9 SEC stars on College Football Hall of Fame ballot must wait at least another year - AL.com

Four former SEC standouts were announced as members of the College Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2020 on Wednesday. The newest set of Hall of Famers included Florida offensive tackle Lomas Brown, LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, Alabama defensive end E.J. Junior and Georgia defensive end David Pollack.

But the ballot for the Class of 2020 released by the National Football Foundation in June included 13 former SEC players. That means nine of the conference’s biggest stars from its 87-season history will have to wait at least another year for enshrinement.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME’S CLASS OF 2020 INCLUDES 4 FROM SEC

Their supporters shouldn’t give up hope: Junior made his fourth consecutive appearance on the ballot in the process of picking this year’s inductees.

The former SEC players who were on the ballot for the Class of 2020 but were not chosen were:

Gregg Carr, Auburn, linebacker, 1981-84: The former Woodlawn High School standout capped his collegiate career as a consensus All-American in 1984, which was his second straight season as a first-team All-SEC pick. In 1983, he’d helped Auburn win the SEC championship. On Auburn’s all-time tackles list, Carr ranks second. He also was a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1984 and went on to become a surgeon.

The College Football Hall of Fame’s most recent Auburn addition is fullback Ed Dyas, who joined with the Class of 2009. The Auburn player in the College Football Hall of Fame who most recently played for the Tigers is Tracy Rocker, whose final season came in 1988.

Kevin Carter, Florida, defensive end, 1991-94: A consensus All-American in 1994, Carter played for three SEC championship teams with the Gators. The sixth player picked in the 1995 NFL Draft, Carter had a 14-year pro career and was All-Pro in 1999.

Tim Couch, Kentucky, quarterback, 1996-98: As a senior, Couch set SEC records for pass completions with 400, passing yards with 4,275, completion percentage at .723 and yards of total offense at 4,151. He became the first SEC player with more than 4,000 yards of total offense in a season. Couch finished fourth in the 1998 Heisman Trophy balloting and was the first player selected in the 1999 NFL Draft.

Couch been on the ballot for seven straight years.

Brad Culpepper, Florida, defensive tackle, 1988-91: A consensus All-American in 1991, Culpepper was a team captain for Florida’s SEC championship team that season. In addition to his playing honors, Culpepper also received the Campbell Trophy as college football’s top scholar-athlete. His 47.5 tackles for loss are still a career record for Florida defensive linemen.

Kevin Faulk, LSU, running back, 1995-98: Faulk is the SEC’s leader in career all-purpose yards with 6,833 – 4,557 rushing, 600 receiving, 832 punt-return and 844 kickoff-return yards. That’s 952 more all-purpose yards than any other player in SEC history. He’s No. 2 on the SEC’s all-time touchdown list with 53.

Bobby Majors, Tennessee, defensive back, 1969-71: Majors’ older brother, Johnny, is a Hall of Fame member, and like his brother, Bobby excelled in more than one phase of the game. He intercepted 10 passes to lead the nation in 1970, when the Volunteers made an SEC-record 36 interceptions. The next year, he was a unanimous All-American. Majors finished his career at Tennessee’s leader in punt-return yards in a season and a career.

Chris Samuels, Alabama, offensive tackle, 1996-99: A prep standout at Shaw High School in Mobile, Samuels won the Outland Trophy as the nation's best interior lineman and the Jacobs Blocking Trophy as the SEC's best blocker in 1999, when he was a unanimous All-American for the Crimson Tide's SEC championship team. The third player picked in the 2000 NFL Draft, Samuels started all 141 games of his career and was a six-time Pro Bowler with the Washington Redskins before spinal stenosis led to his abrupt retirement.

Dorsey became the 43rd winner of the Outland Trophy to be chosen for the College Football Hall of Fame, and that’s an accolade box that Samuels also has checked.

With Junior’s selection this year, the past five Alabama standouts chosen for the College Football Hall of Fame have been defensive players, with linebacker Cornelius Bennett in 2005, linebacker Woodrow Lowe in 2009, defensive lineman Marty Lyons in 2011 and linebacker Derrick Thomas in 2014. Before that, Billy Neighbors went in with the Class of 2003, and he played on both sides of the ball. The most recent purely offensive player from Alabama to enter the College Football Hall of Fame is running back Johnny Musso in 2000.

Larry Seivers, Tennessee, wide receiver, 1974-76: Seivers is one of the 27 SEC players who has been a consensus All-American more than once. Seivers led the SEC in receiving in 1975 and 1976, catching 41 passes for a league-leading 840 yards in 1975 and making 51 catches for 737 yards in 1976. When he left Tennessee, he was the Volunteers’ all-time leader in receptions and receiving yards.

Al Wilson, Tennessee, linebacker, 1995-1998: Wilson was a consensus All-American and team captain for the Tennessee squad that won the first BCS national-championship in 1998. The Volunteers won their second straight SEC crown that season, and they haven't won it since. During Wilson's four seasons on Rocky Top, Tennessee compiled a 29-3 SEC record and a 45-5 overall mark.

While all nine players might appear on the ballot again next year, time is running out for Majors. A candidate cannot be more than 50 seasons removed from his final college campaign, and the 2020 season will be the 49th since Majors played his final game for the Volunteers.

The Veterans Committee can make recommendations that allow for the inductions of players from more than 50 years ago. One of the 17 players in the Class of 2020 played more than 50 seasons ago -- defensive end Bob Stein, who played for Minnesota from 1966 through 1968.

Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @AMarkG1.

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