Black College Football Hall of Fame announces Class of 2024
Black College Football Hall of Fame
Published on : 12/14/2023
The Black College Football Hall of Fame on Thursday announced its Class of 2024.
Seven inductees were selected from a list of 28 Finalists the hall’s Selection Committee had determined earlier.
The Black College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024 includes Joe “747” Adams (Tennessee State), Antoine Bethea (Howard), Waymond Bryant (Tennessee State), Kevin Dent (Jackson State), Richard Huntley (Winston-Salem State), Lemar Parrish (Lincoln) and Coach Eddie Hurt (Morgan State).
“This Class of 2024 is a great showcase of the some of the incredible football talent that has been produced from Historically Black Colleges and Universities,” said Black College Football Hall of Fame Co-Founder and 2011 inductee Doug Williams. “The Black College Football Hall of Fame serves to honor those who paved the way for the game today, and these men did just that.”
Votes were tallied from the nine-member Selection Committee comprised of prominent journalists, commentators and historians, as well as former NFL general managers and executives, and from members of the Black College Football Hall of Fame to determine the inductees.
The Class of 2024 will be honored at the 15th annual Black College Football Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Presented by the Atlanta Falcons, on June 8, 2024, in Atlanta.
They will also be recognized at halftime of the Allstate HBCU Legacy Bowl on Feb. 24, 2024, at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans. That game will be broadcast live on NFL Network.
For more information on the inductees, view the full Black College Football Hall of Fame news release here.
Seven inductees were selected from a list of 28 Finalists the hall’s Selection Committee had determined earlier.
The Black College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024 includes Joe “747” Adams (Tennessee State), Antoine Bethea (Howard), Waymond Bryant (Tennessee State), Kevin Dent (Jackson State), Richard Huntley (Winston-Salem State), Lemar Parrish (Lincoln) and Coach Eddie Hurt (Morgan State).
“This Class of 2024 is a great showcase of the some of the incredible football talent that has been produced from Historically Black Colleges and Universities,” said Black College Football Hall of Fame Co-Founder and 2011 inductee Doug Williams. “The Black College Football Hall of Fame serves to honor those who paved the way for the game today, and these men did just that.”
Votes were tallied from the nine-member Selection Committee comprised of prominent journalists, commentators and historians, as well as former NFL general managers and executives, and from members of the Black College Football Hall of Fame to determine the inductees.
The Class of 2024 will be honored at the 15th annual Black College Football Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, Presented by the Atlanta Falcons, on June 8, 2024, in Atlanta.
They will also be recognized at halftime of the Allstate HBCU Legacy Bowl on Feb. 24, 2024, at Yulman Stadium in New Orleans. That game will be broadcast live on NFL Network.
For more information on the inductees, view the full Black College Football Hall of Fame news release here.
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