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Huff on 2024 ballot for College Football Hall of Fame

IRVING, Texas – Former Texas defensive back Michael Huff (2002-05) is on the ballot for potential inclusion in the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame class, the National Football Foundation & College Football Hall of Fame announced on Monday. The ballot includes 78 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 101 players and 32 coaches from the divisional ranks.

Huff, an Irving, Texas native, was a two-sport athlete for the Longhorns who earned All-Big 12 honors in both football and track & field. Texas' first-ever Thorpe Award winner as the nation's top defensive back in 2005, he capped off a tremendous season and career that year by earning Defensive MVP honors in the Longhorns' thrilling BCS Championship game victory over USC.