Former Georgia running back Nick Chubb had a pretty absurd college football career but despite being ranked second all time in the SEC in rushing yardage (4,769), third all-time in the SEC in yards per rush (6.29) and fifth in rushing touchdowns , he will never be inducted in the CFB Hall of Fame due to a dumb rule that makes him ineligible.
Via Rivals.com
Members of the National Football Foundation (NFF) vote for candidates considered for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame and, in turn, the NFF’s Honors Court selects the class—and, as is the case with other selection committees, politics are often involved regarding induction. Still, besides other worthy former players, Chubb isn’t even eligible to be a mere candidate because of the primary induction criterion of the NFF: First and foremost, a player must have received First Team All-America recognition by a selector recognized by the NCAA and utilized to comprise its consensus All-America teams.
So yeah a player with one of the dominant careers at running back in SEC history is ineligible because of a technicality.
And hypocritical too.
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In the end Chubb probably doesn’t even care he’s not getting in the CFB Hall-of-Fame considering he’s he’s going to be making millions of dollars in the NFL soon after crushing it at the combine this weekend.
H/T 12up.com