Class of 2019 Nominees – FBS Players
- Flozell Adams, Michigan State OT
- Bernard Berrian, Fresno State WR
- Michael Bishop, Kansas State QB
- Lomas Brown, Florida OT
- Terrell Buckley, Florida State DB
- Brandon Burlsworth, Arkansas OG
- Larry Burton, Purdue SE
- Keith Byars, Ohio State RB
- Matt Cavanaugh, Pittsburgh QB
- Dallas Clark, Iowa TE
- Marco Coleman, Georgia Tech LB
- Tim Couch, Kentucky QB
- Eric Crouch, Nebraska QB
- Eric Dickerson, SMU RB
- Rickey Dixon, Oklahoma DB
- Vaughn Dunbar, Indiana RB
- Jumbo Elliott, Michigan OT
- Bobby Engram, Penn State WR
- Kevin Faulk, LSU RB
- David Fulcher, Arizona State DB
- Robert Gallery, Iowa OT
- Moe Gardner, Illinois DT
- Tony Gonzalez, California TE
- Jacob Green, Texas A&M DL
- Dan Hampton, Arkansas DT
- Jason Hanson, Washington State K
- Byron Hanspared, Texas Tech RB
- Kevin Hardy, Illinois LB
- Marcus Harris, Wyoming WR
- Marvin Harrison, Syracuse WR
- Jeff Hartings, Penn State OL
- E.J. Henderson, Maryland LB
- Craig Heyward, Pittsburgh RB
- Torry Holt, NC State WR
- Ken Huff, North Carolina OG
- Steve Hutchinson, Michigan OL
- Raghib Ismail, Notre Dame WR
- Larry Jacobson, Nebraska DT
- E.J. Junior, Alabama DE
- Jess Lewis, Oregon State DB
- Ray Lewis, Miami LB
- Bobby Majors, Tennessee DB
- Tony Mandarich, Michigan State OT
- Ed McCaffrey, Stanford WR
- Darren McFadden, Arkansas RB
- Cade McNown, UCLA QB
- Corey Moore, Virginia Tech DL
- Dan Morgan, Miami LB
- Ken Norton Jr., UCLA LB
- Phil Olsen, Utah State DE
- Leslie O’Neal, Oklahoma State DT
- Jim Otis, Ohio State FB
- Carson Palmer, USC QB
- Jake Plummer, Arizona State QB
- Troy Polamalu, USC DB
- David Pollack, Georgia DL
- Antwaan Randle El, Indiana QB
- Simeon Rice, Illinois LB
- Ron Rivera, California LB
- Rashaan Salaam, Colorado RB
- Lucius Sanford, Georgia Tech LB
- Larry Seivers, Tennessee WR
- Kenneth Sims, Texas DT
- Aaron Taylor, Notre Dame OT
- Joe Thomas, Wisconsin OL
- Dennis Thurman, USC DB
- Troy Vincent, Wisconsin DB
- Chris Ward, Ohio State OT
- Michael Westbrook, Colorado WR
- Lorenzo White, Michigan State RB
- Zach Wiegert, Nebraska OT
- Patrick Willis, Mississippi LB
- Al Wilson, Tennessee LB
- Steve Wisniewski, Penn State OG
- Elmo Wright, Houston WR
- Vince Young, Texas QB
Class of 2019 Nominees – Coaches
- Larry Blakeney (Troy)
- Jim Carlen (West Virginia, Texas Tech, South Carolina)
- Pete Cawthon Sr. (Austin College, Texas Tech)
- Dennis Erickson (Idaho, Wyoming, Washington State, Miami, Oregon State, Arizona State)
- Billy Jack Murphy (Memphis)
- Daryll Rogers (Cal State Hayward, Fresno State, San Jose State, Michigan State, Arizona State)
It doesn't end there. The above are joined by 100 players and 32 coaches from the lower divisions.
Class of 2019 Nominees – Divisional Players
Maybe it's not the case but I feel like the divisional nominees need to have twice the college football career to edge out FBS players.
Of the 100 Divisional nominees, three caught my eye for varied reasons:
1. Connecticut linebacker John Dorsey is now tasked with reviving the Cleveland Browns as their general manager.
2. C.W. Post quarterback Gary Wichard was a long-time player agent.
3. Weselayan center Bob Heller caught my eye because of a player that he kept on the bench for a couple years. Bill Belichick.
