Leading in to the announcement of the 2012 College Football Hall of Fame
Class, the National Football Foundation highlights members on the Hall of Fame
Ballot. The 2012 Class will be announced on May 15 in New York City.
SCHOOL: Stanford
POSITION: Defensive end
YEARS: 1973-76
ATHLETIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS: A member of the All-Coast Team by
both the Associated Press and UPI, McColl was a two-time All-Pac 8 honoree. Named
the Northern California Player of the Year by the Nor-Cal Football Writers, he
set school records with 17 sacks and 26 tackles for loss in a single season.
ACADEMIC HONORS: A 1976 NFF National Scholar-Athlete, he was named
the National Scholar-Athlete of the Year by the Fellowship of Christian
Athletes and won an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. McColl also won the Al
Masters Award for leadership, scholarship and athletic ability. After earning a
bachelor’s degree from Stanford in 1977 and an MBA from USC in 1980, McColl
served as class president while earning a master of divinity from Princeton Theological
Seminary in 1995.
NOTABLES: His father, Bill McColl, was inducted into the
College Football Hall of Fame in 1973 and his younger brother, Milt McColl,
followed Duncan
as an NFF National Scholar-Athlete in 1980.