Former Georgia Tech QB faces drug, alcohol, hit-and-run charges

Less than a week after being named Georgia Tech's assistant director of player personnel, former QB Joe Hamilton decided to hit-and-run while intoxicated and possess marijuana for police to find. Hamilton, who finished second in Heisman Trophy balloting in 1999, was pulled over by police when his car matched the description and license plate number of a hit-and-run incident near the school. His blood-alcohol content level was 0.199 and police found marijuana and an open beer bottle in his car. His black car also had white paint on its front bumper, the same color as the victim's car.