On Monday, the College Football Hall of Fame did something that was long, long overdue. They named Raghib “The Rocket” Ismail to the class of 2019 College Football Hall of Fame class. It’s. About. Damn. Time. The fact that The Rocket was not in the College Football Hall of Fame after all of these years was just plain silly and honestly inexplicable.
The Rocket was, simply put, one of the most electrifying players in college football history. In many ways, he was a player well before his time as well. Notre Dame used The Rocket in so many ways during his career, but can you imagine what he would have done in these modern offenses with all of the wide receiver screens, jet sweeps, etc?