The only one of the above that has a feature-length movie about his life, that I'm aware of, is Arkansas guard Brandon Burlsworth. His life was tragically cut short in a car accident 11 days after he was selected in the third round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts. His college football life from walk-on to All-American was remarkable. He was one of the great ones, on and off the field.
Other than Steve McNair, I'd have to research the divisional players more but at a glance I'd push the following for induction.
Keith Byars
Eric Dickerson
Steve McNair
Vince Young
Patrick Willis
Steve Wisniewski
Terrell Buckley
Raghib "Rocket" Ismail
Jumbo Elliott
and
Tony Gonzalez-Go Bears!!!
Class of 2019 Nominees – Divisional Players
- Ashley Ambrose, DB, Mississippi Valley State
- Archie Amerson, RB, Northern Arizona
- Rick Bealer, DB, Lycoming (Pa)
- Eddie Bell, WR, Idaho State
- Rennie Benn, WR, Lehigh
- Bill Borchert, QB, Mount Union
- John Bothe, C, Augustana (Ill)
- Carl Boyd, RB, Northern Iowa
- Vincent Brown, LB, Mississippi Valley State
- Joe Campbell, RB, Middle Tennessee State
- William Campbell, DB, Western State (Co)
- Vin Carioscia, OT, Franklin & Marshall (Pa)
- Peter Catan, DE, Eastern Illinois
- Bruce Cerone, End, Emporia State (Kan)
- Steve Cockerham, LB, Akron
- Bruce Collie, OT, Texas-Arlington
- Tom Collins, DB, Indianapolis
- Ray Condren, RB, Gettysburg (Pa)
- Mark Cotney, DB, Cameron (Ok)
- Case DeBruijn, P, Idaho State
- Parnell Dickinson, QB, Mississippi Valley State
- William Dilton, S, Virginia Union
- Art Dorenkamp, LB, Central (Ia)
- John Dorsey, LB, Connecticut
- Karl Douglas, QB, Texas A&M-Kingsville
- Chcuk Downey, S, Stony Brook
- Tom Ehrhardt, QB, Rhode Island
- Keith Elias, RB, Princeton
- Curtis Eller, LB, Villanova
- Blake Elliott, WR, St. John's (Mn)
- Richard Erenberg, RB, Colgate
- Jahri Evans, OL, Bloomsburg (Pa)
- John Fitzgerald, G, Central Oklahoma
- London Fletcher, LB, John Carroll (Oh)
- Bernard Ford, WR, Central Florida
- Duane Fritz, P, Chadron State (Neb)
- Rick Fry, End, Occidental (Ca)
- Bob Gaddis, WR, Mississippi Valley State
- Chris George, WR, Glennville State (W.V.)
- Don Greco, G, Western Illinois
- Don Griffin, S, Middle Tennessee State
- Boomer Grigsby, LB, Illinois State
- Calvin Harrell, RB, Arkansas State
- Ron Hausauer, G, Jamestown (N.D.)
