The ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2014 has been revealed by the National Football Foundation. In all, there are 75 names from the world of the FBS, including Oklahoma’s Brian Bosworth, Miami’s Warren Sapp (pictured), Ray Lewis and Jerome Brown, Penn State’s Shane Conlan, SMU’s Eric Dickerson, TCU’s LaDainian Tomlinson, Texas’s Ricky Williams and Colorado’s Rashaan Salaam. One other name on the ballot is Alabama’s Derrick Thomas, who appears to be this year’s successor to Nebraska’s Tommie Frazier after long being overlooked on the ballot.
The official class will be announced in May, honored in December and formally inducted at a time to be determined in 2015. Votes will be submitted by members of the National Football Foundation and hall of fame members.
FBS PLAYERS
Trev Alberts, LB, Nebraska
Eric Bieniemy, RB, Colorado
Dre Bly, DB, North Carolina
Tony Boselli, OT, USC
Brian Bosworth, LB, Oklahoma
Bob Breunig, LB, Arizona State
Jerome Brown, DT, Miami
Ruben Brown, OT, Pitt
Larry Burton, WR, Purdue
Dave Butz, DT, Purdue
Freddie Carr, LB, UTEP
Mark Carrier, S, USC
Wes Chandler, WR, Florida
Shane Conlan, LB, Penn State
Tim Couch, QB, Kentucky
Tom Cousineau, LB, Ohio State
Bob Crable, LB, Notre Dame
Paul Crane, C/LB, Alabama
Eric Crouch, QB, Nebraska
Randall Cunningham, QB/P, UNLV
Troy Davis, RB, Iowa State
Eric Dickerson, RB, SMU
Mike Dirks, DT, Wyoming
D.J. Dozier, RB, Penn State
Tim Dwight, WR/Returner, Iowa
Jumbo Elliott, OT, Michigan
William Fuller, DT, North Carolina
Thom Gatewood, WR, Notre Dame
Willie Gault, WR, Tennessee
Kirk Gibson, WR, Michigan State
Charlie Gogolak, K, Princeton
Joe Hamilton, QB, Georgia Tech
Al Harris, DE, Arizona State
Dana Howard, LB, Illinois
Randy Hughes, DB, Oklahoma
Bobby Humphrey, RB, Alabama
Raghib Ismail, WR, Notre Dame
Roy Jefferson, WR, Utah
Ernie Jennings, WR, Air Force
Keyshawn Johnson, WR, USC
Clinton Jones, RB, Michigan State
Lincoln Kennedy, OT, Washington
Tim Krumrie, DT, Wisconsin
Greg Lewis, RB, Washington
Jesse Lewis, DT, Oregon State
Ray Lewis, LB, Miami
Robert Lytle, RB, Michigan
Bob McKay, OT, Texas
Cade McNown, QB, UCLA
Mark Messner, DL, Michigan
Darrin Nelson, RB, Stanford
Ken Norton Jr, LB, UCLA
Tom Nowatzke, FB, Indiana
Jim Otis, FB, Ohio State
Paul Palmer, RB, Temple
Antwaan Randle El, QB, Indiana
Simeon Rice, LB, Illinois
Ron Rivera, LB, Cal
Willie Roaf, OL, Louisiana Tech
Mike Ruth, NG, Boston College
Rashaan Salaam, RB, Colorado
Warren Sapp, DT, Miami
John Sciarra, QB, UCLA
Larry Seivers, WR, Tennessee
Sterling Sharpe, WR, South Carolina
Art Still, DE, Kentucky
Derrick Thomas, LB, Alabama
Zach Thomas, LB, Texas Tech
LaDainian Tomlinson, RB, TCU
Jackie Walker, LB, Tennessee
Wesley Walls, TE, Mississippi
Lorenzo White, RB, Michigan State
Clarence Williams, RB, Washington State
Ricky Williams, RB, Texas
Steve Wisniewski, OG, Penn State
FBS COACHES
Mike Belotti - Chico State, Oregon
Jim Carlen - West Virginia, Texas Tech, South Carolina
Pete Cawthon - Texas Tech
Danny Ford - Clemson, Arkansas
Billy Jack Murphy - Memphis
Darryl Rogers - Call State-Hayward, Fresno State, San Jose State, Michigan State, Arizona State
You can see the full ballot, which includes brief biographies and the list of FCS, Division 2, Division 3 and NAIA candidates as well via the National Football Foundation.