The NFL Hall of Fame will welcome the Class of 2019 on Saturday, Aug.3, in the enshrinement ceremony from Canton, Ohio.
Of the 326 players, coaches, and contributors in the NFL Hall of Fame, all but two went to college. Before theweekend's festivities kick off with the first exhibition game of the 2019 NFL season at 8 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 1,let’s take a look at the colleges represented in the NFL Hall of Fame.
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There are no new colleges entering the NFL Hall of Fame this year. Tony Gonzalez gets California its second player in Canton, but every other school already had at least three players in the Hall. Ty Law moves Michigan into the fourth-most represented slot as its ninth selection, while Ed Reed keeps Miami (FL) close behind, being the eighth Hurricane inducted into the Hall.
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LSU has a pair of 2019 inductees in Kevin Mawae and Johnny Robinson giving the Tigers their fourth and fifth members of the Hall of Fame. Longtime Broncos owner Pat Bowlan is the fifth former Oklahoma Sooner to get his bust in Canton, while Gil Brandt of Wisconsin and Georgia’s Champ Bailey are each of their respective school’s fourth members of the Hall of Fame.
Colleges most represented in the NFL Hall of Fame
No college has more NFL Hall of Famers than the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. Here are the 11 colleges with the most membersin Canton.
- 13 — Notre Dame: The first Heisman trophy winner, Paul Hornung, is one of many iconic names that have played for the Fighting Irish, joining Super Bowl winners Joe Montana and Jerome Bettis in Canton.
- 12 — Southern California: There were Pro Bowls aplenty with names like Marcus Allen, Anthony Muñoz, Junior Seau, and Frank Gifford getting their starts in Los Angeles.
- 10 — Ohio State: Lou “The Toe” Groza, for whom the award for college football’s best kicker is named, is one of many Buckeyes in the Hall.
- 9 — Michigan: Law bumps the Wolverines up the list that already had legendary names George Allen, Elroy “Crazylegs” Hirsch, and Ralph Wilson, Jr. enshrined.
- 8 (tie) — Alabama: There are plenty of quarterbacks — Joe Namath, Ken Stabler, and Bart Starr — that made the Crimson Tide a powerhouse and eventually foundtheir way to the Hall of Fame.
- 8 (tie) — Miami (FL): Reed joins a bevy of former Hurricane defensive greats in Canton, like Warren Sapp and Cortez Kennedy.
- 8 (tie) — Pittsburgh: Dan Marino and Mike Ditka are just two of many Panthers that brought attention to the Steel City.
- 8 (tie) — Syracuse: Larry Csonka led the 1972 Miami Dolphins to that undefeated season, but Jim Brown is the most decorated name to come out of Syracuse, winner of three MVP awards and leading the NFL in rushing in eight of his nine pro seasons.
- 7 — Minnesota: The Gophers gave the NFL Bronko Nagurski, easily one of the coolest football names ever, as well as coaching greats Bud Grant and Tony Dungy.
- 6 — Illinois: Dick Butkus, Red Grange, George Halas and Ray Nitschke. That’s some pretty impressive company the Illini gave Canton.
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Where the NFL Hall of Fame players went to college
There are now 326 members in the NFL Hall of Fame. Twenty-four of those enshrined earned their way as coaches, with iconic names like Vince Lombardi, Tom Landry, Chuck Noll, Bill Parcells, and Don Shula amongst those in Canton. Al Davis, Lamar Hunt, Pete Rozelle, and Ed Sabol are amongst the 26 members in the Hall that made it as contributors, serving as owners, founders, commissioners, and the man who brought us NFL Films. George Halas, well, he was all three: a player, coach, and contributor.
Two members — past NFL president Joe Carr and founding New York Giants owner Tim Mara — didn’t attend college at all. Three players spent their pre-NFL careers solely in junior colleges: Joe Perry (Class of 1969), Dick “Night Train” Lane (1974), and Jim Taylor (1976).
Below is the complete list of NFL Hall of Famers who earned their way to Canton as players and the NCAA schools at which they played college football.
(All informationtaken from the official NFL Hall of Fame archives.)
