Haynes King, Weston Franklin Earn ACC Honors for Performance Against North Carolina

King and Franklin helped lead Georgia Tech to a big upset against North Carolina

Georgia Tech pulled off one of the biggest upsets of the college football weekend and today, quarterback Haynes King and center Weston Franklin have earned ACC Player of the Week honors for their respective positions. 

"King accounted for 377 yards of total offense and four touchdowns to lead Georgia Tech to a 46-42 win over No. 17 North Carolina. The Yellow Jackets’ quarterback completed 23-of-30 passes for 287 yards and four touchdowns. He also rushed eight times for 90 yards, including a 52-yard run in the fourth quarter that set up his game-winning five-yard touchdown pass to tight end Brett Seither with 4:28 to go in the ballgame. King led Georgia Tech to scores on seven of its final nine possessions of the game (not including a kneel-down at the end), including three straight touchdown drives of 75 yards or more in the fourth quarter. His 377 yards of total offense were the 11th-most in Georgia Tech history, while his 76.7 completion percentage was the second-highest in school history for a passer with at least 30 attempts. King became the second quarterback in Tech history to throw at least four touchdown passes three times in a season, joining Joe Hamilton in 1999, who did it three times en route to finishing second in voting for the Heisman Trophy that year. (Per ACC Communications)"

"Franklin anchored an offensive front that paved the way for Georgia Tech to rush for 348 yards - including 246 in the fourth quarter alone - and did not allow a sack in the Yellow Jackets' 46-42 win over No. 17 North Carolina. The center was especially impressive in the Jackets' dominant fourth quarter, as two of the biggest plays of the period - a 70-yard touchdown run by Dontae Smith and a 52-yard run by Haynes King - came on middle runs that followed key blocks from Franklin. Behind Franklin, Tech's 348 rushing yards were the most by an ACC team and the 18th-most by any NCAA Division I FBS team this season. The Yellow Jackets' 635 yards of total offense were Tech's most ever in an ACC game, the second-most by an ACC team against an FBS opponent this season and the 23rd-most in a single game overall in 2023. Franklin and the Jackets did not allow a sack for the second-straight game and the fourth time in eight games this season (Per ACC Communications)"

Georgia Tech quarterback Haynes King
Haynes King on the run vs North Carolina / Nathaniel Caudell

Georgia Tech is back in action this Saturday against Virginia on the road. The game will kick off at 2:00 p.m. on the CW Network. 

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