David Fulcher - 2X ASU Consensus All-American Safety to be Inducted with 2021 College Football Hall of Fame Class
ASU's QB - Jake Plummer, Coach Dennis Erickson named to College Football HOF '20
Former ASU quarterback Jake Plummer and former head coach Dennis Erickson were named to the College Football Hall of Fame class of 2019, it was announced Monday by the National Football Foundation on ESPN.
Plummer and Erickson join a class of 13 players and two coaches this year that’s headlined by former Texas quarterback Vince Young and USC alum and Steelers great Troy Polamalu. They are the 11th and 12th former members of the ASU football program to be named to the College Football Hall of Fame.
Plummer was a four-year starter at ASU from 1993 to 1996, amassing 8,827 passing yards and 65 touchdowns. In 1996, he was a first team All-America selection and Pac-10 Player of the Year, leading ASU to an 11-1 record and a berth in the 1997 Rose Bowl, where the Sun Devils would lose to Ohio State 20-17.
The Arizona Cardinals drafted Plummer in the second round in 1997 and played 10 years in the NFL. He ranks third in school history in passing yards and pass attempts, fourth in touchdown passes and fifth in completions.
Erickson was the 22nd coach in ASU history and began his tenure as such in December of 2006. In his first season, he won Pac-10 Coach of the Year after the team went 10-3 in the regular season. The Sun Devils finished No. 16 in the AP Poll that year, which was their highest finish since 1997, after the team started its season 8-0 and beat No. 18 Cal.
Erickson coached for five seasons at Arizona State, posting a record of 31-31 before Todd Graham took over. He is now the head coach of the Alliance of American Football’s Salt Lake Stallions.
Coach and Jake were honored with the 2020 Class at the Mid-Town Manhattan Hilton, December 10, 2019 in New York City.
Plummer and Erickson join a class of 13 players and two coaches this year that’s headlined by former Texas quarterback Vince Young and USC alum and Steelers great Troy Polamalu. They are the 11th and 12th former members of the ASU football program to be named to the College Football Hall of Fame.
Plummer was a four-year starter at ASU from 1993 to 1996, amassing 8,827 passing yards and 65 touchdowns. In 1996, he was a first team All-America selection and Pac-10 Player of the Year, leading ASU to an 11-1 record and a berth in the 1997 Rose Bowl, where the Sun Devils would lose to Ohio State 20-17.
The Arizona Cardinals drafted Plummer in the second round in 1997 and played 10 years in the NFL. He ranks third in school history in passing yards and pass attempts, fourth in touchdown passes and fifth in completions.
Erickson was the 22nd coach in ASU history and began his tenure as such in December of 2006. In his first season, he won Pac-10 Coach of the Year after the team went 10-3 in the regular season. The Sun Devils finished No. 16 in the AP Poll that year, which was their highest finish since 1997, after the team started its season 8-0 and beat No. 18 Cal.
Erickson coached for five seasons at Arizona State, posting a record of 31-31 before Todd Graham took over. He is now the head coach of the Alliance of American Football’s Salt Lake Stallions.
Coach and Jake were honored with the 2020 Class at the Mid-Town Manhattan Hilton, December 10, 2019 in New York City.
The following players and coaches from the State of Arizona are inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
David Fulcher, Arizona State ~ 2021
Coach Dennis Erickson, Arizona State - 2019
Jake "The Snake" Plummer, Arizona State - 2019
Bob Breunig, Arizona State - 2015
Tedy Bruschi, Arizona - 2013
Rex Mirich, Northern Arizona -2012
Rob Waldrop, Arizona - 2011
Pat Tillman, Arizona State - 2010
Chuck Cecil, Arizona - 2009
Coach John Cooper, Arizona State - 2008
Randall McDaniel, Arizona State - 2008
Ron Pritchard, Arizona State - 2003
John Jefferson, Arizona State - 2002
Mike Haynes, Arizona State - 2000
Coach Darrell Mudra, Arizona - 2000
Coach Jim Young, Arizona 1999
Danny White, Arizona State - 1997
Ricky Hunley, Arizona - 1997
Coach Frank Kush, Arizona State -1995
Coach Dan Devine, Arizona State - 1985
Coach Warren Woodson, Arizona - 1963
Curley Culp, ASU All-American '68 and Pro Football HO Randall McDaniel, ASU All-American, College Hall of Fame & Pro Football HOF
Chapter "Legend" Award - State's H.S. Top Sr. Defensive Lineman Chapter "Legend" Award - Arizona High School Top Down Offensive Lneman
Chapter "Legend" Award - State's H.S. Top Sr. Defensive Lineman Chapter "Legend" Award - Arizona High School Top Down Offensive Lneman
Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and Arizona Cardinals President Michael Bidwill
... took center stage Jan. 7 at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix as the newest
inductees into the National Football Foundation (NFF) Leadership Hall of Fame. (CLICK HERE)
... took center stage Jan. 7 at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix as the newest
inductees into the National Football Foundation (NFF) Leadership Hall of Fame. (CLICK HERE)
Congrats to Valley of the Sun Chapter member and contributor -Lincoln Kennedy,
Member of the College Football Hall of Fame!
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LINCOLN KENNEDY – OT, Washington (1989-92)
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