According to Tennessee Athletics, Former Oklahoma national champion quarterback and Tennessee head coach Josh Heupel as well as VFL greats Willie Gault, John Henderson and Larry Seivers appear on the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame ballot, the National Football Foundation (NFF) announced on Monday.
Heupel, who enters his fourth season with the Volunteers, is on the ballot for a fifth straight year. A 2000 consensus first-team All-American, he led the Sooners to the 2000 national championship with a win in the Orange Bowl. In two seasons, Heupel rewrote the Oklahoma record books and was the 2000 Heisman Trophy runner-up before going onto a successful coaching career.
A 1982 first-team All-American, Gault led Tennessee to three bowl berths and set six conference punt and kickoff return records.
Henderson is making his first appearance on the ballot. A two-time first-team consensus All-American and two-time first-team All-SEC recipient, he led the Vols to two top-10 final rankings and an SEC East championship and No. 4 ranking in 2001.
Seivers was a two-time consensus first-team All-American in 1975 and 1976. In 1975, he became the first Vol to eclipse 800 receiving yards in a single season.
The four individuals make up the 77 FBS players on the 2025 ballot. The announcement of the 2025 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be made in early 2025, with specific details to be announced in the future.