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
