The Bellagio Hotel & Casino played host to an all-star cast of history's greatest college football legends and the sport's most promising student-athletes during the 66th National Football Foundation (NFF) Annual Awards Dinner Presented by Las Vegas on Dec. 10, 2024.
Click here or the links on the right to view the latest NFF Footballetter, featuring a collection of photos of those honored and those who paid tribute by attending the event.
More than 1,800 people attended, and countless more watched on ESPN+ as a star-studded 2024 College Football Hall of Fame Class took their place on college football's mountain top. The NFF also honored 16 of the game's current-leading student-athletes, who collected $295,000 in postgraduate scholarships as members of the 2024 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class Presented by Fidelity Investments®.
The festivities began with Alabama quarterback Jalen Milroe being declared the recipient of the 35th William V. Campbell Trophy® as college football's top scholar-athlete, and the evening culminated with the induction of the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame Class.
The 2024 College Football Hall of Fame Class included Justin Blackmon (Oklahoma State), the late Paul Cameron (UCLA), Tim Couch (Kentucky), Warrick Dunn (Florida State), Armanti Edwards (Appalachian 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).
In addition to Milroe, the members of the 2024 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class Presented by Fidelity Investments included Tahj Brooks (Texas Tech), Robert Coury (Carnegie Mellon [PA]), Jaxson Dart (Ole Miss), Beau Freyler (Iowa State), Dillon Gabriel (Oregon), Ashton Gillotte (Louisville), Brody Grebe (Montana State), Mark Gronowski (South Dakota State), Terrance Hollon (Howard), Jack Kiser ( Notre Dame), Luke Lehnen (North Central [IL]), Brayden Long (Slippery Rock [PA]), Jake Majors (Texas), Seth McLaughlin (Ohio State) and Jackson Woodard (UNLV).
This issue of the Footballetter also features photos from several moments from year-end events that either involved NFF support and/or participation.
Click here to buy tickets to the 2025 event, which will take place Dec. 9 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.
Click here to watch a video replay of the 2024 event.
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