His 14,959 passing yards would rank fifth-most in FBS history if his school hadn’t played three of his four collegiate seasons at the FCS level.
His 132 passing touchdowns would rank fourth-most and his 16,279 yards of total offense would rank sixth-most.
But before he starred at Old Dominion, before he was signed by the Carolina Panthers in January and before he makes his first NFL start on Sunday against the Atlanta Falcons, Taylor Heinicke was a 5-foot-11, 175-pound kid from Atlanta.
And, a kid at least one of his future college coaches joked would get them fired.