Former Jets LB Bob Crable has been named to the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2017.
Crable, Notre Dame’s most prolific tackler has been on the ballot the previous four years.
“I actually got to a point where I had my heart set it wasn’t going to happen,” Crable said. “That’s the way my dad taught me. It’s easier to not expect it and to have it happen than to expect it and have it not happen. So I wasn’t expecting it.”
Even when Crable received the news of his induction from his wife, he was in disbelief.