Although we do not foresee in the near future devoting a section of our website to those who are not in the College Football Hall of Fame, we here at Notinhalloffame.com have major respect for that particular Hall, and of course College Football as a whole.
Today the College Football Hall of Fame has announced the entire Class of 2014, and we thought it would be worthwhile to take a deeper look at the entire group.
Dre Bly: North Carolina Cornerback, 1996-98
Bly is a two time consensus All American and led the nation is Interceptions in his freshman season with 11. In his sophomore campaign, Bly was a finalist for the Bronko Nagurski Award, which is awarded annually the nation’s top Defensive Player.
Tony Boselli: USC Offensive Tackle, 1991-94
Boselli was a three time First Team All American and the USC star won the Morris Trophy in 1994, which is given annually to the top Lineman (one for Offense, and one for Defence) in the then named Pac12 Conference.
Dave Butz: Purdue Defensive Lineman, 1970-72
Butz was a finalist in 1972 for the Vince Lombardi Award, which is given annually to the nation’s top Linebacker or Defensive Lineman.
Shane Conlan: Penn State Linebacker, 1983-86
Conlan was a two time All American and was the defensive star of the Penn State 1986 National Championship Team. Conlan won the Defensive MVP of the 1987 Fiesta Bowl, which won the Nittany Lions the title. That year, he was also a Finalist for the Dick Butkus Award, which is given to the nation’s top Linebacker.
Joe Hamilton: Georgia Tech Quarterback, 1996-99
Hamilton set multiple Quarterback records in the Atlantic Coast Conference and won the Davey O’Brien Award as the Nation’s top QB in 1999. He was also a Finalist for the Heisman Trophy that year.
John Huard: Maine Linebacker, 1964-66
Huard was born in the state of Maine, and starred for the Black Bears in the mid 60’s.
Darrin Nelson: USC Running Back, 1977-78 & 1980-81
Nelson starred at USC rushing for 4,442 Yards and receiving another 2,559 Yards and had 40 Touchdowns in his four year career.
Willie Roaf: Louisiana Tech Offensive Tackle, 1990-92
Roaf was a consensus All American in 1992, which was also the season he was a Finalist for the Outland Trophy recognizing the nation’s top Offensive Linemen.
John Sciarra: UCLA Quarterback, 1972-75
Sciarra led UCLA to an upset victory at the 1976 Rose Bowl over Ohio State. He was also selected to the Rose Bowl Hall of Fame.
Sterling Sharpe: South Carolina Wide Receiver, 1983 & 1985-87
The Gamecocks retired Sharpe’s number, while he was still playing there and set multiple South Carolina receiving records. Sharpe had 169 catches while playing there.
Leonard Smith: McNeese State Cornerback/Safety, 1979-82
Smith was an All-Southland Conference selection and was one of the more highly regarded defensive stars of his day.
Derrick Thomas: Alabama Linebacker, 1985-88
Thomas set the FBS Sack record at Alabama and the Consensus All-American won the Dick Butkus Award in 1988. Thomas would also finish 10th in Heisman Trophy voting that season.
LaDanian Tomlinson: TCU Running Back, 1997-2000
The lightly recruited Tomlinson would set the FBS rushing record with 406 Yards in a game, and TCU’s turn around is mostly attributed to Tomlinson. He was a unanimous All American in 2000 and won the Doak Walker Award, which is given annually to the nation’s best Running Back. “L.T.” was also a Heisman Finalist that season.
Wesley Walls: Mississippi Defensive End, Linebacker & Tight End, 1985-88
Walls was a very versatile player who converted from Defense to Offence in his tenure at Ole’ Miss. It was as a Tight End that Walls would earn All American honors.
Mike Bellotti, who was best known for coaching the Oregon Ducks from 1995 to 2008 has also been chosen as has Jerry Moore who coached Appalachian State to three Championships.
The College Football Hall of Fame will be completing their move from South Bend, IN to Atlanta, GA in the fall of this year.
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