Sports Van Heflin, Vanderbilt’s first Black quarterback to consistently start in 1978, has died July 11, 2021 Mike Organ, Nashville Tennessean Comments Off on Van Heflin, Vanderbilt’s first Black quarterback to consistently start in 1978, has died Van Heflin became Vanderbilt's starter in 1978, six years after Tennessee's Condredge Holloway became the first starting Black quarterback in the SEC.