{"id":679245,"date":"2026-01-15T12:55:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/679245\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T12:55:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T12:55:12","slug":"nebraska-cornhuskers-in-the-college-football-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/679245\/","title":{"rendered":"Nebraska Cornhuskers in the College Football Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jan. 15, 2026, 5:15 a.m. CT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The College Football Hall of Fame announced the addition of <a href=\"http:\/\/cornhuskerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/cornhuskers\/football\/2026\/01\/14\/nebraska-football-ndamukong-suh-college-football-hall-of-fame\/88184240007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ndamukong Suh to the Class of 2026<\/a>. Suh is one of 18 players announced by the National Football Foundation and the College Football Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Suh played at Nebraska from 2005 to 2009. His senior season is one of the legendary seasons in college football.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">During that year, he played in 14 games and recorded 85 tackles, 20.5 for loss, and 12.0 sacks. He was a finalist for the 2009 Heisman trophy and was the first defensive player named the Associated Press College Football Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Suh is the 21st Nebraska football player inducted into the Hall of Fame. The Huskers also have seven coaches in the Hall. Find a complete list of the Nebraska players and coaches in the College Football Hall of Fame below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Nebraska Players<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a>Ed Weir &#8211;\u00a0Tackle (1923-25) &#8211; Inducted in 1951George Sauer &#8211;\u00a0Fullback (1931-33) &#8211; Inducted in 1954Guy Chamberlin &#8211;\u00a0End (1913-15) &#8211; Inducted in 1962Clarence Swanson &#8211;\u00a0End (1918-21) &#8211; Inducted in 1973Sam Francis &#8211;\u00a0Fullback (1934-36) &#8211; Inducted in 1977Bobby Reynolds &#8211;\u00a0Halfback (1950-52) &#8211; Inducted in 1984Forrest Behm &#8211;\u00a0Tackle (1938-40) &#8211; Inducted in 1988Wayne Meylan &#8211;\u00a0Middle Guard (1965-67) &#8211; Inducted in 1991Bob Brown &#8211;\u00a0Guard (1962-63) &#8211; Inducted in 1993Rich Glover &#8211;\u00a0Middle Guard (1970-72) &#8211; Inducted in 1995Dave Rimington &#8211;\u00a0Center (1979-82) &#8211; Inducted in 1997Johnny Rodgers &#8211;\u00a0Wingback (1970-72) &#8211; Inducted in 2000Mike Rozier &#8211;\u00a0I-Back (1981-83) &#8211; Inducted in 2006Grant Wistrom &#8211; Rush End (1994-97) &#8211; Inducted in 2009Will Shields &#8211; Guard (1989-92) &#8211; Inducted in 2011Tommie Frazier &#8211; Quarterback (1992-93) &#8211; Inducted in 2013Trev Alberts &#8211; Linebacker (1990-93) &#8211; Inducted in 2015Aaron Taylor &#8211; Offensive Guard\/Center (1994-97) &#8211; Inducted in 2018Eric Crouch, Quarterback (1998-2001) &#8211; Inducted in 2020Zach Wiegert, Offensive Tackle (1991-94) &#8211; Inducted in 2022Ndamukong Suh, Defensive Tackle (2005-09) &#8211; Class of 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Nebraska Coaches<\/p>\n<p>Fielding Yost (1898) &#8211; Inducted in 1951Dana X. Bible (1929-36) &#8211; Inducted in 1951Lawrence McCeney &#8220;Biff&#8221; Jones (1937-41) &#8211; Inducted in 1954Edward N. &#8220;Robbie&#8221; Robinson (1896-97) &#8211; Inducted in 1955Bob Devaney (1962-72) &#8211; Inducted in 1981Tom Osborne (1973-97) &#8211; Inducted in 1999Frank Solich (1998-2003) &#8211; Inducted in 2024<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Contact\/Follow us<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CornhuskersWire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> @CornhuskersWire<\/a> on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/CornhuskersWire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Facebook<\/a> to follow ongoing coverage of Nebraska news, notes and opinions.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jan. 15, 2026, 5:15 a.m. CT The College Football Hall of Fame announced the addition of Ndamukong Suh&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679246,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2026],"tags":[95878,7,99287,96358,95882,96219,95930,96027,99118,99117,95899,95906,95902,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-679245","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-sstssportscollegecornhuskersfootball","11":"tag-sstsnfootball","12":"tag-tagamerican-football","13":"tag-tagbig-10-hub","14":"tag-tagbig-ten-conference-football","15":"tag-tagcollege-sports","16":"tag-tagnebraska-cornhuskers","17":"tag-tagnebraska-cornhuskers-football","18":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","19":"tag-tagoverall-positive","20":"tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","21":"tag-tagsports-news","22":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115899225245403866","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679245"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679245\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}