971 Pat Sullivan Auburn QB Sr.
1984 Doug Flutie Boston College QB Sr.
1986 Vinny Testaverde Miami (Fla) QB Sr.
1989 Andre Ware Houston QB Jr.
1990 Ty Detmer Brigham Young QB Jr.
1992 Gino Torretta Miami (Fla) QB Sr.
1993 Charlie Ward Florida State QB Sr.
1996 Danny Wuerffel Florida QB Sr.
2000 Chris Weinke Florida State QB Sr.
2001 Eric Crouch Nebraska QB Sr.
2002 Carson Palmer USC QB Sr.
2003 Jason White Oklahoma QB Jr.
2004 Matt Leinart USC QB Jr.
2006 Troy Smith Ohio State QB Sr.
2007 Tim Tebow Florida QB Sop
2008 Sam Bradford Oklahoma QB Sop
2010 Cam Newton Auburn QB Jr.
2011 Robert Griffin III Baylor University QB Jr.
2012 Johnny Manziel Texas A&M QB Fr.

 

[Califan007]

I am surprised by the Tebow part and not by the other part. Actually, the Tebow part is not true. Vinny Testaverde won a playoff game in 1998 while with the Jets when he faced the Jags and in 1994 with the Browns against the Pats.

I believe the statement was meant to mean, of the 16 QBs that have won the Heisman over the last 25 years, only one has won a playoff game.

 

[burmafrd]

Heisman Trophy + QB = DUD NFL career.

Plunkett and Staubach are the only two that won SBs

 

[joseephuss]

I believe the statement was meant to mean, of the 16 QBs that have won the Heisman over the last 25 years, only one has won a playoff game.

Thanks, I did misread that.

Still not surprised. Of those 16 guys, I didn't think most of them would make great NFL QBs. Obviously a few are very young and just starting their NFL careers, so we will see how they do over time. Plus you can't even count Manziel since he is still in college, so it is really only 15 guys. You could probably also take Charlie Ward off the list since he chose to play basketball. Not that I thought he would be any good in the NFL, but he didn't chose to go down that path.

Heisman Trophy + QB = DUD NFL career.

Plunkett and Staubach are the only two that won SBs

And Staubach is the only one in the HoF. Plunkett had a mostly a dud career. It is amazing he was able to put together two SB winning seasons because he was so average at best the rest of his career.