Urban Meyer, Michael Vick, Michael Strahan highlight 2025 college football HOF class
2025-01-16
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The College Football Hall of Fame welcomes a new class of coaches and players to its storied ranks. The 2025 inductees include three-time national championship-winning coach Urban Meyer, 1999 first-team All-American and Big East Offensive Player of the Year Michael Vick, and 1992 first-team All-American and Division I-AA Defensive Player of the Year Michael Strahan, all of whom are members of the FOX Sports family. They join Nick Saban, who won seven national titles as a coach and was the first member of the class to officially be announced. Meyer started his head-coaching career at Bowling Green in 2001, before moving on to Utah in 2003. His most prominent jobs came at his next two stops: Florida (2005-10) and Ohio State (2012-08). Meyer won two BCS national championships with the Gators before stepping down.&nbsp; The Ohio native then returned to coaching in 2012 to fulfill a childhood dream and lead the Buckeyes. During the 2014 season, Ohio State claimed the first ever College Football Playoff national championship. Meyer finished his career with a 187-32 record, the third-highest winning percentage (85.4%) in FBS history. He was also 27-3 in rivalry games, including a 7-0 record against Michigan while at Ohio State and a 5-1 record against Florida State with the Gators. &nbsp;  Vick, who was recently named the head coach of Norfolk State, dazzled as a dual-threat quarterback at Virginia Tech. In his first season as a starter in 1999, the redshirt freshman finished third in the Heisman voting and was named a first-team All-American after posting 1,840 passing yards and 585 rushing yards. He also led the Hokies to an undefeated regular season and a national championship game appearance that year with his playmaking abilities.  After another dynamic season at Virginia Tech, Vick declared for the draft. He was selected by the Atlanta Falcons with the No. 1 pick in the 2001 NFL Draft. Strahan starred at Texas Southern from 1989-1992 where he was named the 1992 Black College Defensive Player of the Year and a two-time SWAC Defensive Player of the Year. Strahan finished his career as the program's all-time leader in career sacks (41.5), while also setting the single-season record (19). After putting together a dominant collegiate career, Strahan was selected in the second round of the 1993 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. He spent his entire 15-year NFL career with the Giants, where he was a four-time All-Pro, the 2001 NFL Defensive Player of the Year and a Super Bowl champion in 2007.  The other players who were elected to the 2025 class include:  Other coaches in the class are Larry Blakeney of Troy and Larry "Bub" Korver of Northwestern College (Iowa). Blakeney guided the Trojans from Division II to the FBS from 1991-2014 and remains the Sun Belt Conference's coaching wins leader with a 178-113-1 record. Korver was 212-77-6 with two NAIA championships in 28 years (1967-94) at Northwestern. The 2025 class will be inducted Dec. 9 during an awards dinner in Las Vegas. Want great stories delivered right to your inbox?&nbsp;Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, and follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily!