Every Monday, Nevada Sports Net will post a weekly poll question on its main Twitter account. On Tuesday’s NSN Tonight, we will reveal the final poll results and discuss the topic for a segment. On Wednesday, we will post the results and NSN Daily segment while I offer my vote on the question.

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Given the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame criteria, only one player from Nevada’s FBS era (since 1992) is eligible to be nominated. Those rules mandate a player must have been a first-team All-American via the AP, AFCA, FWAA, TSN, and WCFF. The only player to have done that in Nevada’s FBS era is wideout Nate Burleson, a first-team AFCA All-American in 2002 when he had 138 catches for 1,629 yards and 12 touchdowns. Nevada defensive tackle Brett Roy also was a first-team All-American in 2011, but that was via Sports Illustrated, which is not part of the consensus All-American teams.

Nevada’s two most deserving candidates are wideout Trevor Insley and quarterback Colin Kaepernick, but of whom NCAA history but were not first-team All-Americans. Insley was a second-team AP All-American in 1999 when he caught 134 balls for 2,060 yards and 13 touchdowns in 11 games. He set NCAA records in single-season receiving yards, receiving yards per game (187.3) and 200-yard games (six), all of which still stand more than 25 years later. He still ranks 18th in FBS history in career receptions (298), second in career receiving yards (5,005) and ninth in yards per game (113.8). Playing for Nevada from 1996-99, Insley is one of the greatest college receivers of all time but not eligible for the Hall of Fame because he wasn’t a first-team All-American the year he set the NCAA record for most receiving yards in a season, which still stands 26 years later.

Kaepernick earned SI All-American honorable mention honors in 2010, so he didn’t come close to hitting the first-team All-American standard. In 2010, the first-team All-American honors at quarterback went to Cam Newton (AFCA, AP, TSN, WCFF, CBS, CFN, ESPN, Rivals.com, Scout.com, SI), Andrew Luck (PFW) and Kellen Moore (FWAA), who qualifies for a Hall of Fame nomination and is on the list this season. Moore is only eligible because of that FWAA vote took place prior to Nevada’s win over Boise State (with two games left in the regular season) and with Newton entangled in an NCAA eligibility mess. Kaepernick remains the only college quarterback with 10,000 passing yards and 4,000 rushing yards in his career with his name in the NCAA record book 16 times. Kaepernick also lifted Nevada to its only season in the Top 25 and finished eighth in the Heisman Trophy vote. But, like Insley, he’s not eligible for the Hall of Fame.

Kaepernick (53.3 percent) beat Burleson (20.4 percent) and Insley (14.6 percent) in our reader poll. I voted for Insley, who is a top-10 wide receiver in college football history based on stats and should be in the Hall of Fame if the goal is to honor the players with the best college careers. Nevada has a number of first-team All-American s from its FCS era who could one day be nominated for the Hall of Fame, including Shar Pourdanesh, Matt Clafton, Treamelle Taylor, Bernard Ellison, Bob Brown, Henry Rolling, Marty Zendejas, Patrick Hunter, Greg Rea, Derek Kennard, Jim Werbeckes, Tony Zendejas, Charles Mann, John Ramatici, Bubba Puha, James Curry, Jeff Tisdel, Lee Fobbs, David Hann, Doug Betters, Steve Senini and Jeff Wright. But from the FBS era, it’s Burleson or nobody, with Nevada currently having two College Football hall of Famers in Chris Ault (coach) and Frank Hawkins (running back), who are both in the FCS wing.

Columnist Chris Murray provides insight on Northern Nevada sports. Contact him at crmurray@sbgtv.com or follow him on Twitter @ByChrisMurray.