I hope you enjoyed the first part of the College Football HoF Review. Now we have the last 6 players and coach.

Jake Plummer

First, we have somebody who didn’t always have the most success in the beginning from a team standpoint in Jake “The Snake” Plummer. Despite not redshirting his freshman year at Arizona State, Plummer played in 9 games and threw for 1,650 yards 9 scores and 7 interceptions. His stats would become better his sophomore and junior years where he threw for combined 4,401 yards and 32 touchdowns and 18 interceptions, only 9 each of those seasons. Despite a nice junior season, the team ended 6-5.

The next year, Plummer’s senior season, things changed. Plummer threw for 2,575 yards, 23 trips to pay dirt and again only 9 INTs. The team ended the season undefeated and winners of the Pac-10. With the help of his close friend, Pat Tillman, Plummer lost a close battle against Ohio State that would’ve likely made them the National Champions in the old system, but alas the defeat put the Sun Devils at 4th in the country. That year he was 3rd in the Heisman voting, a 2nd team All-American, and the Pac-10 Offensive Player of the Year. Congrats Mr. Plummer.

Troy Polamalu

Second of the remaining few is one of the baddest dudes to come out of South Cali at beautiful USC, hard hitting safety Troy Polamalu. You knew this man was meant to be a Trojan because his name, Troy, was where the Ancient Greek Trojans lived. He didn’t see much time besides special teams his freshman when a concussion in practice cut his season 4 games short. That’s when the story begins.

Polamalu started his dominance the next year where in his first game back against Penn State he returned an interception 43 yards for a score. After asserting himself, he became a team captain in his junior and senior seasons. Polamalu consistently played well on the big stage and over the course of his career racked up 278 tackles, 29 TFLs, 6 INTs, 4 blocked punts and 3 touchdowns. Twice voted 1st team All-Pac 10 and twice voted 1st Team All-American. Congrats Mr. Polamalu.

Joe Thomas

Now, my personal favorite, Joe Thomas. One of the GOATs of the offensive line and widely known as the first offensive lineman in NFL history. If you don’t get that you’re dumb and I hate you. Anyways, let me swoon over this stud for a minute. Mainly a blocking tight end as a freshman, his sophomore year he started all 12 games at left tackle. His junior year he would be apart of the line that helped Brian Calhoun run for 1,500 yards. He would also become a 1st Team All-American.

He considered leaving, but didn’t and stayed to play in the Outback Bowl. During the bowl game, Thomas had to play defensive end because of the injuries there and torn his ACL in the process. He would return to Madison. Returning for his final season, Thomas was a captain and helped the next running back at RBU, P.J Hill, run for 1,500 yards. Joe went and was a 1st Team All-American again and won the Outland Trophy. Also, little known about Thomas was his shot put for the Badger track and field team. He was a 2nd Team All-Big 10 selection in ’05 and had qualified for the NCAA Regionals in ’04 and ’05. A fantastic collegiate career, a decorated NFL career and first of many at Lineman U, congrats Mr. Thomas.

Lorenzo White

As the list winds down we move to a great Michigan State running back in Lorenzo White. Possibly better known as the “Great White Hope”, Lorenzo was the Big 10 running back to run for 2,000 yards in a season when he ran for 2,066 in 1985. His senior season he ran for 1,570 yards and 16 scores. The 16 TDs led the Big-10. A 2X All-American in 1985 and 1987 and the Big 10 Player of the Year in 1987. A wonderful career turned in, congrats Mr. White.

Patrick Willis

Now… We have talked about some bad dudes in the secondary, but now we have one of the scariest linebackers to put the pads and helmet on. As a freshman, he played in all 13 games only making 20 tackles. As a sophomore he played in 10 of the 11 games. He would earn All-SEC honorable mention, recording 70 tackles. He led the team with 11 TFLs and 5 sacks. In his junior year, the man went insane. Willis averaged 13 tackles a game and led the SEC in tackles. He became 1st Team All-SEC. In his senior year, Willis led the SEC in tackles again with 137. He was named SEC Defensive player of the year, 1st Team All-SEC, 1st Team All- American, won the Jack Lambert Award, and the last thing to put on the shelf was the coveted (and hilarious) Dick Butkus Award. Congrats Mr. Willis.

Vince Young

Now last and definitely not least, we have the person who is the curator of my first college football and first real vivid football memory, Vince Young. Initially, Young redshirted. He would come back for his redshirt freshman year 2nd on the depth chart. Halfway through the season, the starter was benched and they put in Vince. The next season, Young led the Longhorns to an 11-1 record losing only to Oklahoma who went 12-0. That season resulted in the Longhorns first ever Rose Bowl appearance. Then came magic.

Young led the Longhorns to an 11-0 regular season. They won the Big 12 Championship Game and held the #2 ranking they held all season. That’s when they went to face the USC Trojans in the National Championship game. In arguably the greatest game of all-time, Young would lead a comeback and cap it with a 9 yard scramble on 4th down with under 20 seconds to give the Longhorns the lead and win. He would earn 1st Team All-American rights and the Davey O’Brien Award. Young went 30-2 as a starter. He also holds many, many UT, BCS, Rose Bowl, and Big-12 records Congrats Mr. Young.

Dennis Erickson

The 15th and final member of this years College Football Hall of Fame is coach Dennis Erickson. A career record of 179-96-1 (65%), Dennis Erickson is mostly know for his 2 National Championships while in Dade County as the coach of the University of Miami. An offensive guru, he started his head coaching career at Idaho. Making only $38,001 to coach there he quickly became the winningest head coach in Vandals history in only 4 seasons.

From there he went to Wyoming and turned that team from a 3-8 team to a 6-6 school in 1 year. He then got his dream job as the head coach at Washington State. The deal was originally for 5 years, but when Jimmy Johnson took off to coach the Cowboys in the NFL, Erickson jumped onto the speeding bullet that was “The U” (not to be confused with “The U” as in Student Union) at the time. Erickson would go win the 2 aforementioned National Championships and compile a 63-9 record over 5 seasons. One of the best offensive minds to be apart of the game, congrats Mr. Erickson.

That concludes our list of 15 extremely worthy new inductees into this years College Football Hall of Fame. Some of the most electric players with some of the most iconic moments in our beloved game will now be forever enshrined for their accomplishments.