Some of you who are regular visitors to our website know that we will be unveiling in the future a look at each North American franchise and ranking them in order of how they honor their former players and/or contributors. That will not be unveiled until late next year, but the natural progression of that will be to look at the major U.S. Universities and as such whenever one major college Hall of Fame announces a new class you can believe we will be interested.
Missouri University has just announced their latest class, which includes six new members, three of whom are from their Football Team.
The class is led by former Texas born Quarterback, Chase Daniel. Daniel joined the Tigers in 2005, backing up Brad Smith who would later convert to Wide Receiver when he joined the National Football League. After Smith was drafted in 2006, Daniel took over the starting job and threw for 3,527 Yards, a 63.5 Completion Percentage and 28 Touchdowns while taking the team to the Sun Bowl where they suffered a one point defeat to Oregon State.
Daniel would have an even better 2007, where he improved his stats to 4,306 Passing Yards, a 68.2 Passing Percentage and 33 Touchdowns, but more importantly, he took Mizzou to a 12 and 2 record and a Cotton Bowl victory over the Arkansas Razorbacks. Missouri finished the season ranked at 4, and Daniel was named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year and finished fourth in Heisman Trophy voting.
The Quarterback would go on to have another stellar year, where as a Senior he would throw for 4,335 Yards, a 72.8 Completion Percentage and 39 Touchdowns. Missouri would win the Alamo Bowl that year over Northwestern and Chase Daniel would set numerous records as a Tiger. He would go undrafted in the NFL, but was able to make the New Orleans Saints and Kansas City Chiefs rosters, though he did not see much playing time.
Daniel is joined by one of his teammates, Jeremy Maclin, who played Wide Receiver and was used in Kickoff and Punt Returns by the Tigers from 2006 to 2008. Maclin would be a consensus All-American twice (2007 & 2008) and he would set the NCAA freshman record for All Purpose Yards. In his final year in 2008, Maclin would lead all players in All-Purpose Yards per Game and he would overall in two seasons playing (he was redshirted in 2006) would total 5,609 All Purpose Yards and 33 Touchdowns.
Maclin currently plays for the Philadelphia Eagles, who drafted him 19th overall in 2009.
Daniel and Maclin had another teammate enter the Missouri University Athletic Hall of Fame with Chase Coffman, who played Tight End from 2005 to 2008. Coffman was a football star almost immediately, and in his senior year, he won the John Mackey Award, which is given to the top Tight End in the country. Coffman currently is on the Tennessee Titans roster.
Joining this group is John Dettmer, who played baseball there in the early 1990’s and holds the Strikeouts in a season record. Dettmer would pitch 12 games in the majors, all with the Texas Rangers. Middle Distance Runner, Ashley Patten and Gymnast Alisha Robinson were also announced to the Hall.
The Missouri University Athletic Hall of Fame first opened in 1990.
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