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These guys are finally getting their due! Winston Hill is in also!
With the upcoming additions of Southern's Harold Carmichael, South Carolina State’s Donnie Shell and Texas Southern’s Winston Hill, the number of former NFL players with HBCU ties in the Pro Football Hall of Fame will increase to 34 among 17 different HBCUs.
Here’s the breakdown:
- Grambling (4): Willie Brown, Buck Buchanan, Willie Davis, Charlie Joiner
- Jackson State (4): Lem Barney, Robert Brazile, Walter Payton, Jackie Slater
- Morgan State (4): Roosevelt Brown, Len Ford, Leroy Kelly, Willie Lanier
- South Carolina State (4): Harry Carson, Deacon Jones, Marion Motley, Donnie Shell
- Southern (3): Mel Blount; Harold Carmichael; Aeneas Williams
- Mississippi Vocational/Mississippi Valley State (2): Deacon Jones, Jerry Rice
- Tennessee State (2): Richard Dent, Claude Humphrey
- Texas Southern (2): Michael Strahan, Winston Hill
- Alabama A&M (1): John Stallworth
- Bethune-Cookman (1): Larry Little
- Bishop (1): Emmitt Thomas
- Florida A&M (1): Bob Hayes
- Fort Valley State (1): Rayfield Wright
- Maryland St./Maryland-Eastern Shore (1): Art Shell
- North Carolina A&T (1): Elvin Bethea
- Prairie View A&M (1): Ken Houston
- Savannah State (1): Shannon Sharpe
Deacon Jones is mentioned twice.
Deacon Jones is mentioned twice.