Three days before he won the Heisman Trophy, LSU quarterback Joe Burrow was in Baltimore to accept the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award, given annually to the best fourth- or fifth-year passer in the country.
Burrow knew about Unitas because his father, Jim, idolized Unitas. Jim Burrow, a retired college coach who most recently was the defensive coordinator at Ohio, was a defensive back for the Green Bay Packers in 1976 and in the Canadian Football League from 1977-1981. Unitas played in the NFL from 1956-1973, and all but one of those years came with the Baltimore Colts.
Burrow was honored with the Golden Arm Award Dec. 11, and his father had an opportunity to have drinks with John Unitas Jr. the night before.
