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Reuters
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Reuters
Three Heisman winners headline 2026 Hall of Fame nominees list
June 2 - Heisman Trophy winners Robert Griffin III, Cam Newton and Mark Ingram headline the list of 79 players nominated by the National Football Foundation for the College Football Hall of Fame's Class of 2026. Ingram rushed for 3,261 yards and 42 touchdowns in three seasons at Alabama, which included winning the Heisman and a national title as a sophomore in 2009. Newton started for just one season in college, but he maximized his 2010 season at Auburn by throwing for 2,854 yards and 30 touchdowns, rushing for 1,473 yards and 20 scores and leading the Tigers to the national championship. Griffin claimed the 2011 Heisman Award after piling up 4,293 passing yards and 37 touchdowns at Baylor. All nominees for the College Football Hall of Fame must have earned at least one first-team All-American honor during their college career, but "post-football record as a citizen is also weighed." National Football Foundation members also are allowed to place emphasis on a player's academic record and whether he earned his diploma. There are two nominees on the ballot who were three-time first-team All-Americans: Ohio State linebacker James Laurinaitis and Southern California safety Taylor Mays. Seventeen nominees earned All-American status in two seasons, a group that includes Florida wide receiver/returner Percy Harvin, Florida State wide receiver Peter Warrick, Clemson cornerback Donnell Woolford and Florida State kicker Sebastian Janikowski. Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o made the list as the only player to win the Maxwell, Walter Camp, Bednarik, Butkus, Lombardi and Nagurski awards in the same season (2012). NFF members have until July 1 for vote for 12 players on the list, which runs the gamut from 1978 graduates (Tennessee receiver Larry Seivers and Arkansas lineman Leotis Harris) to 2014 graduates (Pittsburgh defensive lineman Aaron Donald and Northern Illinois quarterback Jordan Lynch). Members also will vote for two of the nine Football Bowl Subdivision Coach candidates: Jim Carlen (West Virginia, Texas Tech, South Carolina), Pete Cawthon Sr. (Austin (TX) College, Texas Tech), Larry Coker (Miami, UTSA), Dennis Franchione (TCU and many more), Ralph Friedgen (Maryland), Gary Patterson (TCU), Chris Petersen (Boise State, Washington), Darryl Rodgers (Arizona State and more) and Tommy Tuberville (Ole Miss, Auburn, Texas Tech, Cincinnati). The 2026 Hall of Fame class will be announced in January, one month after the Class of 2025 is officially enshrined at the NFF Awards Dinner in Las Vegas. Former Alabama coach Nick Saban and ex-Virginia Tech quarterback Michael Vick headlined the list of 18 former players and four coaches in the Class of 2025. --Field Level Media
Washington Post
2 days ago
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- Washington Post
Heisman winners Ingram, Newton, Griffin are among players on College Football Hall of Fame ballot
Heisman Trophy winners Mark Ingram, Cam Newton and Robert Griffin III and former AP National Player of the Year Ndamukong Suh are on the ballot for the 2026 College Football Hall of Fame class. The National Football Foundation released the ballot Monday for the class that will be announced in January. It includes 79 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 100 players and 35 coaches from lower levels.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Ex-NFL star Robert Griffin III embroiled in fresh controversy as disgusting 'Taliban' post leaves fans furious
Robert Griffin III has found himself at the center of another social media controversy after bizarrely comparing Tyrese Haliburton and the Indiana Pacers to the Taliban. Griffin III has only just stepped out of the limelight after being embroiled in an ugly race debate alongside rival TV star Ryan Clark, but he is now back in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. At the end of the Knicks-Pacers Game 6 on Saturday night, in which Indiana booked its place in the NBA Finals, Griffin III took to X to post: 'The Haliban is headed to the NNBA Finals.' The post immediately rubbed fans up the wrong way, with one claiming it is 'so damn insensitive', while another added: 'Terrorism is nickname worthy?' A third wrote: 'Nicknaming someone after a terrorist organization that killed thousands of Americans... interesting choice.' Meanwhile, one former Air Force pilot noted: 'No, @RGIII. Absolutely not. Never use that again. You're from a military family, and that is heinously disrespectful. You're better than that.' The war in Afghanistan saw the United States lose a total of 2,459 military personnel between October 2001 and August 2021, with the conflict beginning in the immediate aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. Griffin III has a strong connection to the military, with both of his parents serving as US Army sargeants. The ex-NFL quarterback was even born in Japan, where his father was stationed in 1990, and he lived at several army bases throughout his childhood. As of 8am EST on Sunday morning, the post was still up on Griffin III's X account, and no further comment had been made by the former first-round pick. Just last week, the 35-year-old was caught at the center of an ugly race scandal, after fellow TV analyst and ex-NFL star Ryan Clark made a shock insult about Griffin and his white wife Grete. Clark initially took issue with Griffin's comments about Angel Reese 'hating' Caitlin Clark in their ongoing rivalry, saying that Griffin doesn't know the struggles of black women because the former Washington Commanders quarterback is married to a white woman. Clark claimed Griffin 'is not having conversations at his home about what black women have to endure in this country' because Griffin's wife, Estonian heptathlete Grete, is Caucasian. Days later, Clark issued an apology to the Griffin family for his words and said that he made a mistake involving Grete. 'Let me say this before getting into reasoning, before getting into thought process: She should not have been brought up in me trying to make a point about how having black women close to you and the things that you learn from them can help you in the way that you approach and speak to and about them,' Clark said on the latest episode of 'The Pivot' podcast that he co-hosts. 'She didn't need to be the illustration of that. I could speak positively about what they are without making the insinuation that it's something that non-Black women don't do well.'
