Former University of Tennessee football player Al Wilson will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Wilson, a linebacker and one of the most decorated defensive players in Volunteer football history, will be inducted as a member of the class of 2021, the National Football Foundation announced Monday.
He and the rest of the 2021 class will be inducted along with the class of 2020 in December. The 2020 induction ceremony was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฟ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐ ๐#VFL Al Wilson has been named to the @cfbhall class of 2021! pic.twitter.com/vvoGPjhBYt
— Tennessee Football (@Vol_Football) January 11, 2021
Wilson helped the Vols win the 1998 BCS national championship. It was UT’s sixth national title and the first to be awarded during the BCS era.
He becomes the 25th UT player to be enshrined in the hall. That leads the Southeastern Conference and the Vols are sixth nationally in that regard.
After his collegiate career, Wilson went on to play for the Denver Broncos. He made the Pro Bowl five times and amassed 21.5 career sacks and eight forced fumbles.
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