Black College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2022 Finalists

The Black College Football Hall of Fame announced 29 finalists for it’s Hall of Fame Class of 2022. The list includes 25 players, three coaches, and a contributor. The finalists were selected from a field of 200 nominees by a an 11-member Selection Committee composed of prominent journalists, commentators, historians, former NFL General Managers, and football executives. 

The Class of 2022 will be announced on December 28, 2021. They will be honored during the Black College Football Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Saturday, June 18, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia.

The Finalists:

Players 

Joe “747” Adams, QB, Tennessee State University, 1977-80

Antoine Bethea, DB, Howard University, 2002-05

Verlon Biggs, DE, Jackson State University, 1962-65

Dwaine Board, DE, North Carolina A&T State University, 1975-78

Vince Buck, DB, Central State University, 1986-89

Ben Coates, TE, Livingstone College, 1987-90

Clem Daniels, RB, Prairie View A&M University, 1956-59

Kevin Dent, S, Jackson State University, 1985-88

Donald Driver, WR, Alcorn State University, 1995-98

Donald Evans, DL, Winston-Salem State University, 1984-87

Leslie Frazier, DB, Alcorn State University, 1978-80

Richard Huntley, , RB, Winston-Salem State University, 1992-95

Henry Lawrence, OL, Florida A&M University, 1970-73

Albert Lewis, DB, Grambling State University, 1979-82

Jim Marsalis, DB, Tennessee State University, 1962-65

Rashean Mathis, DB, Bethune-Cookman University, 1999-2002

Tyrone McGriff, OL, Florida A&M University, 1976-79

John “Big Train” Moody, RB, Morris Brown College, 1939-41

Nate Newton, OL, Florida A&M University, 1979-82

Jacquay Nunnally, WR, Florida A&M University, 1997-2000

Elijah Pitts, RB, Philander Smith College, 1958-61

Tyrone Poole, DB, Fort Valley State University, 1992-94

Jake Reed, WR, Grambling State University, 1987-90

Johnnie Walton, QB, Elizabeth City State University, 1965-68

Sammy White, WR, Grambling State University, 1972-75

Coaches

Rudy Hubbard, Florida A&M University, 1974-85

William “Billy” Nicks, Morris Brown College, 1930-35, 1937-39, 1941-42;

Prairie View A&M University, 1945-57, 1962-65

Doug Porter, Mississippi Valley State University, 1961-65;

Howard University, 1974-85; Fort Valley State University, 1987-96

Contributor

Roscoe Nance (Nance covered SWAC sports, primarily for Alcorn State, Jackson State, and Mississippi Valley State for the Jackson Clarion-Ledger Newspaper 1978-85. USA Today journalist from 1985-2007.)

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I’m hoping that former Minnesota Vikings receivers Sammy White and Jake Reed are part of the induction festivities in June. I’m also partial to John “Big Train” Moody. He’s been waiting too long.