Michael Vick, Larry Fitzgerald headline list of nominees for 2024 College Football Hall of Fame class

A massive list of nominees has been released for the College Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024. According to Brett McMurphy, a host of big names in college football history — including Michael Vick, Larry Fitzgerald, Alex Smith, Michael Oher and many others are all set to be on the ’24 ballot.

McMurphy provided the following list on the Action Network:

College Football Hall of Fame Class of ’24 nominees

Quarterbacks: Matt Cavanaugh (Pitt), Tim Couch (Kentucky), Ken Dorsey (Miami), Graham Harrell (Texas Tech), Josh Heupel (Oklahoma), Ryan Leaf (Washington State), Kellen Moore (Boise State), Antwaan Randle El (Indiana), Alex Smith (Utah) and Michael Vick (Virginia Tech).

Running backs: Eric Bieniemy (Colorado), Ki-Jana Carter (Penn State), Kenneth Davis (TCU), D.J. Dozier (Penn State), Warrick Dunn (Florida State), Toby Gerhart (Stanford), Montee Ball (Wisconsin), Garrison Hearst (Georgia), Craig Heyward (Pitt) and Marshawn Lynch (Cal).

Wide receivers: Justin Blackmon (Oklahoma State), Larry Fitzgerald (Pitt), Willie Gault (Tennessee), Marvin Harrison (Syracuse), Herman Moore (Virginia), Taylor Stubblefield (Purdue) and Peter Warrick (Florida State).

Offensive linemen: Flozell Adams (Michigan State), Greg Eslinger (Minnesota), Steve Hutchinson (Michigan), Michael Oher (Ole Miss) and Chris Ward (Ohio State).

Defensive linemen: Jerome Brown (Miami), Brad Culpepper (Florida), Dan Hampton (Arkansas), Julius Peppers (North Carolina), Dewey Selmon (Oklahoma), Richard Seymour (Georgia) and Terrell Suggs (Arizona State).

Linebackers: James Laurinaitis (Ohio State), Ken Norton Jr. (UCLA), Paul Posluszny (Penn State), Simeon Rice (Illinois) and Ron Rivera (Cal).

Defensive backs: Mark Carrier (USC), Michael Huff (Texas), Antonio Langham (Alabama), Todd Lyght (Notre Dame), Terence Newman (Kansas State), Kevin Smith (Texas A&M) and Dennis Thurman (USC).

That’s a hefty list of players and a slew of legendary names. Next, we even have a list of coaches who have been nominated as well:

Larry Blakeney (Troy); Jim Carlen (West Virginia, Texas Tech and South Carolina); Pete Cawthon Sr. (Austin College and Texas Tech); Larry Coker (Miami and UTSA); Mark Dantonio (Cincinnati and Michigan State); Ralph Friedgen (Maryland); Darryl Rogers (Cal State East Bay, Fresno State, San Jose State, Michigan State, Arizona State); Frank Solich (Nebraska, Ohio); and Tommy Tuberville (Ole Miss, Auburn, Texas Tech and Cincinnati).

What a list of names among the players and coaches nominated. Almost every position group includes staples of the game and icons in their generations. When the voting starts for who will be next year’s official inductees, one thing is for sure: the committee is going to have a very tough time picking who gets in vs. out. Best of luck to them.