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Tennessee football can claim three, including Josh Heupel, on 2024 College Football Hall of Fame ballot

Cora Hall
Knoxville News Sentinel

Tennessee football can claim three names on the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame ballot, including coach Josh Heupel.

Heupel, a former national champion quarterback at Oklahoma, is on the ballot for the fourth straight year as a player. Former Tennessee football greats Willie Gault and Larry Seivers are also in consideration for the hall of fame.

There are 78 players from the FBS on the ballot. The 2024 College Football Hall of Fame class will be announced in early 2024. The class will be inducted during the 66th National Football Foundation annual awards dinner on Dec. 10, 2024. Tennessee has had 26 members inducted into the hall, which leads the SEC – 22 are players, four are coaches. Former Vol Eric Berry represents Tennessee in the 2023 class.

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Oklahoma quarterback Josh Heupel celebrates with fans after beating Florida State 13-2 in the Orange Bowl Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2001 at Pro Player Stadium in Miami, Fla.

A 2000 consensus All-American, Heupel led Oklahoma to the 2000 national championship by winning the Orange Bowl. He was the 2000 Heisman Trophy runner-up before a successful coaching career that led him to Tennessee. In two seasons with the Vols, Heupel has turned around the program and led Tennessee to an Orange Bowl win last season.

Gault, who played for the Vols from 1979-82, led Tennessee to three bowl berths and set six conference punt and kickoff return records. He tied the NCAA record for most kickoff return touchdowns in a single season with three in 1980 and averaged 16.4 yards each time he touched the football. Gault had 82 catches for 1,482 yards and 10 receiving touchdowns in his career.

He was also a prolific hurdler and sprinter for Tennessee. Gault finished his career with the Vols holding 12 school records in football and three in track and field.

Seivers, a two-time consensus first-team All-American, was the first Vol to surpass 800 receiving yards in a single season. He was a two-time first-team All-SEC selection during his career at Tennessee from 1972-76. Seivers, who followed his 840-yard season with 737 yards his senior year, left Tennessee with more catches than anyone (117) and the most receiving yards (1,924).