Urban Meyer will be a part of Nick Saban within the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame class, and Michael Vick and Michael Strahan are among the many former gamers who will likely be inducted.
The National Football Foundation introduced Saban’s choice final week and the remainder of the 18-player, four-coach class Wednesday.
Saban retired final 12 months because the NCAA’s lively chief in wins with 292-71-1 over 28 seasons at Toledo, Michigan State, LSU and Alabama. His seven nationwide championships — one at LSU, six at Alabama — is probably the most by a Football Bowl Subdivision coach.
Meyer was 187-32 with three nationwide championships over 17 seasons at Bowling Green, Utah, Florida and Ohio State. He received 22 of 24 video games at Utah earlier than taking up at Florida, the place he received nationwide titles in 2006 and 2008. He moved to Ohio State in 2012, received his third nationwide championship in 2014 and went 83-9 over seven seasons.
Vick was the consummate dual-threat quarterback in his two seasons at Virginia Tech, the place he led the Hokies to a 22-2 file and the 1999 nationwide championship recreation. His 13-year NFL profession was interrupted by his 2007 conviction for his involvement in a dogfighting ring. He pleaded responsible and served 21 months in federal jail earlier than resuming his profession in 2009. Last month he was employed as Norfolk State’s head coach.
Strahan, now co-host on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and a “Fox NFL Sunday” analyst, was a terror as a defensive lineman for Texas Southern from 1989 to 1992. He recorded 41.5 sacks in 4 seasons earlier than he went on to play 15 seasons for the New York Giants. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2014.
Terry Hanratty, 24-4-2 as Ara Parseghian’s quarterback at Notre Dame 1966-68, additionally was chosen. He helped lead the 1966 workforce to a share of the nationwide championship and joins teammates Jim Lynch, Alan Page and Joe Theismann within the Hall of Fame.
Among different picks was Wisconsin’s Montee Ball, who received the 2012 Doak Walker Award because the nation’s finest operating again. The 12 months earlier than, he had tied Barry Sanders’ NCAA file of 39 whole touchdowns in a season. He completed his profession with 5,140 speeding yards, averaging 104.9 per recreation, and 77 speeding touchdowns.
Other gamers within the 2025 class are Gregg Carr of Auburn, Blake Elliott of Saint John’s (Minnesota), Greg Eslinger of Minnesota, Graham Harrell of Texas Tech, John Henderson of Tennessee, Michael Huff of Texas, Jim Kleinsasser of North Dakota, Alex Mack of California, Terrence Metcalf of Mississippi, Haloti Ngata of Oregon, Steve Slaton of West Virginia, Darrin Smith of Miami, Dennis Thurman of Southern California and Ryan Yarborough of Wyoming.
Other coaches within the class are Larry Blakeney of Troy and Larry “Bub” Korver of Northwestern College (Iowa). Blakeney guided the Trojans from Division II to the FBS from 1991 to 2014 and stays the Sun Belt Conference’s teaching wins chief with a 178-113-1 file. Korver was 212-77-6 with two NAIA championships in 28 years (1967-94) at Northwestern.
The 2025 class will likely be inducted Dec. 9 throughout an awards dinner in Las Vegas. The Hall of Fame is in Atlanta.
