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Former Chiefs Derrick Johnson, Alex Smith on College Football Hall of Fame ballot for first time

Former #Chiefs LB Derrick Johnson and QB Alex Smith are on the ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame for the first time.

The National Football Foundation (NFF) and the College Football Hall of Fame have announced players on the ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame in 2023.

There are several former Chiefs players up for selection including Pro Football Hall of Fame TE Tony Gonzalez, DB Eric Berry, WR Jeremy Maclin and GM John Dorsey (former LB with UConn) who were all up for selection in 2022 as well. There are, however, a pair of newly-added former Chiefs players on the ballot this year.

Here are a few criteria that these newcomers had to meet in order to receive consideration for the College Football Hall of Fame in 2023:

  1. You must have been named a First-Team All-American during your playing days.
  2. A minimum of 10 years must have passed since your final season of college football. No more than 50 years can have passed since your last college football game.
  3. Post-football records and academic record matters.
  4. Coaches can become nominated three years after retirement, but active coaches can be nominated if they reach 75 years of age.

One of the first-time players up for selection into the College Football Hall of Fame is former Chiefs LB Derrick Johnson, who was a standout at the University of Texas. Johnson joined Kansas City as a first-round pick out of the 2005 NFL draft and retired as the franchise leader in tackles with 1,151 over the course of 13 seasons in Kansas City.

“Two-time First Team All-American (consensus-2003, unanimous-2004) and recipient of the 2004 Butkus Award and Nagurski Trophy…2004 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year and three-time First Team All-Big 12 performer…Led Horns to three 11-win seasons and ranks third all-time at UT with 458 career tackles.”

Next up is former Chiefs QB Alex Smith, who was a standout at Utah. Smith joined Kansas City via trade ahead of the 2013 NFL season and helped usher in a new era of football with the Chiefs under head coach Andy Reid, boasting a 50-26 record during five years with the team. He’s also credited with having helped Patrick Mahomes develop as a rookie in 2017.

2004 First Team All-American who finished fourth in Heisman Trophy voting…2004 SI National Player of the Year, leading Utah to its first-ever 12-0 season, a BCS bowl victory (2005 Fiesta) and a No. 4 final national ranking…2004 MWC Offensive Player of the Year boasted two league titles and multiple school records.

Now that the ballot has been released, votes will be submitted to the NFF’s Honors Courts. They’ll deliberate and decide on the 2023 College Football Hall of Fame class, with an announcement slated for early 2023.

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Tim Tebow’s first appearance highlights College Football Hall of Fame ballot

Tebow has to be a slam-dunk, first-ballot selection for the College Football Hall of Fame.

Florida football legend [autotag]Tim Tebow[/autotag] will appear on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot for the first time this year, it was announced on Monday. He joins other newcomers Alex Smith and Ryan Leaf in the running for the prestigious honor, which includes 80 players and nine coaches from the FBS, as well as 96 players and 33 coaches from the divisional ranks in total.

The vote will tally the takes of more than 12,000 National Football Foundation members and current Hall of Famers who were sent email ballots with a deadline of June 30 to submit their votes. Once the final numbers are established, the NFF’s Honors Court – chaired by NFF board member and College Football Hall of Famer Archie Griffin — selects the induction class based on the results.

Tim Tebow is a legend not just in Gainesville but in college football as a whole. Inarguably one of the greatest to ever play on the collegiate gridiron, the two-way play-caller led the Gators to a pair of national championships while also picking up a Heisman Trophy along the way — and was not far off from earning at least another. The Jacksonville, Florida, product was named SEC Offensive Player of the Year three times and set 28 school records during his time wearing the Orange and Blue.

Also included on the ballot are former Gators defensive tackle [autotag]Brad Culpepper[/autotag] and running back [autotag]Errict Rhett[/autotag], the latter of whom still holds the all-time record for career rushing yards at Florida.

It seems very likely that beloved Gator will be a first-ballot selection into the hall. Florida fans will have to wait with bated breath for the results until early 2023 when the newest inductees are announced.