BOLD =Player was at a school that is a current DIIfootball program
* = Player was at a school that is a current DIII football program
^ = School no longer has a football program
# = School is no longer an institution
Year | Player | School |
---|---|---|
2019 | Champ Bailey | Georgia |
2019 | Tony Gonzalez | California |
2019 | Ty Law | Michigan |
2019 | Kevin Mawae | LSU |
2019 | Ed Reed | Miami (FL) |
2019 | Johnny Robinson | LSU |
2018 | Brian Dawkins | Clemson |
2018 | Jerry Kramer | Idaho |
2018 | Ray Lewis | Miami (FL) |
2018 | Randy Moss | Marshall |
2018 | Robert Brazile | Jackson State |
2018 | Terrell Owens | Chattanooga |
2018 | Brian Urlacher | New Mexico |
2017 | Morten Andersen | Michigan State |
2017 | Terrell Davis | Georgia, Long Beach State^ |
2017 | Kenny Easley | UCLA |
2017 | Jason Taylor | Akron |
2017 | LaDanian Tomlinson | TCU |
2017 | Kurt Warner | Northern Iowa |
2016 | Brett Favre | Southern Mississippi |
2016 | Kevin Greene | Auburn |
2016 | Marvin Harrison | Syracuse |
2016 | Orlando Pace | Ohio State |
2016 | Ken Stabler | Alabama |
2016 | Dick Stanfel | San Francisco^ |
2015 | Jerome Bettis | Notre Dame |
2015 | Tim Brown | Notre Dame |
2015 | Charles Haley | James Madison |
2015 | Junior Seau | Southern California |
2015 | Will Shields | Nebraska |
2015 | Mick Tingelhoff | Nebraska |
2014 | Derrick Brooks | Florida State |
2014 | Ray Guy | Southern Mississippi |
2014 | Claude Humphrey | Tennessee State |
2014 | Walter Jones | Florida State |
2014 | Andre Reed | Kutztown |
2014 | Michael Strahan | Texas Southern |
2014 | Aeneas Williams | Southern |
2013 | Larry Allen | Sonoma State ^ |
2013 | Cris Carter | Ohio State |
2013 | Curley Culp | Arizona State |
2013 | Jonathan Ogden | UCLA |
2013 | Dave Robinson | Penn State |
2013 | Warren Sapp | Miami (FL) |
2012 | Jack Butler | St. Bonaventure^ |
2012 | Dermontti Dawson | Kentucky |
2012 | Chris Doleman | Pittsburgh |
2012 | Cortez Kennedy | Miami (FL) |
2012 | Curtis Martin | Pittsburgh |
2012 | Willie Roaf | Louisiana Tech |
2011 | Richard Dent | Tennessee State |
2011 | Marshall Faulk | San Diego State |
2011 | Chris Hanburger | North Carolina |
2011 | Les Richter | California |
2011 | Deion Sanders | Florida State |
2011 | Shannon Sharpe | Savannah State |
2010 | Russ Grimm | Pittsburgh |
2010 | Rickey Jackson | Pittsburgh |
2010 | Dick LeBeau | Ohio State |
2010 | Floyd Little | Syracuse |
2010 | John Randle | Texas A&I (now TAMU-Kingsville) |
2010 | Jerry Rice | Mississippi Valley State |
2010 | Emmitt Smith | Florida |
2009 | Bob Hayes | Florida A&M |
2009 | Randall McDaniel | Arizona State |
2009 | Bruce Smith | Virginia Tech |
2009 | Derrick Thomas | Alabama |
2009 | Rod Woodson | Purdue |
2008 | Fred Dean | Louisiana Tech |
2008 | Darrell Green | Texas A&I (now TAMU-Kingsville) |
2008 | Art Monk | Syracuse |
2008 | Emmitt Thomas | Bishop# |
2008 | Andre Tippett | Iowa |
2008 | Gary Zimmerman | Oregon |
2007 | Gene Hickerson | Ole Miss |
2007 | Michael Irvin | Miami (FL) |
2007 | Bruce Matthews | Southern California |
2007 | Charlie Sanders | Minnesota |
2007 | Thurman Thomas | Oklahoma State |
2007 | Roger Wehrli | Missouri |
2006 | Troy Aikman | Oklahoma, UCLA |
2006 | Harry Carson | South Carolina State |
2006 | Warren Moon | Washington |
2006 | Reggie White | Tennessee |
2006 | Rayfield Wright | Fort Valley State |
2005 | Benny Friedman | Michigan |
2005 | Dan Marino | Pittsburgh |
2005 | Steve Young | BYU |
2004 | Bob (Boomer) Brown | Nebraska |
