The Bellagio Resort & 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 67th National Football Foundation (NFF) Annual Awards Dinner Presented by Las Vegas on Dec. 9, 2025.

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 1,900 people attended, and countless more watched on ESPN+ as a star-studded 2025 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 2025 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class Presented by Fidelity Investments®.

The festivities began with Tennessee tight end Eli Stowers being declared the recipient of the 36th William V. Campbell Trophy® as college football's top scholar-athlete, and the evening culminated with the induction of the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame Class.

The 2025 class included Montee Ball (Wisconsin), Gregg Carr (Auburn), Blake Elliott (Saint John's [MN]), Greg Eslinger (Minnesota), Terry Hanratty (Notre Dame), Graham Harrell (Texas Tech), John Henderson (Tennessee), Michael Huff (Texas), Jim Kleinsasser (North Dakota), Alex Mack (California), Terrence Metcalf (Mississippi), Haloti Ngata (Oregon), Steve Slaton (West Virginia), Darrin Smith (Miami, FL), Michael Strahan (Texas Southern), Dennis Thurman (Southern California), Michael Vick (Virginia Tech), Ryan Yarborough (Wyoming), and coaches Larry Blakeney (Troy), Larry Korver (Northwestern College [IA]), Urban Meyer (Bowling Green, Utah, Florida, Ohio State), and Nick Saban (Toledo, Michigan State, LSU, Alabama).

In addition to Stowers, the members of the 202 NFF National Scholar-Athlete Class Presented by Fidelity Investments included Robby Ballentine (DePauw [IN]), Jonah Coleman (Washington), James Conway (Fordham), Jalon Daniels (Kansas), Ty Dugger (Harding [AR]), Aaron Graves (Iowa), Blake Horvath (Navy), Chandler Kirton (Austin Peay), Trey Moore (Texas), Red Murdock (Buffalo), Parker Navarro (Ohio), Sawyer Robertson (Baylor), Jack Strand (Minnesota State Moorhead), Andon Thomas (Army West Point), and Jackson Waring (Grand View [IA]).

The night also saw the presentation of NFF Major Awards to several individuals, including presentation of the NFF Distinguished American Award to the Army-Navy Game, Oregon Athletics Director Rob Mullens (John L. Toner Award, Presented by Shaw Sports Turf, for excellence in athletics administration) and ESPN's College GameDay analyst Lee Corso (Chris Schenkel Award for a distinguished career in broadcasting). NFF Legacy Awards for extraordinary contributions to the NFF and its mission were presented to Delta Air Lines Director of Specialty Sales Norma Dean, Football Writers Association of America Executive Director Steve Richardson, Ole Miss Special Assistant to the Athletics Director for History Langston Rogers, SMU Dedman School of Law Professor of Law C. Paul Rogers III, and Peach Bowl CEO & President Gary P. Stokan.

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 2026 event, which will take place Dec. 8 at the Bellagio in Las Vegas.

Click here to watch a video replay of the 2025 event.