Ex-Aggies QB Haynes King Named Starter at Georgia Tech

Former Aggies starting quarterback Haynes King has been named the starting quarterback for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

Matt Galatzan | Aug 22, 2023

Following the emergence of Conner Weigman, and the incoming transfer of Max Johnson, the Texas A&M Aggies lost former starter Haynes King to the NCAA Transfer Portal.

King eventually landed at Georgia Tech, where he was immediately projected as the likely starter in Atlanta. And now, that has become official with Yellow Jackets head coach Brent Key naming King as the starter in Week 1.

No stranger to being the No. 1 option, King was named the starter for the Aggies at the beginning of both the 2021 and 2022 seasons by Jimbo Fisher. However, he was unable to finish either season with the title of QB1.

In 2021, King's season was lost early on after he suffered an injury during the team's 10-7 win over Colorado in Denver.

Zach Calzada took over as the starter for the remainder of that season.

In 2022, King lost the job twice, first to Max Johnson after the loss to Appalachian State, and then to true freshman Conner Weigman following the team's defeat in Columbia to South Carolina.

King was injured during the matchup with the Gamecocks, with Weigman taking over, and remaining the true starter for the rest of the season.

King left College Station completing 128 of 226 passes for 1,578 yards (56.6 percent), with 10 touchdowns in 10 interceptions in three seasons. He also rushed 41 times for 150 yards and a score.

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Published Aug 22, 2023

MATT GALATZAN

Matt Galatzan is the Managing Editor and Publisher of Texas Longhorns On SI and Texas A&M Aggies On SI and a long-time member of the Football Writer’s Association of America. He graduated from the University of Mississippi, where he studied integrated marketing communications, with minors in journalism and business administration. Galatzan started in the sports journalism industry in 2014 covering the Dallas Mavericks and SMU Mustangs with 247Sports. He then moved to Sports Illustrated's Fan Nation network in 2020, eventually being taking over as the Managing Editor and Publisher of the Longhorns and Aggies sites a year later. You can find Galatzan on all major social media channels, including Twitter on @MattGalatzan.