2004 | Carl Eller | Minnesota |
2004 | John Elway | Stanford |
2004 | Barry Sanders | Oklahoma State |
2003 | Marcus Allen | Southern California |
2003 | Elvin Bethea | North Carolina A&T |
2003 | Joe DeLamielleure | Michigan State |
2003 | James Lofton | Stanford |
2002 | Dave Casper | Notre Dame |
2002 | Dan Hampton | Arkansas |
2002 | Jim Kelly | Miami (FL) |
2002 | John Stallworth | Alabama A&M |
2001 | Nick Buoniconti | Notre Dame |
2001 | Mike Munchak | Penn State |
2001 | Jackie Slater | Jackson State |
2001 | Lynn Swann | Southern California |
2001 | Ron Yary | Southern California |
2001 | Jack Youngblood | Florida |
2000 | Howie Long | Villanova |
2000 | Ronnie Lott | Southern California |
2000 | Joe Montana | Notre Dame |
2000 | Dave Wilcox | Oregon |
1999 | Eric Dickerson | SMU |
1999 | Tom Mack | Michigan |
1999 | Ozzie Newsome | Alabama |
1999 | Billy Shaw | Georgia Tech |
1999 | Lawrence Taylor | North Carolina |
1998 | Paul Krause | Iowa |
1998 | Tommy McDonald | Oklahoma |
1998 | Anthony Muñoz | Southern California |
1998 | Mike Singletary | Baylor |
1998 | Dwight Stephenson | Alabama |
1997 | Mike Haynes | Arizona State |
1997 | Mike Webster | Wisconsin |
1996 | Lou Creekmur | William & Mary |
1996 | Dan Dierdorf | Michigan |
1996 | Charlie Joiner | Grambling |
1996 | Mel Renfro | Oregon |
1995 | Henry Jordan | Virginia |
1995 | Steve Largent | Tulsa |
1995 | Lee Roy Selmon | Oklahoma |
1995 | Kellen Winslow | Missouri |
1994 | Tony Dorsett | Pittsburgh |
1994 | Jimmy Johnson | UCLA |
1994 | Leroy Kelly | Morgan State |
1994 | Jackie Smith | Northwestern State |
1994 | Randy White | Maryland |
1993 | Dan Fouts | Oregon |
1993 | Larry Little | Bethune-Cookman |
1993 | Walter Payton | Jackson State |
1992 | Lem Barney | Jackson State |
1992 | John Mackey | Syracuse |
1992 | John Riggins | Kansas |
1991 | Earl Campbell | Texas |
1991 | John Hannah | Alabama |
1991 | Stan Jones | Maryland |
1991 | Jan Stenerud | Montana State |
1990 | Junious (Buck) Buchanan | Grambling |
1990 | Bob Griese | Purdue |
1990 | Franco Harris | Penn State |
1990 | Ted Hendricks | Miami (FL) |
1990 | Jack Lambert | Kent State |
1990 | Bob St. Clair | San Francisco^, Tulsa |
1989 | Mel Bount | Southern |
1989 | Terry Bradshaw | Louisiana Tech |
1989 | Art Shell | Maryland Eastern Shore^ |
1989 | Willie Wood | Southern California |
1988 | Fred Biletnikoff | Florida State |
1988 | Mike Ditka | Pittsburgh |
1988 | Jack Ham | Penn State |
1988 | Alan Page | Notre Dame |
1987 | Larry Csonka | Syracuse |
1987 | Len Dawson | Purdue |
1987 | Joe Greene | North Texas |
1987 | John Henry Johnson | Arizona State, St. Mary's |
1987 | Jim Langer | South Dakota State |
1987 | Don Maynard | Texas Western (now Texas-El Paso) |
1987 | Gene Upshaw | Texas A&I (now TAMU-Kingsville) |
1986 | Paul Hornung | Notre Dame |
1986 | Ken Houston | Prairie View A&M |
1986 | Willie Lanier | Morgan State |
1986 | Fran Tarkenton | Georgia |
1986 | Doak Walker | SMU |
1985 | Frank Gatski | Auburn, Marshall |
1985 | Joe Namath | Alabama |
1985 | O.J. Simpson | Southern California |
1985 | Roger Staubach | Navy |
1984 | Willie Brown | Grambling |
1984 | Mike McCormack | Kansas |
1984 | Charley Taylor | Arizona State |
1984 | Arnie Weinmeister | Washington |
1983 | Bobby Bell | Minnesota |
1983 | Sonny Jurgensen | Duke |
1983 | Bobby Mitchell | Illinois |
1983 | Paul Warfield | Ohio State |
1982 | Doug Atkins | Tennessee |
1982 | Sam Huff | West Virginia |
