The Heisman winner who had a poor NFL career and played quarterback at the University of Oklahoma is currently a business owner in what state
Heisman curse The Heisman curse is a term coined to reference a two-part assertion of a negative future for the winning player of the Heisman Trophy. The "curse" supposes that any college football player who wins the Heisman plays on a team that will likely lose its subsequent bowl game. The trend of post-award failure has garnered the attention of the mainstream media. Talk of a curse in relation to bowl results was particularly prevalent from 2003 to 2008, when six Heisman Trophy winners compiled a cumulative 1–5 bowl game record, and five of those six led number one ranked teams into the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) National Championship Game as favorites (Heisman Trophy winners, including Reggie Bush, who gave back his Heisman Trophy, are 4–8 overall in the BCS National Championship Game and College Football Playoff National Championship, although prior to 2009 they were 1–6). Additionally, the Heisman curse asserts that in most cases a Heisman winner will have either a poor career in the National Football League (NFL), or in fact not even see such a football career at all. Although many Heisman winners have not enjoyed success at the professional level, including players like Matt Leinart, Andre Ware, Jason White, Rashaan Salaam, Eric Crouch, Ty Detmer, Troy Smith and Gino Torretta, proponents of the "curse" rarely cite highly successful players such as Barry Sanders, Charles Woodson, Eddie George, Tim Brown, Bo Jackson, Marcus Allen, Earl Campbell, and Tony Dorsett among the notables.
Mark Walczak Mark Walczak is a former NFL professional Football player who played tight end and long snapper for five NFL seasons for the Indianapolis Colts, Buffalo Bills, Phoenix Cardinals, and San Diego Chargers. In 2007 Mark has been inducted into the New York State Section 5 High School Football Hall of Fame. Since being retired from the NFL, Walczak has shifted his focus to building a successful Real Estate company, Az Real Estate Advisors, llc in Scottsdale Arizona. He also actively works to help improve the health of former professional athletes through promoting Sleep Apnea awareness for testing and treatment across the country. He has teamed up with several other former NFL greats in this effort. Mark and his associates have helped over 300 former players get successfully tested and treated for sleep apnea. Mark also makes himself available for public and corporate motivational speaking and various charitable fund raising events nationally.