COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME
The Black college members listed are among 987 players and 214 coaches who have been inducted from nearly 5.19 million who have played or coached over the past 148 years. The William V. Campbell Trophy is a member of the National College Football Awards Association (NCFAA). The NCFAA was founded in 1997 as a coalition of the major collegiate football awards to protect, preserve and enhance the integrity, influence and prestige of the game’s predominant awards.
Players
Name School Position Inducted
Ben Stevenson Tuskegee Institute Halfback 2003
Buck Buchanan Grambling State Defensive End 1996
Donnie Shell South Carolina State Defensive Back 1998
Doug Williams Grambling State Quarterback 2001
Emerson Boozer Maryland-Eastern Shore Halfback 2010
Gary Johnson Grambling State Defensive End 1997
Harry Carson South Carolina State Linebacker 2002
Jerry Rice Mississippi Valley State Wide Receiver 2006
Joe Kendall Kentucky State Quarterback 2007
Kevin Dent Jackson State Wide Receiver 2006
Leo Lewis Lincoln, MO Halfback 2005
Paul “Tank” Younger Grambling State Halfback 2000
Roger Brown Maryland-Eastern Shore Defensive End 2009
Walter Payton Jackson State Halfback 1999
Willie Galimore Florida A&M Halfback 1999
Willie Lanier Morgan State Linebacker 2000
Willie Richardson Jackson State Wide Receiver 2003
Willie Totten Mississippi Valley State Quarterback 2005
Harry Carson South Carolina State Defensive End 2002
Tyrone McGriff Florida A&M Guard 1996
Art Shell Maryland Eastern Shore Offensive Tackle 2001
Coaches
Name School Inducted
Earl Banks Morgan State 1992
Marino Casem Alabama State 2003
Alcorn State
Southern
Jake Gaither Florida A&M 1975
W.C. Gordon Jackson State 2008
Willie Jeffries South Carolina State
Howard, Wichita State 2010
Billy Joe Cheyney State,
Central State, Ohio,
Florida A&M, Lane 2007
Vernon “Skip” McCain Maryland State 2006
John Merritt Jackson State,
Tennessee State 1994
Ace Mumford Jarvis Christian, Bishop,
Texas College, Southern 2001
Billy J. Nicks Prairie View A&M 1999
Doug Porter Mississippi Valley State,
Howard, Ft. Valley State 2008
Eddie Robinson Grambling State 1997
