Russell Carter on 2024 college HOF ballot

[orguy]

RC on the ballot for 2024 induction into the CFHOF.

https://smumustangs.com/news/2023/6/5/r ... -fame.aspx

[BUS]

No brainer... Great talent but better guy.

[Thumper]

That he isn't already in is a bit disgraceful. One of the best college DBs of all time.

[PonyPride]

From SMUMustangs.com:

Russell Carter Announced On 2024 Ballot For Induction Into College Football Hall of Fame

DALLAS (SMU) - Russell Carter is on the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame ballot, The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced Monday.

The list includes 78 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 101 players and 32 coaches from the divisional ranks.

Carter was a football and track & field standout for SMU from 1980-83. Carter was a 1983 unanimous First-Team All-American who helped the Mustangs win NCAA-recognized National Championships in 1981 and 1982. Carter had seven interceptions in 1981 and 1983, both tied for second in a season at SMU. The three-time All-SWC performer led Mustangs to consecutive league titles in 1981-82 and is the Mustangs all-time career leader in interceptions with 18.

Carter was drafted in the first round (10th overall) of the 1984 NFL Draft by the New York Jets. Carter was inducted into the SMU Hall of Fame in 2013.

He was a crucial member of the 1983 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor National Championship teams and was an All-American on the indoor mile relay team and the outdoor 1600-meter relay team in 1983.

With 10 Hall of Fame inductees hailing from the Hilltop, SMU is tied for 29th-most CFB HOF honorees with Texas A&M, Iowa, NC State and Syracuse.

SMU Inductees in the College Football Hall of Fame

Year Inducted Honoree

1954 Ray Morrison, coach, 1915-16, 1922-34

1955 Matty Bell, coach, 1935-41, 1945-49

1959 Doak Walker, back, 1945, 1947-49

1964 Kyle Rote, back, 1948-50

1969 Gerald Mann, quarterback, 1926-27

1973 Bobby Wilson, halfback, 1933-35

1982 Don Meredith, quarterback, 1957-59

2003 Jerry LeVias, wide receiver, 1966-68

2003 Hayden Fry, coach, 1962-72

2020 Eric Dickerson, running back, 1979-82

The ballot was emailed today to the more than 12,000 NFF members and current Hall of Famers whose votes will be tabulated and submitted to the NFF's Honors Court, which will deliberate and select the class. The Honors Court, chaired by NFF Board Member and College Football Hall of Famer Archie Griffin from Ohio State, includes an elite and geographically diverse pool of athletic administrators, Hall of Famers and members of the media.

The announcement of the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be made in early 2024, with specific details to be announced in the future.

[well travelled pony]

That he isn't already in is a bit disgraceful. One of the best college DBs of all time.

+1

A frigging monster in the defensive backfield