The Class of 2017 consists of 10 first-team All-America players—including Peyton Manning and Marshall Faulk—and three standout coaches, led by Steve Spurrier. The inductees were chosen from a ballot of 75 players and six coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 95 players and 29 coaches from the divisional ranks.
Urlacher will become the first New Mexico player inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He earned first-team All-America honors as a safety in 1999 and was a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award, given to the top defensive back in the country.