16 Facts About Gino Torretta

Gino Torretta played college football at the University of Miami, won the Heisman Trophy in 1992, and was a member of the Miami Hurricanes' national championship teams of 1989 and 1991.

Gino Torretta was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010.

Gino Torretta graduated from Pinole Valley High School, where he was a standout high school football quarterback for the Pinole Spartans.

Gino Torretta passed for more than 3,000 yards his senior year in 1992 on his way to winning the Heisman Trophy and the Davey O'Brien Award that season.

Gino Torretta won the Walter Camp Award, the Maxwell Award, the Johnny Unitas Trophy, and the Chic Harley Award.

Gino Torretta was flummoxed by Alabama's 11-man fronts, and threw three interceptions after only throwing four all season.

Gino Torretta was not selected until the Minnesota Vikings took him in the seventh round in the 1993 NFL Draft and then did not play him at all that year.

In 1994, Gino Torretta was on the Vikings' roster, and then was picked up by the Detroit Lions.

In 1995, Gino Torretta moved to NFL Europe and was on the roster for the San Francisco 49ers and Detroit Lions but was again relegated to backup roles.

Gino Torretta was cut by the 49ers in 1996 and subsequently picked up by the Seattle Seahawks.

Gino Torretta immediately threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to Joey Galloway that put Seattle ahead, leading the team to victory.

In 1997, Gino Torretta was on the roster for Seattle and later the Indianapolis Colts but again did not play.

Gino Torretta followed his NFL career with a position at Wachovia Securities as a senior financial advisor.

Gino Torretta is chairman and CEO of Touchdown Radio, broadcasting an NCAA game of the week on national radio.

Gino Torretta is an NCAA football expert on Sirius XM channel 91, College Sports Nation.

Gino Torretta is vice president for GAMCO Asset Management, working with institutional clients nationwide and working out of the firm's Palm Beach office.