Players
To be eligible for the ballot, players must have:
- Been named a First Team All-America by a major/national selector as recognized and utilized by the NCAA for their consensus All-America teams;
- Played their last year of intercollegiate football at least ten years prior;
- Played within the last 50 years (since 1957 for the 2007 ballot, making three candidates, Don Stephenson, Jim Taylor, and Clendon Thomas their last year eligible to be voted in);
- Cannot be currently playing professional football.
The candidate’s post-football record as a citizen was also weighed.
The University of Notre Dame led this year's ballot with 8 nominations followed by the University of Southern California with 5 and the Ohio State University and University of Oklahoma tied with 3 each.
| Name | School(s) | Position | Last year played |
|---|---|---|---|
| Troy Aikman | Oklahoma UCLA |
Quarterback | 1988 |
| Trev Alberts | Nebraska | Linebacker | 1993 |
| Otis Armstrong | Purdue | Running back | 1972 |
| Pervis Atkins | New Mexico State | Running back | 1960 |
| Tony Boselli | Southern California | Offensive tackle | 1994 |
| Tom Brahaney | Oklahoma | Center | 1972 |
| Dave Brown | Michigan | Defensive back | 1974 |
| Tim Brown | Notre Dame | Wide receiver | 1987 |
| Mark Carrier | Southern California | Safety | 1989 |
| Dave Casper | Notre Dame | Offensive tackle/Tight end | 1973 |
| Ronnie Caveness | Arkansas | Center | 1964 |
| Bob Crable | Notre Dame | Linebacker | 1981 |
| Randy Cross | UCLA | Offensive guard | 1975 |
| Randall Cunningham | UNLV | Punter/Quarterback | 1984 |
| Sam Cunningham | Southern California | Running back | 1972 |
| Jeff Davis | Clemson | Linebacker | 1981 |
| Eric Dickerson | Southern Methodist | Running back | 1982 |
| Jim Dombrowski | Virginia | Offensive tackle | 1985 |
| D. J. Dozier | Penn State | Running back | 1986 |
| Ed Dyas | Auburn | Fullback | 1960 |
| Bill Enyart | Oregon State | Fullback | 1968 |
| Pat Fitzgerald | Northwestern | Linebacker | 1996 |
| Doug Flutie | Boston College | Quarterback | 1984 |
| Kirk Gibson | Michigan State | Wide receiver | 1978 |
| Bob Golic | Notre Dame | Linebacker | 1978 |
| Terrence Hanratty | Notre Dame | Quarterback | 1968 |
| Al Harris | Arizona State | Defensive end | 1978 |
| Major Harris | West Virginia | Quarterback | 1989 |
| Mark Herrmann | Purdue | Quarterback | 1980 |
| Dick Jauron | Yale | Running back | 1972 |
| Johnnie Johnson | Texas | Safety | 1979 |
| Rex Kern | Ohio State | Quarterback | 1970 |
| Tommy Kramer | Rice | Quarterback | 1976 |
| George Kunz | Notre Dame | Offensive tackle | 1968 |
| Jess Lewis | Oregon State | Defensive tackle | 1969 |
| Robert Lytle | Michigan | Running back | 1976 |
| Rueben Mayes | Washington State | Running back | 1985 |
| Randall McDaniel | Arizona State | Offensive guard | 1987 |
| Pat McInally | Harvard | Tight end | 1974 |
| Marlin McKeever | Southern California | Tight end | 1960 |
| Don McPherson | Syracuse | Quarterback | 1987 |
| George Mira | Miami (Fla.) | Quarterback | 1963 |
| Art Monk | Syracuse | Wide receiver | 1979 |
| Paul Naumoff | Tennessee | Linebacker | 1966 |
| Bob Novogratz | Army | Offensive guard | 1958 |
| Tom Nowatzke | Indiana | Fullback | 1964 |
| Jim Otis | Ohio State | Fullback | 1969 |
| Dave Parks | Texas Tech | Wide receiver | 1963 |
| Ahmad Rashad | Oregon | Running back | 1971 |
| Deion Sanders | Florida State | Defensive back | 1988 |
| Lucius Sanford | Georgia Tech | Linebacker | 1977 |
| Jake Scott | Georgia | Defensive back | 1968 |
| Larry Seivers | Tennessee | Wide receiver | 1976 |
| Jim Seymour | Notre Dame | Wide receiver | 1968 |
| Ron Simmons | Florida State | Nose guard | 1980 |
| Chris Spielman | Ohio State | Linebacker | 1987 |
| Larry Station | Iowa | Linebacker | 1985 |
| Don Stephenson | Georgia Tech | Center | 1957 |
| Darryl Talley | West Virginia | Linebacker | 1982 |
| Jim Taylor | Louisiana State | Fullback | 1957 |
| Lawrence Taylor | North Carolina | Linebacker | 1980 |
| Marvin Terrell | Mississippi | Offensive Guard/Nose guard | 1959 |
| Clendon Thomas | Oklahoma | Running back | 1957 |
| Thurman Thomas | Oklahoma State | Running back | 1987 |
| Anthony Thompson | Indiana | Running back | 1989 |
| Gino Torretta | Miami (Fla.) | Quarterback | 1992 |
| Don Trull | Baylor | Quarterback | 1963 |
| Curt Warner | Penn State | Running back | 1982 |
| Wilson Whitley | Houston | Defensive tackle | 1976 |
| Clarence Williams | Washington State | Running back | 1974 |
| Reggie Williams | Dartmouth | Linebacker | 1975 |
| Scott Woerner | Georgia | Defensive back | 1980 |
| Richard Wood | Southern California | Linebacker | 1974 |
| Ryan Yarborough | Wyoming | Wide receiver | 1993 |
| Chris Zorich | Notre Dame | Defensive tackle | 1990 |
Read more about this topic: 2007 College Football Hall Of Fame Ballot
Famous quotes containing the word players:
“The players have often mentioned it as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing, whatsoever he penned, he never blotted out [a] line. My answer hath been, “Would he had blotted a thousand.””
—Ben Jonson (c. 1572–1637)
“People stress the violence. That’s the smallest part of it. Football is brutal only from a distance. In the middle of it there’s a calm, a tranquility. The players accept pain. There’s a sense of order even at the end of a running play with bodies stewn everywhere. When the systems interlock, there’s a satisfaction to the game that can’t be duplicated. There’s a harmony.”
—Don Delillo (b. 1926)
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