2018 College Football Hall of Fame Complete Ballot

Happy Saturday everyone, as we sail ever closer to the opening of the 2017 College Football season! On Thursday, the National Football Foundation, of which I am a member, released their ballot for the 2018 College Football Hall of Fame inductees. I am posting the ballot in full for you to see who has been placed on the ballot this season, and to explain how the process works a bit.
There are four categories this year. The first category is players from major schools. The second category is coaches from major schools. The third category is players from the divisional ranks (FCS, D2, D3). You will find some players from what are now FBS schools listed as divisional schools, and that is based on the fact of where that school was categorized when the player was at the school. UCF leads in players nominated in that category. The final category is divisional coaches.
I, as a voter, can make only so many selections on my ballot. Here is how that breaks down:

Major school players: 12
Major school coaches: 2
Divisional Players: 4
Divisional Coaches: 2
Total Votes: 20

My votes and all others are due by 6/20/17. It is my goal to have my ballot cast well before then, but I will be going through a process as to how I make my selections.

Here is the 2018 ballot, by category:

Major School Players

Morten Anderson, PK, Michigan State

Mark Bavaro, TE Notre Dame

Michael Bishop, QB, Kansas State

Lomas Brown, OT, Florida

Terrell Buckley, CB, Florida State

Larry Burton, SE, Purdue

Keith Byars, RB, Ohio State

Gregg Carr, LB, Auburn

Mark Carrier, S, USC

Matt Cavanugh, QB, Pittsburgh

Trevor Cobb, RB, Rice

Marco Coleman, LB, Georgia Tech

Kerry Collins, QB, Penn State

Tim Couch, QB, Kentucky

Eric Crouch, QB, Nebraska

Kenneth Davis, RB, TCU

Rich Diana, RB, Yale

Eric Dickerson, RB, SMU

John Didion, C, Oregon State

Rickey Dixon, DB, Oklahoma

Jumbo Elliott, OT, Michigan

Kevin Faulk, RB, LSU

David Fulcher, DB, Arizona State

Robert Gallery, OT, Iowa

Moe Gardner, DT, Illinois

Tony Gonzalez, TE, California

Martin Gramatica, PK, Kansas State

Jacob Green, DL, Texas A&M

Dan Hampton, DT, Arkansas

Jason Hanson, PK, Washington State

Byron Hanspard, RB, Texas Tech

Marcus Harris, WR, Wyoming

Craig Heyward, RB, Pittsburgh

Torry Holt, WR, NC State

Dana Howard, LB, Illinois

Raghib Ismael, WR, Notre Dame

Ernie Jennings, WR, Air Force

Calvin Johnson, WR, Georgia Tech

EJ Junior, DE, Alabama

Rick Leach, QB, Michigan

Jess Lewis, DT, Oregon State

Ray Lewis, LB, Miami

Ed McCaffrey, WR, Stanford

Buddy McClinton, DB, Auburn

Cade McNown, QB, UCLA

Shawn Moore, QB, Virginia

Ken Norton, Jr., LB, UCLA

Phil Olson, DE, Utah State

Leslie O'Neal, DT, Oklahoma State

Jim Otis, FB, Ohio State

Paul Palmer, RB, Temple

Jake Plummer, QB, Arizona State

Anthony Poindexter, DB, Virginia

Troy Polamalu, S, USC

Cliff Powell, LB, Arkansas

Antwaan Randle-El, QB, Indiana

Ed Reed, DB, Miami

Simeon Rice, LB, Illinois

Ron Rivera, LB, California

Warren Sapp, DT, Miami

Bob Stein, DE, Minnesota

Matt Stinchcomb, OT, Georgia

Taylor Stubblefield, WR, Purdue

Aaron Taylor, C/G, Nebraska

Aaron Taylor, OT, Notre Dame

Troy Vincent, CB, Wisconsin

Chris Ward, OT, Ohio State

Michael Westbrook, WR, Colorado

Lorenzo White, RB, Michigan State

Zach Wiegert, OT, Nebraska

Patrick Willis, LB, Ole Miss

Steve Wisniewski, OG, Penn State

Charles Woodson, DB, Michigan

Al Worley, DB, Washington

