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College Football Hall of Fame ballot includes 3 Gator greats

On3 imageby:Keith Niebuhr•06/02/25•

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Florida Gators legends Alex Brown, Brad Culpepper and Percy Harvin are on the 2026 College Football Hall of Fame ballot, the National Football Foundation announced on Monday. All three were All-Americans for the orange and blue; additionally, Harvin was a member of two national championship teams.

Making the cut won’t be easy; the ballot, which you can find HERE, includes multiple Heisman winners.

This is what the University of Florida Communications said about each of the Gators on the ballot:

Percy Harvin | Wide Receiver | 2006-08 – Two-time First Team All-American, earning honors at wide receiver (2007) and as an all-purpose player (2008). Helped Florida to two national championships and two SEC titles while leading the nation in rushing yards per attempt (9.2) in 2007. Three-time First Team All-SEC player is the first Gator in history to have 100 yards rushing and 100 yards receiving in the same game (vs. Vanderbilt, 2007).

Alex Brown | Defensive Lineman | 1998-2001 – Two-time First Team All-American, earning consensus honors in 2001, and finalist for the Lombardi and Nagurski awards as a senior. 2001 SEC Defensive Player of the Year (AP) and three-time First Team All-SEC performer. Holds Gator records for career (33) and single-season (13 in 1999) sacks. Brown was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012.

Brad Culpepper | Defensive Tackle | 1988-91 – Four-year SEC Academic Honor Roll member, 1991 consensus First Team All-American and recipient of the NFF Campbell Trophy® as the nation’s top scholar-athlete. Two-time All-SEC selection who led Gators to first-ever SEC title in 1991.Ranks sixth all-time at Florida with 47.5 career TFL, a school record among defensive linemen. He was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a “Gator Great” in 2001.

More than a dozen members of the Florida Gators program are in the Hall of Fame

To date, UF has produced 15 Hall of Famers. That includes 10 players and five coaches. Gators icon Steve Spurrier who was inducted both as a player and a coach. Most recently, former Florida coach Urban Meyer was selected to the 2025 class.

The Gators program has seen an uptick in Hall of Famers this century. Since 2000, 10 former UF players and coaches have been selected for the Hall.

For the above Florida Gators greats, it will be a long wait before they learn their selection fate. The 2026 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be named in January 2026. Those who make the cut will be honored Dec. 8, 2026.

UF Football Hall of Famers

PlayersPositionYears at UFYear Inducted
Dale Van SickelE1927-291975
Steve SpurrierQB1964-661986
Jack YoungbloodDE1968-701992
Emmitt SmithRB1987-892006
Wilber MarshallLB1980-83 2008
Carlos AlvarezWR1969-712011
Danny WuerffelQB1993-962013
Wes ChandlerWR1974-772015
Lomas BrownOL1981-842020
Tim TebowQB2006-092023
Head CoachesYears at UFYear Inducted
Charles Bachman1928-321978
Ray Graves1960-691990
Doug Dickey1970-782003
Steve Spurrier1990-20012017
Urban Meyer2005-102025

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