BUCK BELUE

Buck played Quarterback at UGA from 1978 to 1981 and was the quarterback for the Georgia Bulldogs in 1980 when the team went 12–0, Beat Notre Dame in the championship and was named the consensus national champion in the Sugar Bowl.

Buck’s football accomplishments include: Being named captain of the 1981 SEC Champion Georgia Bulldogs, twice selected as 1^st Team All-SEC QB, SEC Athlete of the Year for 1981, played quarterback for the Jacksonville Bulls in the USFL, was an Assistant Football Coach  (QB & WR) at Valdosta State University and has been named to the Georgia-Florida Hall of Fame, the Valdosta Sports Hall of Fame, and the Georgia Sports Hall of Fame.

JOE HAMILTON

Joe Hamilton set ACC career records for total offense (10,640 yards), touchdown passes (65) and total touchdowns (83) while at GA Tech. He was also the 1999 Heisman Trophy Runner-Up, a 1st Team All-American, and was drafted to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers where he won a Super Bowl.

In 2002, he was named one of the 50 members of the ACC 50th Anniversary Football Team, was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2014 and was just enshrined in the South Carolina Athletic Hall of Fame on May 15th, 2023.

BRIAN FINNERAN

Until 2010, Brian Finneran served as a wide receiver for the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons. Finneran entered the NFL in 1998 when he signed as a rookie free agent with the Seattle Seahawks and came to the Falcons late in the 1999 season where he remained for the rest of his career.

In the 2010 season with the Falcons, Finneran played in all 16 regular-season games and finished the year with 19 catches for 166 yards and three touchdowns. That was enough to help the Falcons finish the year with a 13-3 record and top the National Football Conference going into the 2010-11 NFL Playoffs.