AUSTIN, Texas – Two Texas Football legends were included on the College Football Hall of Fame's 2021 ballot, the National Football Foundation (NFF) and College Hall of Fame announced Tuesday. Those Longhorn Legends are OG/C Dan Neil (1993-96) and DT Kenneth Sims (1978-81).
Neil, a Houston native, was a four-year starter for the Longhorns who played both guard and center. He started all 49 games of his collegiate career, a mark that ranked as the second-longest consecutive starts streak in school history at the time (No. 5 today). Neil was a first-team All-American as both a junior and senior, including consensus honors in 1996 when he was also a finalist for the Outland Trophy and semifinalist for the Lombardi Trophy.