The College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2024 ballot includes one nominee from Alabama – cornerback Antonio Langham.

Thirty-six other Crimson Tide players could have been included.

Thirty-seven Alabama players were eligible for the ballot for the Class of 2024 – and that doesn’t include 60 other Crimson Tide alumni who meet the first standard for consideration for the College Football Hall of Fame but aren’t in the current eligibility window.

That’s 97 players from Alabama with the possibility of becoming Hall of Famers.

To be considered for the College Football Hall of Fame today, a player must have been a first-team All-American selection by one of the organizations that the NCAA uses to compile its annual consensus All-American team. Currently, those organizations are the American Football Coaches Association, Associated Press, Football Writers Association of American, Sporting News and Walter Camp Football Foundation. But the selectors used by the NCAA have varied over the years, ranging from a low of two to a high of 10.

Players aren’t considered for the College Football Hall of Fame until 10 full seasons after their final college campaign. They also aren’t considered while they are active NFL players. Alabama has 38 players who meet the All-American standard but aren’t eligible yet because their final season with the Tide came in 2013 or later and/or they’re still playing in the NFL.

Players also aren’t considered if their college careers ended more than 50 years ago, so any player who completed his time with the Tide before 1974 isn’t eligible for the 2024 ballot. Alabama has 22 players who meet the All-American standard but are outside the 50-year window.

Those players still can be considered for the College Football Hall of Fame, but their qualifications are examined by the Football Bowl Subdivision Honors Review Committee, bypassing the ballot.

Alabama had 13 players who were unanimous All-Americans and three players who were two-time consensus All-Americans eligible for the 2024 ballot.

A unanimous All-American is a player who was a first-team selection for all the organizations used by the NCAA to compile the consensus All-American team for that season.

A consensus All-American usually is a player who was a first-team selection for at least half of the organizations used by the NCAA to compile the consensus All-American team. It’s possible to become a consensus All-American without reaching the halfway mark, and it’s also possible, though rare, not to be a consensus All-American even while making at least half of the first teams.

For consideration for the College Football Hall of Fame, players don’t have to be consensus All-Americans – just first-teamers for a qualifying selector.

Former Alabama players eligible for the College Football Hall of Fame whose careers ended more than 50 years ago include (presented alphabetically with their All-American qualifying standards):

Offensive tackle Buddy Brown: Consensus in 1973

Center Cary Cox: Non-consensus in 1939

Center Paul Crane: Consensus in 1965

Center Joe Domnanovich: Consensus in 1942

Tackle Cecil Dowdy: Unanimous in 1966

Guard Wayne Freeman: Non-consensus in 1964

Linebacker Mike Hall: Non-consensus in 1968

Fullback Tony Holm: Non-consensus in 1929

End Dennis Homan: Consensus in 1967

Defensive back Bobby Johns: Non-consensus in 1966 and consensus in 1967

Defensive tackle Dan Kearley: Non-consensus in 1964

Fullback Joe Kilgrow: Non-consensus in 1937

Center Jim Krapf: Non-consensus in 1972

Tackle Bill Lee: Consensus in 1934

Linebacker John Mitchell: Non-consensus in 1972

Guard Leroy Monsky: Consensus in 1937

End Ray Perkins: Consensus in 1966

End Holt Rast: Consensus in 1941

Defensive back Ed Salem: Non-consensus in 1950

Wide receiver Wayne Wheeler: Non-consensus in 1973

Guard Art “Tarzan” White: Non-consensus in 1936

End Hoyt Winslett: Non-consensus in 1926

Former Alabama players currently eligible for the College Football Hall of Fame ballot include (presented alphabetically with their All-American qualifying standards):

Running back Shaun Alexander: Non-consensus in 1999

Defensive back Javier Arenas: Consensus in 2009

Safety Mark Barron: Non-consensus in 2010 and unanimous in 2011

Offensive tackle Jim Bunch: Consensus in 1979

Center Antoine Caldwell: Consensus in 2008

Defensive back Jeremiah Castille: Non-consensus in 1982

Defensive tackle Terrence Cody: Consensus in 2008 and 2009

Defensive lineman John Copeland: Consensus in 1992

Defensive end Leroy Cook: Consensus in 1974 and unanimous in 1975

Defensive lineman Eric Curry: Consensus in 1992

Kicker Philip Doyle: Unanimous in 1990

Linebacker Dont’a Hightower: Consensus in 2011

Running back Bobby Humphrey: Non-consensus in 1987

Defensive back Kevin Jackson: Unanimous in 1996

Guard Mike Johnson: Consensus in 2009

Safety Rashad Johnson: Non-consensus in 2008

Offensive lineman Barrett Jones: Unanimous in 2011 (as a tackle) and consensus in 2012 (as a center)

Cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick: Non-consensus in 2011

Defensive back Antonio Langham: Unanimous in 1993

Linebacker Keith McCants: Unanimous in 1989

Linebacker Rolando McClain: Unanimous in 2009

Cornerback DeQuan Menzie: Non-consensus in 2011

Cornerback Dee Milliner: Unanimous in 2012

Defensive lineman Michael Myers: Non-consensus in 1996

All-purpose/kick returner David Palmer: Consensus in 1993

Defensive tackle Mike Pitts: Consensus in 1982

Kicker Michael Proctor: Non-consensus in 1993 and 1994

Running back Trent Richardson: Unanimous in 2011

Linebacker Dwayne Rudd: Non-consensus in 1996

Linebacker DeMeco Ryans: Unanimous in 2005

Offensive tackle Chris Samuels: Unanimous in 1999

Offensive tackle Andre Smith: Unanimous in 2008

Defensive lineman Robert Stewart: Non-consensus in 1991

Kicker Leigh Tiffin: Non-consensus in 2009

Linebacker Courtney Upshaw: Non-consensus in 2011

Guard Chance Warmack: Unanimous in 2012

Defensive back Tommy Wilcox: Consensus in 1981

Former Alabama players who meet the All-American standard for the College Football Hall of Fame but are not yet eligible for consideration include (presented alphabetically with their All-American qualifying standards):

Defensive lineman Jonathan Allen: Unanimous in 2016

Linebacker Will Anderson Jr.: Unanimous in 2021 and 2022

Safety Ha Ha Clinton-Dix: Consensus in 2013

Safety Landon Collins: Unanimous in 2014

Wide receiver Amari Cooper: Unanimous in 2014

Linebacker Trey DePriest: Non-consensus in 2014

Center Landon Dickerson: Unanimous in 2020

Linebacker Rashaan Evans: Non-consensus in 2017

Defensive back Minkah Fitzpatrick: Consensus in 2016 and unanimous in 2017

Linebacker Reuben Foster: Unanimous in 2016

Running back Najee Harris: Unanimous in 2020

Running back Derrick Henry: Unanimous in 2015

Cornerback Marlon Humphrey: Non-consensus in 2016

Running back Mark Ingram: Unanimous in 2009

Wide receiver Jerry Jeudy: Consensus in 2018 and non-consensus in 2019

Quarterback Mac Jones: Consensus in 2020

Center Ryan Kelly: Consensus in 2015

Offensive tackle Arie Kouandjio: Non-consensus in 2014

Offensive tackle Cyrus Kouandjio: Consensus in 2013

Offensive tackle Alex Leatherwood: Non-consensus in 2019 and unanimous in 2020

Quarterback AJ McCarron: Non-consensus in 2013

Linebacker Dylan Moses: Non-consensus in 2020

Linebacker C.J. Mosley: Consensus in 2012 and unanimous in 2013

Offensive tackle Evan Neal: Consensus in 2021

Center Ross Pierschbacher: Non-consensus in 2018

Linebacker Reggie Ragland: Unanimous in 2015

Defensive tackle A’Shawn Robinson: Consensus in 2015

Offensive tackle Cam Robinson: Unanimous in 2016

Punter JK Scott: Non-consensus in 2014

Wide receiver DeVonta Smith: Unanimous in 2020

Cornerback Patrick Surtain II: Unanimous in 2020

Quarterback Tua Tagovailoa: Consensus in 2018

Safety Deionte Thompson: Consensus in 2018

All-purpose/kick returner Jaylen Waddle: Non-consensus in 2019

Wide receiver Jameson Williams: Non-consensus in 2021

Offensive tackle Jonah Williams: Unanimous in 2018

Defensive tackle Quinnen Williams: Unanimous in 2018

Quarterback Bryce Young: Consensus in 2021

Alabama has 21 players already in the College Football Hall of Fame (presented alphabetically with their All-American qualifying standards):

Linebacker Cornelius Bennett: Non-consensus in 1985 and unanimous in 1986

Quarterback Johnny Cain: Non-consensus in 1931

Center Sylvester Croom: Non-consensus in 1974

Halfback Harry Gilmer: Non-consensus in 1945

Guard John Hannah: Non-consensus in 1971 (as an offensive tackle) and unanimous in 1972

Halfback Dixie Howell: Consensus in 1934

End Don Hutson: Consensus in 1934

Center Lee Roy Jordan: Unanimous in 1962

Defensive end E.J. Junior: Unanimous in 1980

Linebacker Woodrow Lowe: Non-consensus in 1973 and 1975 and consensus in 1974

Defensive tackle Marty Lyons: Consensus in 1978

Center Vaughn Mancha: Consensus in 1945

Running back Johnny Musso: Consensus in 1971

Tackle Billy Neighbors: Unanimous in 1961

Wide receiver Ozzie Newsome: Consensus in 1977

Tackle Fred Sington: Unanimous in 1930

Quarterback Riley Smith: Consensus in 1935

Linebacker Derrick Thomas: Unanimous in 1988

Tackle Don Whitmire: Non-consensus in 1942 (and after transferring to Navy, a consensus All-American in 1943 and a unanimous All-American in 1944)

Two of College Football Hall of Fame members from Alabama do not meet the currently used All-American standard – halfback Johnny Mack Brown, who played for the Crimson Tide from 1923 through 1925, and fullback Pooley Hubert, who played from 1922 through 1925.

Players on the College Football Hall of Fame ballot are nominated by athletic directors, head coaches and sports-information directors at National Football Foundation-member schools.

The FBS nominees are sorted geographically for eight District Screening Committees. The committee members vote on which players will represent their region on the ballot. Players who received significant support in the final voting in the previous year but did not make the College Football Hall of Fame also are held over on the ballot automatically.

The more than 12,000 members of the National Football Foundation then get the annual ballot for their consideration.

After the vote, the NFF Honors Court considers recommendations from the veterans committee, reviews the voting and chooses the members of the Hall of Fame class.

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