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Tim Couch named to College Football Hall of Fame ballot

The best quarterback in Kentucky football history is once again up for College Football Hall of Fame honors.

Tim Couch played at Kentucky from 1996-98 and broke a ton of records. In two seasons playing for Hal Mumme’s Air Raid offense, Couch threw for 73 touchdowns on his way to first-team All-SEC and All-American honors in 1998. The star quarterback would go on to become a Heisman Trophy finalist before being the No. 1 overall pick of the expansion Cleveland Browns in the 1999 NFL Draft.

The former USA Today High School All-American won Kentucky’s Mr. Football award as a senior at Hyden (Ky.