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Wuerffel not one of 17 members in College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2012
Tuesday, May 15, 2012 | Football, Women's Tennis, Scott Carter
Former Gators QB Jesse Palmer announced the 2012 College Football Hall of Fame inductees earlier today in New York, but former Gators QB Danny Wuerffel wasn't among the 17 names Palmer called.
Wuerffel, the 1996 Heisman Trophy who led the Gators to their first national championship, did not make the cut on his first time on the ballot.
Another prominent quarterback from Wuerffel's era – Nebraska's Tommie Frazier – also missed the cut.
Wuerffel will eventually become the 10th UF representative in the Hall of Fame, but he'll have to wait like many others have over the years.
Here is the Class of 2012, which will be officially inducted on December 4 in New York and then enshrined at a ceremony in the summer of 2013.
PLAYERS
- CHARLES ALEXANDER - TB, LSU (1975-78)
- OTIS ARMSTRONG - HB, Purdue (1970-72)
- STEVE BARTKOWSKI - QB, California (1972-74)
- HAL BEDSOLE - SE, Southern California (1961-63)
- DAVE CASPER - TE, Notre Dame (1971-73)
- TY DETMER - QB, BYU (1988-91)
- TOMMY KRAMER - QB, Rice (1973-76)
- ART MONK - WR, Syracuse (1976-79)
- GREG MYERS - DB, Colorado State (1992-95)
- JONATHAN OGDEN - OT, UCLA (1992-95)
- GABE RIVERA - DT, Texas Tech (1979-82)
- MARK SIMONEAU - LB, Kansas State (1996-99)
- SCOTT THOMAS - S, Air Force (1982-85)
- JOHN WOOTEN* - OG, Colorado (1956-58)
COACHES
- PHILLIP FULMER - 152-52-0 (74.5%); Tennessee (1992-08)
- JIMMY JOHNSON - 81-34-3 (70.0%); Oklahoma State (1979-83) and Miami (Fla.) (1984-88)
- R.C. SLOCUM - 123-47-2 (72.1%); Texas A&M (1989-02)
Bottom Line: Seems to me all former Heisman winners (at least those who did not have to forfeit award such as Reggie Bush) should be inducted first time on ballot to enhance validity of selections and save the Hall of Fame from the obvious criticism.