1982 | George Musso | Millikin* |
1982 | Merlin Olsen | Utah State |
1981 | Morris (Red) Badgro | Southern California |
1981 | George Blanda | Kentucky |
1981 | Willie Davis | Grambling |
1981 | Jim Ringo | Syracuse |
1980 | Herb Adderley | Michigan State |
1980 | David (Deacon) Jones | South Carolina State |
1980 | Bob Lilly | TCU |
1980 | Jim Otto | Miami (FL) |
1979 | Dick Butkus | Illinois |
1979 | Yale Lary | Texas A&M |
1979 | Ron Mix | Southern California |
1979 | Johnny Unitas | Louisville |
1978 | Lance Alworth | Arkansas |
1978 | Alphonse (Tuffy) Leemans | George Washington^, Oregon |
1978 | Ray Nitschke | Illinois |
1978 | Larry Wilson | Utah |
1977 | Frank Gifford | Southern California |
1977 | Forrest Gregg | SMU |
1977 | Gale Sayers | Kansas |
1977 | Bart Starr | Alabama |
1977 | Bill Willis | Ohio State |
1976 | Len Ford | Michigan, Morgan State |
1975 | Roosevelt Brown | Morgan State |
1975 | George Connor | Holy Cross, Notre Dame |
1975 | Dante Lavelli | Ohio State |
1975 | Lenny Moore | Penn State |
1974 | Tony Canadeo | Gonzaga |
1974 | Bill George | Wake Forest |
1974 | Lou Groza | Ohio State |
1973 | Raymond Berry | SMU |
1973 | Jim Parker | Ohio State |
1973 | Joe Schmidt | Pittsburgh |
1972 | Gino Marchetti | San Francisco^ |
1972 | Ollie Matson | San Francisco^ |
1972 | Clarence (Ace) Parker | Duke |
1971 | Jim Brown | Syracuse |
1971 | Bill Hewitt | Michigan |
1971 | Frank (Bruiser) Kinard | Ole Miss |
1971 | Andy Robustelli | Arnold College (merged with Bridgeport) |
1971 | Y.A. Tittle | LSU |
1971 | Norm Van Brocklin | Oregon |
1970 | Jack Christiansen | Colorado State |
1970 | Tom Fears | Santa Clara^ |
1970 | Hugh McElhenny | Washington |
1970 | Pete Pihos | Indiana |
1969 | Albert Glen (Turk) Edwards | Washington State |
1969 | Leo Nomelini | Minnesota |
1969 | Ernie Stautner | Boston College |
1968 | Cliff Battles | West Virginia Wesleyan |
1968 | Art Donovan | Boston College |
1968 | Elroy (Crazylegs) Hirsch | Michigan, Wisconsin |
1968 | Wayne Milner | Notre Dame |
1968 | Marion Motley | South Carolina State |
1968 | Charley Trippi | Georgia |
1968 | Alex Wojciechowicz | Fordham |
1967 | Chuck Bednarik | Penn |
1967 | Bobby Layne | Texas |
1967 | Ken Strong | NYU^ |
1967 | Joe Stydahar | West Virginia |
1967 | Emlen Tunnell | Iowa, Toledo |
1966 | Bill Dudley | Chattanooga |
1966 | Joe Guyon | Carlisle# |
1966 | Arnie Herber | Regis College (now University)^ |
1966 | Walt Kiesling | St. Thomas (MN)* |
1966 | George McAfee | Duke |
1966 | Hugh (Shorty) Ray | Illinois |
1966 | Clyde (Bulldog) Turner | Harden-Simmons* |
1965 | John (Paddy) Driscoll | Northwestern |
1965 | Dan Fortmann | Colgate |
1965 | Otto Graham | Northwestern |
1965 | Sid Luckman | Columbia |
1965 | Steve Van Buren | LSU |
1965 | Bob Waterfield | UCLA |
1964 | Ed Healey | Dartmouth |
1964 | Clarke Hinkle | Bucknell |
1964 | William Roy (Link) Lyman | Nebraska |
1964 | Mike Michalske | Penn State |
1964 | George Trafton | Notre Dame |
1963 | Sammy Baugh | TCU |
1963 | Earl (Dutch) Clark | Colorado College*^ |
1963 | Harold (Red) Grange | Illinois |
1963 | George Halas | Illinois |
1963 | Mel Hein | Washington State |
1963 | Wilbur (Pete) Henry | Washington & Jefferson* |
1963 | Robert (Cal) Hubbard | Centenary^ |
1963 | Don Hutson | Alabama |
1963 | Earl (Curly) Lambeau | Notre Dame |
1963 | John (Blood) McNally | St. John's (MN)* |
1963 | Bronko Nagurski | Minnesota |
1963 | Ernie Nevers | Stanford |
1963 | Jim Thorpe | Carlisle# |