- Pat Hauser, OT, Cal State Northridge
- Conway Hayman, G, Delaware
- Bobby Hedrick, RB, Elon
- Chris Hegg, QB, Truman State (Mo)
- Bob Heller, C, Wesleyan
- Billy Hess, WR, West Chester (Pa)
- Lynn Hieber, QB, Indiana (Pa)
- John Hill, C, Lehigh
- Rene Ingoglia, RB, Massachusetts
- Louis Jackson, RB, Cal Poly-SLO
- Terron Jackson, OT, Missouri Southern State
- John Jurkovic, DE, Eastern Illinois
- Ed Kelley, DE, Hampden-Sydney (Va)
- Gary Kuhlman, OT, Deleware
- Al Lucas, DL, Troy
- Steve McAdoo, OL, Middle Tennessee State
- Gary McCauley, TE, Clarion (Pa)
- Fran McDermott, DB, St. Mary's (Ca)
- Billy McGovern, DB, Holy Cross
- Steve McNair, QB, Alcorn State
- Carl Morris, WR, Harvard
- Robert Morris, DE, Georgetown
- Kenneth Murawski, LB, Carnegie Mellon (Pa)
- Ed O'Brien, PK, Central Florida
- Randy Page, QB, Central Oklahoma
- Chris Parker, RB, Marshall
- Alonzo Patterson, RB, Wagner
- Ted Petersen, C, Eastern Illinois
- Martin Peterson, OT, Pennsylvania
- Charlie Pierce, P, Central Florida
- Dave Pomante, DL, Whitworth (Wash)
- Tyrone Poole, DB, Fort Valley State (Ga)
- Gary Puetz, OT, Valparaiso
- Gerry Quinliven, LB, Buffalo
- Michael Renna, DE, Delaware
- David Rhodes, WR, Central Florida
- Kirk Roach, PK, Western Carolina
- Harold Roberts, WR, Austen Peay State
- Bobby Saiz, QB, Adams State (Co)
- Terry Schmidt, DB, Ball State
- Larry Schreiber, RB, Tennessee Tech
- Steve Schubert, WR, Massachusetts
- Joe Skladany, LB, Lafayette
- Ed Smith, WR, Bethel (Kan)
- Paul Smith, RS, Gettysburg (Pa)
- Tom Stenglein, WR, Colgate
- Freddie Thomas, DB, Troy
- Markus Thomas, RB, Eastern Kentucky
- Brad Tokar, RB, Westminster (Pa)
- Jay Wessler, RB, Illinois College
- Tim Whelan, RB, Tufts (Mass)
- Gary Wichard, QB, LIU-C.W. Post (N.Y.)
- Mike Wiggins, P, Iowa Wesleyan
- Jerry Woods, DB, Western Michigan
- John Zanieski, DT, Yale
- Dick Biddle (Colgate)
- Paul Durham (Linfield)
- Jim Felix (Western Kentucky)
- Howard Fletcher (Northern Illinois)
- Russ Fortier (Minnesota-Moorhead)
- Morley Fraser (Albion)
- Danny Hale (West Chester, Bloomsburg)
- Rudy Hubbard (Flordida A&M)
- Eddie Hurt (Virginia-Lynchburg, Morgan State)
- Art Keller (Carthage)
- Glen Killinger (Dickinson, Rensselaer, Moravian, West Chester)
- Larry Korver (Northwestern College)
- Roy Kramer (Central Michigan)
- Maxie Lambright (Louisiana Tech)
- Dick Lowry (Wayne State, Hillsdale)
- John Luckhardt (Washington & Jefferson, California-Pa)
- James Malosky (Minnesota-Duluth)
- Don Miller (Trinity)
- Charles Murphy (Middle Tennessee State)
- John Ostendarp (Amherst)
- Forrest Perkins (Wisconsin-Whitewater)
- Billy Ramseyer (Wilmington, Virginia's College at Wise)
- Dwight Reed (Lincoln)
- Pete Schmidt (Albion)
- Gideon Smith (Hampton)
- Clyde "Buck" Starbeck (Northern Iowa)
- Clarence Stasavich (Lenoir-Ryhne, East Carolina)
- Andy Talley (St. Lawrence, Villanova)
- Joe Taylor (Howard, Virginia Union, Hampton, Florida A&M)
- John Whitehead (Lehigh)
- Alex Yunevich (Alfred)
- Alex Zikmund (Nebraska-Kearney)
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Maybe it's not the case but I feel like the divisional nominees need to have twice the college football career to edge out FBS players.
Of the 100 Divisional nominees, three caught my eye for varied reasons:
1. Connecticut linebacker John Dorsey is now tasked with reviving the Cleveland Browns as their general manager.
2. C.W. Post quarterback Gary Wichard was a long-time player agent.
3. Weselayan center Bob Heller caught my eye because of a player that he kept on the bench for a couple years. Bill Belichick.
The only one of the above that has a feature-length movie about his life, that I'm aware of, is Arkansas guard Brandon Burlsworth. His life was tragically cut short in a car accident 11 days after he was selected in the third round of the 1999 NFL Draft by the Indianapolis Colts. His college football life from walk-on to All-American was remarkable. He was one of the great ones, on and off the field.
Other than Steve McNair, I'd have to research the divisional players more but at a glance I'd push the following for induction.
Keith Byars
Eric Dickerson
Steve McNair
Vince Young
Patrick Willis
Steve Wisniewski
Terrell Buckley
Raghib "Rocket" Ismail
Jumbo Elliott
and
Tony Gonzalez-Go Bears!!!
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