The College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025 featured three former SEC players, but the ballot had 15 candidates from the conference.

Eslinger was a standout center during Minnesota's dominant rushing days with Marion Barber III and Laurence Maroney.

Blakeney and Carr join a long list of Auburn legends currently enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame. Several members include coaches John Heisman, Mike Donahue, Ralph “Shug” Jordan, and former Tiger Heisman Trophy winners such as Bo Jackson and Pat Sullivan.

A two-time Super Bowl champion with the Pittsburgh Steelers, former Notre Dame QB Terry Hanratty finished in the top 10 of Heisman Trophy voting three times.

Dennis Thurman and Darrin Smith were among the best Cowboys defenders of their eras, but both left their mark on the college gridiron first.

Former Cleveland Browns center Alex Mack has been elected to the College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2025, the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame announced Wednesday. Mack is one of 18 players and four coaches to be elected to this year’s College Football Hall of Fame Class,

Greg Eslinger, the two-time All-America center who won both the Outland and Rimington trophies for the Gophers in 2005, on Wednesday was named to the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame class. He is the 20th Gophers player to receive the honor.

Bismarck native and Bismarck High School alumn Greg Eslinger has been named to the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame Class. Eslinger is one of 18 people who will be inducted into the Hall of Fame in December.