Eight players who would go on to become Pittsburgh Steelers made the initial 2026 College Football Hall of Fame ballot. The National Football Foundation released the initial list Monday with more than a half-dozen ex-Steelers populating it: OT Flozell Adams, WR Troy Edwards, OG Alan Faneca, NT Casey Hampton, WR Antwaan Randle El, DB Donnell Woolford, OL Ted Petersen, RB Rich Erenberg.
Adams spent his final NFL season with the Steelers, making the Super Bowl before falling to the Green Bay Packers. Flipping from left to right tackle, Adams started all 16 games that year, capping off an Ironman career in which he only missed time in one of his 13 NFL seasons.