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Hall of Fame quarterback votes Tennessee football preseason No. 3

Former Kansas State quarterback Michael Bishop votes Tennessee football preseason No. 3.

The 2024 college football season will kick off on Aug. 24 with Week 0. Tennessee will open play on Aug. 31 versus Chattanooga at Neyland Stadium (12:45 p.m. EDT).

Ahead of the upcoming campaign kicking off, the 2024 preseason FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll was released on Monday. Former Kansas State quarterback and College Football Hall of Fame inductee, Michael Bishop voted Tennessee No. 3. His entire ballot is listed below.

Bishop played at Kansas State from 1997-98 and went 22-3 with the Wildcats. He won the Davey O’Brien Award in 1998.

The entire preseason FWAA-NFF Super 16 Poll can be viewed here.

PHOTOS: Tennessee starting quarterbacks through the years

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USC offers elite two-way prospect Jermaine Bishop Jr., who has a famous relative

This prospect is related to former Kansas State QB Michael Bishop, who finished 2nd in the 1998 Heisman vote.

A Texas native is being sought by Lincoln Riley and his staff. This is a big-time athlete in a small package, standing at 5-11 and 160 pounds. Sophomore two-way player Jermaine Bishop Jr. has been offered by the USC Trojans.

Bishop, who has the potential to become a top-50 player in the nation, had a breakout sophomore season for Willis High School in Texas, recording five interceptions, two returned for touchdowns. He also carried the ball 26 times for 384 rushing yards with 7 rushing touchdowns to go along with 80 receptions for 1,414 receiving yards and 17 touchdown receptions.

Bishop was the favorite target of Max Preps and Gatorade National Player of The Year D.J. Lagway, a quarterback who became a Florida Gator five-star signee.

His father, Jermaine Bishop, was a standout athlete for Willis and played at Houston. His cousin, Michael Bishop, was a Kansas State legend at quarterback. The Bishop name put Willis High School on the map, especially when Michael finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1998.

What has the rise to stardom been like for the rising sophomore?

“It’s honestly a dream come true,” Bishop said. “It’s just a blessing for my family and myself. I try to stay humble, keep a good mindset and just be a guy the younger players can look up to.”

Bishop Jr. also holds offers from Arkansas, Houston, Florida, Duke, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Michigan, Tennessee, Texas, Texas A&M and TCU.

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Pair of Notre Dame Greats Among College Football HOF Finalists

Notre Dame has the most players enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame and may be getting a pair more this year. Find out more here!

No school has more College Football Hall of Famers than Notre Dame with 44.

USC checks in second with 30, Michigan third with 25 and Ohio State has seen 23 enshrined.

Now Notre Dame has a chance to add a couple more names to that list as two former Irish greats are among the 2020 College Football Hall of Fame finalists that were announced on Tuesday.

Bob Golic starred at linebacker for the Irish from 1975-78 and to this day has the second most tackles in Notre Dame football history with 479.  His 26 tackles against Michigan in 1978 remain the most ever by an Irish player in a single game.  Golic helped Notre Dame to a national championship in 1977 and returned to become a unanimous First-Team All-American and Lombardi Award finalist in 1978.  Golic played for the Patriots, Browns and Oilers during his NFL career that spanned from 1979-1992, earning three Pro Bowl appearances along the way.

Legendary Notre Dame offensive lineman Aaron Taylor is the other finalist.  Taylor was the best member of a road-grading offensive line on the ’92 and ’93 teams, earning All-American honors both seasons and winning the Lombardi Award in ’93.  He helped guide Notre Dame to four straight bowl games and nearly capped his college career with a 1993 national championship before being selected in the first round of the 1994 NFL Draft by the Green Bay Packers.

Raghib “Rocket” Ismail is the most recent Notre Dame player to earn selection into the College Football Hall of Fame, doing so in the 2019 class.

For the criteria for Hall of Fame consideration, click ahead…

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