Florida Hall of Fame players

(By year inducted)

1975: E Dale Van Sickel (1927-29)

1986: QB Steve Spurrier (1964-66); inducted as coach in 2017

1992: DE Jack Youngblood (1968-70)

2006: RB Emmitt Smith (1987-89)

2008: LB Wilber Marshall (1980-83)

2011: WR Carlos Alvarez (1969-71)

2013: QB Danny Wuerffel (1993-96)

2015: WR Wes Chandler (1974-77)

2020: OL Lomas Brown (1981-84)

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Two former Ohio State players on College Football Hall of Fame ballots

Two more Buckeyes are up for enshrinement in Atlanta. #GoBucks

Two more former Ohio State players will have an opportunity to be enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame. Former linebacker James Laurinaitis and offensive tackle Chris Ward are among the candidates appearing on this year’s ballot for induction in Atlanta for the 2023 class announced on Monday.

Laurinaitis played for the Buckeyes from 2005 to 2008, being named a first-team All-American three times and helping Ohio State to BCS national championship games in 2006 and 2007. It’s the fourth-straight time the Butkus Award winner has appeared on the ballot.

Ward, was a two-time All-American selection in 1976 and 1977 under Woody Hayes. It is his fifth time on the ballot after not appearing last year. During his time at Ohio State, he helped pave the way for two-time Heisman Trophy-winning running back, Archie Griffin. You may have heard of him.

We’ll keep an eye on how it all plays out and have any further developments when an announcement is made later this year.

In order to be eligible to appear on the ballot, a player must be ten years removed from his college football career and must have played within the past 50 years.

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Former Ohio State All-American safety Mike Doss to be inducted into Hall of Fame

Congrats to Mike Doss! #GoBucks

Three-time All-American Ohio State safety Mike Doss has been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame, and will be enshrined as a part of the 2022 class.

Out of Canton, Ohio, Doss came back for his senior season at OSU for a 2002 campaign and helped lead the Buckeyes to its first national championship in 34 years when OSU went undefeated and beat Miami in the BCS Championship game.

Doss is one of just eight Ohio State players named three first-team All-Americans and becomes the 27th player wearing scarlet and gray to be enshrined for his playing career in Columbus.

He started three years for OSU, from 2000-2002, and tallied a total of 331 total tackles during his career while also recording 33 tackles for loss and eight interceptions. Doss was also named the 2002 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year.

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Former LSU running back and assistant Kevin Faulk to be enshrined

It finally happened for Kevin Faulk.

It was announced on Monday that former LSU running back and former running backs coach Kevin Faulk would be enshrined in college football immortality. He was named to the 2022 College Football Hall of Fame class. Faulk spent the 1995-1998 seasons with the Tigers before moving on to the NFL.

During his freshman season in 1995, Faulk appeared in 10 games for the LSU Tigers. During that first campaign, he carried the ball 174 times for 852 yards and six touchdowns. Faulk was also used as a receiver out of the backfield where he added another touchdown. That year he averaged 5.2 yards per touch in the offense.

The next three seasons, he would go over the 1,000-yard mark as a rusher. Over his career, Faulk would average 5.3 yards per rush attempt and 11.3 yards per reception. To this day, he owns the school records for rushing yards, rushing touchdowns, and total touchdowns from scrimmage.

Faulk is definitely worthy of being in the Hall of Fame. While he never won a national championship with the Tigers he went on to the NFL where he won multiple Super Bowls with the New England Patriots. Faulk can add the CFB Hall of Fame to his resume that includes being enshrined in the Louisiana Hall of Fame, New England Patriots Hall of Fame, and the New England Patriots 50th anniversary team.

Faulk was a member of the coaching staff from 2018-2021. With the new hire of Brian Kelly, Faulk was replaced by former LSU assistant Frank Wilson.

The man who wore No. 3 is No. 1 in the hearts of LSU fans and the school’s record books.

2022 College Football Hall of Fame Class Announced: Luck, Bailey, Arrington Lead The Way

College Football Hall of Fame Class released, led by Andrew Luck, Champ Bailey, and Mike Doss

Andrew Luck, Mike Doss, and LaVar Arrington lead the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame announced 2022 College Football Hall of Fame Class

All player bullet points written by the National Football Foundation at footballfoundation.org.

