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Texas Tech football legend Graham Harrell to be inducted into College Football Hall of Fame
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Graham Harrell has been selected as the seventh Texas Tech football player to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame.
Harrell was announced as a member of the 2025 class on Wednesday by the National Football Foundation. He will officially be inducted in December and be immortalized at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta .
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Other former Red Raiders to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame include E.J. Holub (a 1986 inductee), Donny Anderson (1989), Dave Parks (2008), Gabe Rivera (2012), Zach Thomas (2015) and Michael Crabtree (2022) who was Harrell's top receiver during their time together at Texas Tech.
Jan 02, 2009; Dallas, TX, USA; Texas Tech Red Raiders quarterback Graham Harrell (6) throws a pass against the Mississippi Rebels during the 2009 Cotton Bowl Classic at the Cotton Bowl. Mandatory Credit: Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports
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Harrell led the Red Raiders for three seasons, totaling 15,793 passing yards. He finished fourth in voting for the 2008 Heisman Trophy in leading Texas Tech to an 11-1 regular season and the No. 2 ranking in the national polls.
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He won the Sammy Baugh Trophy as a junior in 2007 before winning the Johnny Unitas Award and being named AT&T all-America player of the year and Sporting News co-player of the year in 2008. He was a first team all-American selection by the American Football Coaches Association for the 2008 season that saw him pass for 5,111 yards and 45 touchdowns.
Harrell ranks third all-time in NCAA FBS history having passed for 5,705 yards in 2007, which is second in program history behind B.J. Symons. He still ranks as Texas Tech's all-time career leader in passing yards, touchdown passes (134), pass attempts (2,062), completions (1,403), passing yards per game (350.9), 300-yard games (32) and 400-yard games.
During his playing career, Harrell broke seven different NCAA records and is still in the Top 5 of seven different categories, including career passing yards and career touchdowns.
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To be eligible for the College Football Hall of Fame ballot, players must have been named a first team all-American by a major/national selector as recognized by the NCAA for its consensus all-America teams; played their last year of college football at least 10 full seasons prior; played within the last 50 years; and cannot be currently professional football.
Following his college career, Harrell signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the CFL in 2009 before signing and playing with the Green Bay Packers from 2010-12, earning a Super Bowl XLV ring in the process. He has held positions at North Texas, USC, West Virginia and Purdue during his coaching career.
Harrell will be recognized on the Texas Tech University campus this fall as part of NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salutes.
This article originally appeared on Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: Former Red Raider Harrell headed to College Football Hall of Fame