Marc Zeno, WR, Tulane Major School Coaches Frank Beamer, Virginia Tech Mack Brown, Texas Jim Carlen, South Carolina Pete Cawthon, Sr. Texas Tech Billy Jack Murphy, Memphis Daryl Rogers, Arizona State Divisional School Players Ashley Ambrose, DB, Mississippi Valley State Archie Amerson, RB, Northern Arizona Rick Bealer, DB, Lycoming Eddie Bell, WR, Idaho State Rennie Benn, WR, Lehigh Bill Bergey, LB, Arkansas State Bill Borchert, QB, Mount Union John Bothe, C, Augustana Carl Boyd, RB, Northern Iowa Vincent Brown, LB, Miss. Valley State Joe Campbell, RB, Miss. Valley State William Campbell, DB, Western State Vin Carioscia, OT, Franklin & Marshall Peter Catan, DE, Eastern Illinois Bruce Cerone, End, Emporia State Steve Cockerham, LB, Akron Bruce Collie, OT, Texas-Arlington Tom Collins, DB, Indianapolis Ray Condren, RB, Gettysburg Mark Cotney, DB, Cameron Case deBrujin, P, Idaho State Dave Dickenson, QB, Montana Parnell Dickinson, QB, Miss. Valley State William Dillon, FS, Virginia Union Al Dorenkamp, LB, Central (Iowa) John Dorsey, LB, U Conn Karl Douglas, QB, Texas A&M-Kingsville Chuck Downey, S, Stony Brook Tom Ehrhardt, QB, Rhode Island Curtis Eller, LB, Villanova Blake Elliott, WR, St. John's (MN) Richard Renberg, RB, Colgate Jim Ferge, LB/DT, North Dakota State John Fitzgerald, OG, Central Oklahoma Bernard Ford, WR, Central Florida Duane Fritz, P, Chadron State Rick Fry, End, Occidental Bob Gaddis, WR, Miss. Valley State Chris George, WR, Glenville State Darwin Gonnerman, RB, South Dakota State Don Greco, OG, Western Illinois Don Griffin, S, Middle Tennessee Boomer Grigsby, LB, Illinois State Ron Hausauer, OG, Jamestown (ND) Pat Hauser, OT, CS-Northridge Conway Hayman, OG, Delaware Bobby Hedrick, RB, Elon Chris Hegg, QB, Truman State Bob Heller, C, Wesleyan Lynn Hieber, QB, Indiana (PA) John Hill, C, Lehigh Rene Ingoglia, RB, U Mass Louis Jackson, RB, Cal Poly Terron Jackson, OT, Missouri Southern State John Jurkovic, DE, Eastern Illinois Ed Kelley, DE, Hampton-Sydney Garry Kuhlman, OT, Delaware Steve McAdoo, OL, Middle Tennessee Gary McCauley, TE, Clarion Fran McDermott, DB, St. Mary's Bill McGovern, DB, Holy Cross Tony Miles, KR/WR, NW Missouri State Carl Morris, WR, Harvard Robert Morris, DE, Georgetown Kenneth Murawski, LB, Carnegie Mellon Ed O'Brien, PK, Central Florida Randy Page, QB, Central Oklahoma Chris Parker, RB, Marshall Alonzo Patterson, RB, Wagner Ted Peterson, C, Eastern Illinois Martin Peterson, OT, Penn Charlie Pierce, P/PK, Central Florida Dave Pomante, DL, Whitworth Tyrone Poole, DB, Fort Valley State Gary Puetz, OT, Valporaiso Gerry Quinlivan, LB, Buffalo Michael Renna, DE, Delaware David Rhodes, WR, Central Florida Kirk Roach, PK, Western Carolina Harold Roberts, WR, Austin Peay Bobby Saiz, QB, Adams State Terry Schmidt, DB, Ball State Larry Schreiber, RB, Tennessee Tech Steve Schubert, WR, U Mass Joe Skladany, LB, Lafayette Ed Smith, WR, Bethel Paul Smith, KR, Gettysburg Tom Stenglein, WR, Colgate Freddie Thomas, DB, Troy Markus Thomas, TB, Eastern Kentucky Billy Thompson, DB, Maryland-Eastern Shore Brad Tokar, RB, Westminister Jay Wessler, RB, Illinois College Tim Whelan, RB, Tufts Gary Wichard, QB, CW Post Mike Wiggins, P, Iowa Wesleyan Jerry Woods, DB, Northern Michigan John Zanieski, MG, Yale Divisional School Coaches Paul Durham, Linfield Jim Feix, Western Kentucky Howard Fletcher, Northern Illinois Russ Fortier, Minnesota-Moorhead Morley Fraser, Albion Danny Hale, Bloomsburg Rudy Hubbard, Florida A&M Eddie Hurt, Morgan State Art Keller, Carthage Glenn Killinger, West Chester Larry Corver, Northwestern College Maxie Lambright, Louisiana Tech Dick Lowry, Hillsdale John Luckhardt, California (PA) James Malosky, Minnesota-Duluth Don Miller, Trinity (CT) Charles Murphy, Middle Tennessee Jim Ostendarp, Amherst Forrest Perkins, Wisconsin-Whitewater Bill Ramseyer, Virginia-Wise Dwight Reed, Lincoln (MO) Pete Schmidt, Albion Gideon Smith, Hampton Clyde Starbeck, Northern Iowa Clarence Stasavich, East Carolina Andy Talley, Villanova Joe Taylor, Florida A&M Mel Tjeerdsma, NW Missouri State John Whitehead, Lehigh Alex Yunevich, Alfred (NY) Allen Zikmund, Nebraska-Kearney I plan on making my first round of cuts in the next 24 hours, and will post as I do so. Stay tuned!