Pro Football Hall of Fame
There are 29 members of the 267 inductees in the National Football League Hall of Fame from Historically-Black Colleges and Universities. Marion Motley (Class of ‘68) was the second African American inducted into the hall behind Emlen Tunnell (Class of ‘67). Buck Buchanan was the first of the Grambling clan to enter the NFL and the last inductees are in the 2014 class.
LEM BARNEY
Jackson State
Detroit Lions
Class of 1992
Elvin Bethea
No. Carolina A&T
Houston Oilers
Class of 2003
Mel Blount
Southern
Pittsburgh Steelers
Class of 1989
Roosevelt Brown
Morgan State
New York Giants
Class of 1975
Willie Brown
Grambling State
Denver Broncos
Class of 1984
Junious “Buck” Buchanan
Grambling State
Kansas City Chiefs
Class of 1990
Harry Carson
South Carolina State
New York Giants
Class of 2006
Willie Davis
Grambling State
Cleveland Browns
Class of 1981
Richard Dent
Tennessee State
Chicago Bears
Class of 2011
Len Ford
Morgan State/Mich
Los Angeles Dons
Class of 1976
Bob Hayes
Florida A&M
Dallas Cowboys
Class of 200
Ken Houston
Prairie View A&M
Houston Oilers
Class of 1986
Claude Humphrey
Tennessee State
Atlanta Falcons
Class of 2014
Charlie Joiner
Grambling State
Houston Oilers
Class of 1996
David Deacon Jones
Miss. Industrial
Los Angeles Rams
Class of 1980
Leroy Kelly
Morgan State
Cleveland Browns
Class of 1994
Willie Lanier
Morgan State
Kansas City Chiefs
Class of 1986
Larry Little
Bethune-Cookman
San Diego Chargers
Class of 1993
Marion Motley
SC State/Nevada
Cleveland Browns
Class of 1968
Walter Payton
Jackson state
Chicago Bears
Class of 1993
Jerry Rice
Mississippi Valley
San Francisco 49ers
Class of 2010
Shannon Sharpe
Savannah State
Denver Broncos
Class of 2011
Art Shell
Morgan State
Oakland Raiders
Class of 1989
Jackie Slater
Jackson State
Los Angeles Rams
Class of 2001
John Stallworth
Alabama A&M
Pittsburgh Steelers
Class of 2002
Michael Strachan
Texas Southern
New York Giants
Class of 2014
Emmitt Thomas
Bishop College
Pittsburgh Steelers
Class of 2008
Rayfield Wright
Fort Valley State
Dallas Cowboys
Class of 2006
Aeneas Williams
Southern
Arizona Cardinals
Class of 2014