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2022 College Football Hall of Fame Players

2022 College Football Hall of Fame Head Coaches

Billy Jack Murphy, Memphis (1958-71)

– All-time winningest coach in Memphis history

– Had 11 winning seasons and retired as the 15th winningest coach in the nation

– Member of the Memphis Hall of Fame and Mississippi State Hall of Fame.

Gary Pinkel-Toledo (1991-2000), Missouri (2001-15)

– Winningest coach in history at both Missouri and Toledo…Led Rockets to 1995 MAC title and boasts nine conference division titles between both schools

– Took teams to 11 bowl games, with 7-4 overall record in the postseason

– Earned FieldTurf National Coach of the Year and Big 12 Coach of the Year honors after leading Mizzou to its first No. 1 national ranking since 1960 during the 2007 season.

2022 College Football Hall of Fame Head Players

LaVar Arrington, Penn State, Linebacker

-Two-time First Team All-American, earning unanimous honors in 1999
– Winner of both the Butkus and Bednarik awards in 1999 and finished ninth in Heisman Trophy voting his final season
– First sophomore in history to be named Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year (1998).

Champ Bailey, Georgia, Defensive Back

– 1998 consensus First Team All-American and recipient of the Bronko Nagurski Award
– Two-time First Team All-SEC selection who earned Defensive MVP honors in UGA’s win at the 1998 Peach Bowl
– Recorded more than 1,000 plays during the 1998 season, playing DB, WR and KR for the Bulldogs.

Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech, Wide Receiver

-Two-time unanimous First Team All-American (2007-08) who was the first two-time winner of the Biletnikoff Award
– 2007 AT&T All-America Player of the Year and two-time First Team All-Big 12 performer holds six FBS receiving records
– Tech’s all-time career leader in receiving TDs (41) and 100-yard games (15).

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Sylvester Croom, Alabama, Center

-1974 First Team All-American who helped the Tide to a UPI national title in 1973
– Helped Bama to three-consecutive SEC titles en route to earning the SEC Jacobs Blocking Trophy in 1974
– Played in the 1975 Senior Bowl and only lost one regular-season game during entire college career.

Mike Doss, Ohio State, Defensive Back

– Three-time First Team All-American, earning unanimous honors as a senior
– 2002 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and three-time First Team All-Big Ten selection
– Led Buckeyes to the 2003 BCS National Championship, earning Defensive MVP honors.

Kevin Faulk, LSU, Running Back

-1996 First Team All-American who finished career ranked fourth in NCAA history in all-purpose yards (6,833)
-Three-time First Team All-SEC selection and 1995 SEC Freshman of the Year
– Set 11 school records during career and became first LSU back to average 100 yards per game during entire career.

Moe Gardner, Illinois, Defensive Tackle

– Two-time First Team All-American (unanimous, ‘89, consensus, ’90)
– 1990 Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year and 1989 Big Ten Lineman of the Year
– Three-time First Team All-Conference pick and set school record for career TFL (57).

Mike Hass, Oregon State, Wide Receiver

– 2005 First Team All-American and recipient of the 2005 Biletnikoff Award
– Two-time First Team All-Pac-10 selection and first receiver in league history with three 1,000-yard receiving seasons
– Led the nation with 139.9 receiving ypg (2005) and holds virtually every Oregon State receiving record.

Marvin Jones, Florida State, Linebacker

– Two-time First Team All-American, earning consensus honors in 1991 and unanimous honors in 1992
– Winner of the 1992 Butkus and Lombardi awards
– Helped Seminoles to three consecutive bowl wins and top five final rankings.

Andrew Luck, Stanford, Quarterback

-2011 First Team All-American, winning the Maxwell Award and Walter Camp Player of the Year honors
– Two-time Heisman Trophy runner-up and two-time Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year
– Stanford’s all-time career leader in TD passes (82) and passing efficiency (162.8), owning two of the top four passing seasons in school history.

