IRVING, Texas (Nov. 5, 2025) – Alabama and The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced today that they will jointly honor 2024 NFF College Football Hall of Fame inductee
Antonio Langham with an NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute, presented by Fidelity Investments®. The Salute will take place Nov. 8, during the Crimson Tide' home football game against LSU, which will kick off at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC/ESPN3.
"Antonio Langham's induction into the NFF College Football Hall of Fame is a testament to his extraordinary talent," said NFF President & CEO
Steve Hatchell. "His 19 interceptions, including his historic pick-six in the 1992 SEC Championship game en route to the Tide's national title, clearly place him among the best cornerbacks to ever play, and we are thrilled to be honoring him at Bryant-Denny Stadium as a member of the 2024 NFF College Football Hall of Fame Class."
The NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute program, which began with the inaugural NFF College Football Hall of Fame Class in 1951, has become a hallowed tradition, and to this day, the singular events remain the first of numerous activities in the NFF Hall of Fame experience.
During the NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salutes, each electee returns to his respective school to accept an NFF Hall of Fame plaque that will stay on permanent display at the institution. The events take place on the field during a home game, and many NFF Hall of Famers cite the experience as the ultimate capstone to their careers, providing them one more chance to take the field and be recognized in front of their home crowd.
A 1993 unanimous First Team All-American, Langham set the record for the most interceptions at Alabama while leading the Crimson Tide to the 1992 national title. He won the Jim Thorpe Award and the Jack Tatum Trophy in 1993, both honoring the best defensive back in the nation. He was a
three-time All-SEC selection, earning First Team honors as a junior and senior and Second Team accolades as a sophomore.
Click here for his full NFF Hall of Fame bio.
The Town Creek, Alabama, native became the 21st Alabama player to enter the Hall, joining
Pooley Hubert (1922-25),
Johnny Mack Brown (1923-25),
Fred Sington (1928-30),
John Cain (1930-32),
Dixie Howell (1932-34),
Don Hutson (1932-34),
Riley Smith (1933-35),
Harry Gilmer (1944-47),
Vaughn Mancha (1944-47),
Billy Neighbors (1959-61),
Lee Roy Jordan (1960-62),
Johnny Musso (1969-71),
John Hannah (1970-72),
Sylvester Croom (1972-74).
Woodrow Lowe (1972-75),
Ozzie Newsome (1974-77),
Marty Lyons (1975-78),
E.J. Junior (1977-80),
Cornelius Bennett (1983-86), and
Derrick Thomas (1985-88).
NFF Hall of Fame coaches who headed the Crimson Tide program include
Paul "Bear" Bryant, Nick Saban, Gene Stallings, Frank Thomas, and
Wallace Wade.
The 2024 class included
Justin Blackmon (Oklahoma State), the late
Paul Cameron (UCLA),
Tim Couch (Kentucky),
Warrick Dunn (Florida State),
Armanti Edwards (App State),
Deon Figures (Colorado),
Larry Fitzgerald (Pittsburgh),
Toby Gerhart (Stanford),
Dan Hampton (Arkansas),
Steve Hutchinson (Michigan),
Antonio Langham (Alabama),
Randy Moss (Marshall),
Julius Peppers (North Carolina),
Paul Posluszny (Penn State),
Dewey Selmon (Oklahoma),
Alex Smith (Utah),
Kevin Smith (Texas A&M),
Chris Ward (Ohio State),
Danny Woodhead (Chadron State [NE]), and coaches
Mark Dantonio (Cincinnati, Michigan State);
Danny Hale (West Chester [PA], Bloomsburg [PA]); and
Frank Solich (Nebraska, Ohio).
The 2024 NFF College Football Hall of Fame Class was officially inducted at the National Football Foundation's 66
th Annual Awards Dinner presented by Las Vegas on Tuesday Dec. 10 at the Bellagio Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
Including the 2025 NFF Hall of Fame Class, only 1,111 players and 237 coaches have been inducted into the NFF College Football Hall of Fame from the nearly 5.62 million who have played or coached the game during the past 157 years. In other words, less than two one-hundredths of a percent (0.02%) of the individuals who have played/coached the game have earned this distinction.
Fidelity Investments has served as the national presenting sponsor of the NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salutes since 2010. The salutes are one component of a multi-year initiative between the two organizations to celebrate the scholar-athlete ideal and their joint commitment to higher education. Fidelity is also the presenting sponsor of the NFF National Scholar-Athlete Awards, and it helped launch the NFF Faculty Salutes in 2011, which recognize the contributions of the faculty athletics representatives around the country.
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