Announced on Monday, the ballot for the College Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2026 features 13 former SEC stars. Two of the candidates on the list already are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

LSU guard Alan Faneca was a nine-time Pro Bowler and six-time All-Pro during his NFL career. Faneca entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame with the Class of 2021.

Georgia defensive lineman Richard Seymour was a seven-time Pro Bowler and three-time All-Pro during his NFL career. Seymour entered the Pro Football Hall of Fame with the Class of 2022.

If Faneca and Seymour make it into the College Football Hall of Fame, they will join 13 other former SEC stars who are enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame.

The Pro Football Hall of Fame features 31 former SEC players in its current lineup. Unlike Faneca and Seymour, 15 of those players have no chance of becoming members of the College Football Hall of Fame, too.

That’s because the 15 players haven’t cleared the first qualifying hurdle for determining a player’s eligibility for the College Football Hall of Fame: Selection as a first-team All-American by at least one of the organizations used by the NCAA to determine the annual consensus All-American team.

The SEC players in the Pro Football Hall of Fame who can’t be considered for the College Football Hall of Fame because of that standard are:

• Kentucky quarterback George Blanda
• Georgia running back Terrell Davis
• Kentucky center Dermontti Dawson
• Auburn center Frank Gatski
• Auburn defensive end Kevin Greene
• Ole Miss guard Gene Hickman
• LSU center Kevin Mawae
• Alabama quarterback Joe Namath
• LSU defensive back Johnny Robinson
• Georgia Tech guard Billy Shaw
• Alabama quarterback Ken Stabler
• Alabama quarterback Bart Starr
• Alabama center Dwight Stephenson
• LSU quarterback Y.A. Tittle
• LSU running back Steve Van Buren

The SEC players already enshrined in both the Pro Football Hall of Fame and the College Football Hall of Fame are:

• Tennessee defensive end Doug Atkins
• Georgia cornerback Champ Bailey
• Alabama guard John Hannah
• Alabama end Don Hutson
• Ole Miss tackle Frank “Bruiser” Kinard
• Tennessee quarterback Peyton Manning
• Alabama tight end Ozzie Newsome
• Florida running back Emmitt Smith
• Georgia quarterback Fran Tarkenton
• Alabama linebacker Derrick Thomas
• Georgia halfback Charley Trippi
• Tennessee defensive end Reggie White
• Florida defensive back Jack Youngblood

There’s one other SEC player in the Pro Football Hall of Fame who, like Faneca and Seymour, is eligible for the College Football Hall of Fame. Former LSU fullback Jim Taylor has been in the Pro Football Hall of Fame since 1976 because of his career with the Green Bay Packers, which included winning The Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award for the 1962 season.

But Taylor is not in the College Football Hall of Fame despite having the needed first-team All-American selection. In 1957, the Football Writers Association of America chose Taylor as a first-team back for its All-American selections. The FWAA was among the seven selectors used by the NCAA that season to compile the consensus All-American team.

Because Taylor’s college career ended more than 50 years ago, he would need to be considered by the Football Bowl Subdivision Honors Review Committee rather than appearing on the ballot.

In addition to Faneca and Seymour, the former SEC players on the College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2026 ballot include:

• Florida defensive lineman Alex Brown
• Kentucky wide receiver Randall Cobb
• Florida defensive tackle Brad Culpepper
• Tennessee safety Deon Grant
• Florida wide receiver Percy Harvin
• Georgia running back Garrison Hearst
• Alabama running back Mark Ingram
• Auburn quarterback Cam Newton
• Alabama linebacker DeMeco Ryans
• Tennessee wide receiver Larry Seivers
• Auburn linebacker Takeo Spikes

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Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.