Mark Messner, Michigan, Defensive Tackle

– 1988 unanimous First Team All-American who was a Lombardi Award finalist
– 1988 Big Ten Player of the Year and four-time First Team All-Big Ten selection
– Led Wolverines to four bowl berths and named MVP of 1985 Fiesta Bowl.

Terry Miller, Oklahoma State, Running Back

-Two-time First Team All-American, earning unanimous honors his senior season
– Two-time Heisman Trophy finalist (runner-up in 1977) finished career as the fourth-leading rusher in NCAA history (4,754)
– Two-time Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year is the only Cowboy RB to post three 1,000-yard rushing seasons.

Rashaan Salaam, Colorado, Running Back

– 1994 unanimous First Team All-American and Heisman Trophy winner
– 1994 Walter Camp Player of the Year and Doak Walker Award recipient
– 1994 Big Eight Offensive Player of the Year who led nation in rushing, scoring and all-purpose yards.

Zach Wiegert, Nebraska, Offensive Tackle

– 1994 unanimous First Team All-American and winner of the Outland Trophy
– Led Huskers to 1994 National Championship and 1993 National Championship game appearance
– Three-time All-Big Eight selection who led Nebraska to league titles every year of career.

Roy Williams, Oklahoma, Defensive Back

– 2001 unanimous First Team All-American. Nagurski and Thorpe winner
– 2001 Big 12 Defensive Player of the Year
– Led Sooners to the first 13-win season in program history and a national championship (2000)

All player bullet points written by the National Football Foundation at footballfoundation.org.

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Oklahoma defensive back Roy Williams reportedly named as part of College Football Hall of Fame’s 2022 class

At long last, Oklahoma defensive back Roy Williams is reportedly set to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame’s 2022 class.

At long last, one of Oklahoma’s best defensive players in program history is set to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Action Network’s Brett McMurphy reported that OU defensive back Roy Williams is one of the Class of 2022 inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame.

Williams was one of the key defensive cogs on Oklahoma’s 2000 national championship team. He also helped co-author one of the most memorable plays in Red River Showdown history during the 2001 OU-Texas game.

With 2:06 to play and Oklahoma holding a 7-3 lead over the Longhorns, Williams made Cotton Bowl history.

Known fondly by Sooner fans as “The Play,” Williams famously blitzed, leapt over the line of scrimmage and hit Texas quarterback Chris Simms. It sprung the football loose from Simms up into the air and into the waiting arms of linebacker Teddy Lehman who raced in for the game-clinching score.

In the 2001 season, Williams became the first college player to win the Bronko Nagurski Award (nation’s best defensive player) and Jim Thorpe Award (nation’s best defensive back) in the same season. Williams recorded 107 tackles and 22 pass breakups in that 2001 season to become a unanimous All-American. Williams is just one of four defensive backs to win the Nagurski. That group includes Champ Bailey, Charles Woodson, and fellow Sooner Derrick Strait.

According to SoonerStats.com, Williams’ 22 pass breakups in 2001 still stands as the Sooners’ single-season record.

Williams finished his OU career with 287 tackles and 44 pass breakups. His 44 pass breakups only trails Derrick Strait’s 55 career pass breakups in Oklahoma history.

After his junior season, Williams was selected No. 8 overall by the Dallas Cowboys in the 2002 NFL Draft.

On Dec. 6, the Class of 2022 will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame at the 64th annual National Football Foundation Awards Dinner.

He’s reportedly joined in the 2022 College Football Hall of Fame class by former Colorado and Heisman Trophy-winning running back Rashaan Salaam, Oklahoma State running back Terry Miller, Florida State linebacker Marvin Jones and former Toledo and Missouri head football coach Gary Pinkel.

In the past decade, four Sooners have been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Linebacker Rod Shoate was inducted in 2013, linebacker Brian Bosworth in 2015, safety Rickey Dixon in 2019 and head football coach Bob Stoops in 2021.

OU has placed 22 players and six coaches into the College Football Hall of Fame in its program’s history.

