Two legendary Colorado teammates and a current Buffaloes assistant coach are in line for a prestigious honor.
Receiver Michael Westbrook and the late Rashaan Salaam are on the ballot for the 2019 class of the College Football Hall of Fame, along with CU cornerbacks coach Ashley Ambrose. The list was announced Monday morning by the Hall of Fame and the National Football Foundation.
“It’s an enormous honor to just be on the ballot when you think that more than 5.26 million people have played college football and only 997 players have been inducted,” said NFF President & CEO Steve Hatchell, who was inducted into the CU Athletic Hall of Fame last November.
“The Hall’s requirement of being a First-Team All-American creates a much smaller pool of about 1,500 individuals who are even eligible. Being in today’s elite group means an individual is truly among the greatest to have ever played the game, and those actually elected to the class will be part of a momentous year as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of college football in 2019.”
Other notables on the ballot include former Denver Broncos stars Ed McCaffrey (Stanford), Jake Plummer (Arizona State) and Al Wilson (Tennessee).
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