Daily Mail
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Groveling Ryan Clark issues fresh apology to his family after 'dragging' them into ugly race scandal
Ryan Clark has issued an apology to his family for 'dragging' them into his race scandal with fellow ex-NFL star Robert Griffin III. In response to Griffin's commentary on the Caitlin Clark-Angel Reese feud earlier this month - in which the former quarterback said Reese 'hates' her rival - Clark took aim at the race of Griffin's wife, Estonian heptathlete Grete. Clark said that his former teammate Griffin 'is not having conversations at his home about what black women have to endure in this country,' and also pointed out that Griffin III has twice 'been married to white women'. Those remarks led to both Grete and Griffin calling him out, and Clark apologized to the family last week. But he's also asked forgiveness from his own family for seemingly getting them involved in the situation. 'As I end this I need to apologize to my family. [His wife] Yonka, Jaden, Jordan, & Loghan I am sorry,' he wrote on X. 'Until this week I didn't realize how much you defend me, & deal with the fall out of my stuff. As I end this I need to apologize to my family. Yonka, Jaden, Jordan, & Loghan I am sorry. Until this week I didn't realize how much you defend me, & deal with the fall out of my stuff. This week brought it all to a head. Yonka has been dragged the entire week, & Jaden who we… — Ryan Clark (@Realrclark25) May 25, 2025 'This week brought it all to a head. Yonka has been dragged the entire week, & Jaden who we raised in our home has been used as a pawn. Yonka didn't deserve what happened to her this week. 'She's a beautiful woman that's devoted her life to our family. Shes never wanted to be out front, been the backbone of support. She raised Jaden as her own from the age of 4, & shown up for all 3 of our babies 100% of the time. She's now started a career to help others. That's who she is, & who I'll allow her to be.' Following his remarks, it emerged that Clark's daughter, Jaden, is biracial, and the ex-Steelers safety was branded as a 'hypocrite' online. In a video accompanying his latest apology, Clark said on his 'The Pivot' podcast that he 'didn't want or need' to attack Griffin, and that his intent was to 'defend a young black woman' in Reese. His initial comments came after Clark was assessed a flagrant foul on Reese in their WNBA opener, after slapping across her rival's arm (and sending her to the floor) to prevent a layup. An incensed Reese then beelined for Clark when she got up before others intervened. Days later, Clark issued an apology to the Griffin family for his words and said that he made a mistake involving Grete. 'Let me say this before getting into reasoning, before getting into thought process: She should not have been brought up in me trying to make a point about how having black women close to you and the things that you learn from them can help you in the way that you approach and speak to and about them,' Clark said on the latest episode of 'The Pivot.' 'She didn't need to be the illustration of that. I could speak positively about what they are without making the insinuation that it's something that non-Black women don't do well. 'To Grete, I was out of line. I was out of bounds. I apologize,' he later continued. 'To all of the people that don't like RG's take or takes or the way that he moves, or even if you just in this conversation, take my side and want to support me, leave his family alone. 'It doesn't take a daily attack on his wife, on his children, to remind him that you think his take, his takes, or whatever it is, is the wrong thing to you. Families should be off limits. I started that by bringing her into it. 'I see that no matter what my intent was, the impact was different. If I had to do it all over again, I would do it a different way.' Clark's remarks also earned criticism from his co-workers at ESPN, who reportedly wanted the network to 'punish' Clark for his comments. Griffin himself posted a lengthy response on social media, saying that Clark was 'personally attacking me and my family' in a lengthy statement on X. He added: 'There's a line you don't cross in life and Ryan Clark sprinted past it.
Fox News
24-05-2025
- Sport
- Fox News
Former NFL star Ryan Clark apologizes for dragging Robert Griffin III's wife into Angel Reese debate
Former NFL player Ryan Clark issued an apology to Robert Griffin III for bringing his wife into a debate about Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark earlier this week. Griffin said in a social media post that Reese "hates" Clark. Following the post, Clark suggested that RG3 is "not having conversations at home about what Black women have to endure in this country," considering his wife is White. "All of it started over an Angel Reese take that he felt was a sports take that I didn't feel that way about. I felt it was away from the court, I felt it was away from basketball . . ." Clark said in a recent YouTube post. "I took a take that was personal to another person and made it personal to myself, and I shouldn't have done that." Clark admitted his personal feelings and seemingly prior beef with Griffin "played a part in how I felt." "I wanted to defend a young Black woman, which ended up being an attack on him, he felt, or at least he said, an attack on his family. And that was never the case, or never the intent, of mine," Clark said. "She should not have been brought up in me trying to make a point about how having Black women close to you, and the things that you learn from them, can help you in the way that you approach and speak to and about them. She didn't need to be the illustration of that. I can speak positively about what they are without making the insinuation that it's something that non-Black women don't do well… "To Grete, I was out of line. I was out of bounds. I apologize. To all the people who don't like RG's take or takes or the way that he moves, or even if you just, in this conversation, take my side and want to support me, leave his family alone… Families should be off limits. I started that by bringing her into it. I see that. No matter what my intent was, the impact was different. If I had to do it all over again, I would do it a different way." Clark made the comment while calling out Griffin for boarding "the hate train" after Reese's scuffle with Clark over the weekend, while making Clark "heroic." Sage Steele, who, like Griffin, is a former ESPN colleague, called Clark's words toward Griffin "classless, divisive, gross, (and) unnecessary." Steele and Clark have had issues in the past, even getting to a point where Clark asked producers to have someone other than Steele host a segment following previous comments she had made about former president Barack Obama. Griffin later said that Clark's comments showed "how low of a person he is." Follow Fox News Digital's sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