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LaVar Arrington heading to College Football Hall of Fame

Penn State is seeing another player leap into the College Football Hall of Fame

It’s time to make room in the College Football Hall of Fame for another storied linebacker from Happy Valley. LaVar Arrington has been inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame for the Class of 2022.

Arrington ranks among the most accomplished linebackers in Penn State history, which of course is impressive given the Linebacker-U nickname attached to the Nittany Lions. But Arrington was easily among the best of his generation, and not just at Penn State.

Arrington is a former two-time First-Team All-American and he was the winner of the 1999 Chuck Bednarik Award as the nation’s top defensive player and the Dick Butkus Award for the nation’s top linebacker.

Arrington was as loud with his mouth as he was with his play, thus adding a little bit of fire and intensity to the signature position at Penn State that nobody had been able to blend before. That legacy was later carried don by other players at Penn State, most notably by Micah Parsons, who wore Arrington’s No. 11 and played with the same intensity.

Arrington went on to become the No. 2 overall draft pick of the Washington Rdskins in the 2000 NF draft, one pick behind his teammate Courtney Brown, who was selected first overall by the Cleveland Browns.

Arrington will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame later this year, on December 6.

Maybe next year? What Penn State players didn’t get the hall of fame call?

Joining Arrington on the ballot for the College Football Hal of Fame was another iconic linebacker from Penn State’s past, Paul Posluszny. Despite an incredible career with the Nittany Lions, Posluszny did not make the cut to get inducted along with Arrington this year, so his waiting game will continue.

Continuing to wait for his time is former offensive lineman Steve Wisniewski. Despite being among the top offensive linemen of his era in both the college level and the professional level, Wisniewski continues to not receive the votes needed to be added to the College Football Hall of Fame.

There’s always next year!

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Notre Dame legend passes away

One of the greatest to ever play at Notre Dame

One of the best players Notre Dame has seen has passed away at 67 years old.

Ross Browner, a two-time All-American selection, 1973 and 1977 national champion, and College Football Hall of Fame selection, died Tuesday.

Browner was the recipient of several awards while at Notre Dame including the Outland Trophy, UPI Lineman of the Year, Maxwell Award, and Lombardi Award.

After his time at Notre Dame, Browner was drafted by the Cincinnati Bengals where he would go on to help them to an AFC championship and Super Bowl XVI appearance. He set a record for most tackles in a Super Bowl game in the Bengals loss to Joe Montana and the San Francisco 49ers.

Browner spent the majority of his career with the Bengals but had stops with the USFL’s Houston Gamblers and Green Bay Packers.

Browner is the father of former Pittsburgh Steelers lineman Max Starks and Rylan Browner, who played collegiate football at Arizona. His brothers Jimmie, Keith, and Joey all played in the NFL as well.

Browner was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.

Sooners legend Bob Stoops inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame

Oklahoma Sooners’ legend Bob Stoops was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame Tuesday night.

It’s been a wild nine days for Oklahoma Sooners legend Bob Stoops. Last Sunday, he was called into work from the golf course to take the reigns as interim head coach after Lincoln Riley’s sudden departure.

Stoops was introduced the next day as the interim head coach and, that afternoon, hit the road to get face time with Oklahoma’s 2022 recruits. As the week drug on, he remained committed to his Fox Big Noon Kickoff duties, covering the Big 10 title game. And on Tuesday night, he was finally was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.

To say it’s been a whirlwind of a week is an understatement, but as he has done his whole career, Stoops handled it with strength and class.

His Tuesday night induction makes him the 27th Oklahoma Sooner to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. Stoops joins Barry Switzer, Bennie Owen, Bud Wilkinson, Steve Owens, Billy Sims, and Tony Casillas as members of the Hall of Fame.

With 190 wins, Bob Stoops is the all-time winningest coach in Oklahoma Sooners history. Stoops won a national championship and 10 Big 12 titles with seven top-five finishes in his 18 seasons as the head coach.

Now all eyes turn to Bob Stoops’ return to the sideline as Oklahoma prepares for the Alamo Bowl where they’ll face Oregon.

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