NORMAN — The National Football Foundation (NFF) and College Hall of Fame announced the 2024 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame last week and former University of Oklahoma standouts Rocky Calmus, Josh Heupel and Dewey Selmon earned spots among the 78 players listed from the Football Bowl Subdivision.
The ballot was e-mailed June 5 to the more than 12,000 NFF members and current Hall of Famers whose votes will be tabulated and submitted to the NFF’s Honors Court, which will deliberate and select the class. The Honors Court, chaired by NFF Board Member and College Football Hall of Famer Archie Griffin from Ohio State, includes an elite and geographically diverse pool of athletics administrators, Hall of Famers and members of the media.
“It’s an enormous honor to just be on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot considering more than 5.62 million people have played college football and only 1,074 players have been inducted,” said NFF President and Chief Eexecutive Officer Steve Hatchell. “The Hall’s requirement of being a first-team All-American creates a much smaller pool of about 1,500 individuals who are even eligible. Being in today’s elite group means an individual is truly among the greatest to have ever played the game, and we look forward to announcing the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame Class early next year.”
The 2024 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be officially inducted during the 66th NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 10, 2024, in Las Vegas and permanently immortalized at the Chickfil- A College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. They will also be honored at their respective schools with an NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute, presented by Fidelity Investments, during the 2024 season.
Former Sooners safety Roy Williams (1998-2001) was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as part of the 2022 class this past December. He became OU’s 23rd former player in the College Hall of Fame and fourth straight defender (defensive back Rickey Dixon in 2019 and linebackers Brian Bosworth in 2015 and Rod Shoate in 2013).
