When the National Football Foundation revealed the Class of 2024 for the College Football Hall of Fame last week, the list of 19 new members included two former SEC standouts.

The addition of Kentucky quarterback Tim Couch and Alabama cornerback Antonio Langham brought to 104 the number of Hall of Famers who played in the SEC. The conference also has had 29 of its coaches reach the College Football Hall of Fame.

But the ballot for the Class of 2024 included 10 other former SEC stars and one coach from the conference who didn’t get in.

Based on the current criteria to be considered for the College Hall of Fame, the SEC has built up a candidates list that includes 463 former players (although not all are in the current eligibility window). Clearly, not all the eligible players are going to make it – or even reach the ballot. The same goes for the conference’s eligible coaches.

But the players and coaches who are in the College Football Hall of Fame provided a crystal ball into which of the SEC’s luminaries are going to be enshrined in the classes to come, including these 10 candidates:

Will Anderson Jr., linebacker, Alabama 2020-2022

Anderson isn’t eligible for the College Football Hall of Fame yet. He isn’t 10 seasons removed from his final college game, and he’s still an active NFL player. But when he becomes eligible, Anderson will do as a two-time unanimous All-American. There have been 39 of those, plus the only three-time unanimous All-American – Georgia running back Herschel Walker. Walker is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame as are the SEC’s other two two-time unanimous All-Americans – Tennessee safety Eric Berry and LSU running back Billy Cannon. Of the 34 other two-time unanimous All-Americans who are eligible, 32 have been enshrined. The exceptions are Michigan defensive back Tripp Welborne and Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Blackmon. Blackmon’s final season came in 2011, so he’s only recently become eligible.

Joe Burrow, quarterback, LSU 2018-2019

After three seasons at Ohio State, Burrow came to LSU and, in 2019, led the Tigers to the CFP national championship as he won the Heisman Trophy, Maxwell Award and the Walter Camp Award. The first 17 players to win those three awards in the same season are in the College Football Hall of Fame. This also could serve as a harbinger of enshrinement for Auburn quarterback Cam Newton and Alabama running back Derrick Henry and wide receiver DeVonta Smith.

Grant Delpit, safety, LSU 2017-2019

Delpit was a two-time consensus All-American. That seems a pretty solid credential for College Football Hall of Fame consideration, but it hasn’t proven to be a slam-dunk for enshrinement. The SEC has had 29 players who have been consensus All-Americans at least twice. Twenty-five are eligible for the College Football Hall of Fame, but eight haven’t made it. Delpit’s advantage is his position. Of the 10 SEC offensive and defensive backs who have been two-time consensus All-Americans and are eligible, all are in the College Football Hall of Fame. At the other positions, the entrance rate is 7-of-15. That bodes well for Delpit and Alabama safety Minkah Fitzpatrick when they become eligible.

Mark Ingram, running back, Alabama 2008-2010

You can look at Ingram’s credentials as the Heisman Trophy winner for the 2009 BCS national-championship team and mark him as a probable future inductee for the College Football Hall of Fame. But here’s a practical reason: The player who finished as the runner-up to Ingram for the 2009 Heisman Trophy, Stanford running back Toby Gerhart, was a member of the College Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024.

Eli Manning, quarterback, Ole Miss 2000-2003

Manning won the Maxwell Award in 2003, when he finished third in the Heisman Trophy voting behind Oklahoma quarterback Jason White and Pitt wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald. Of the first 25 players who received the Maxwell but didn’t win the Heisman, 23 are in the College Football Hall of Fame. The exceptions are Temple QB Steve Joachim in 1974 and Penn State QB Chuck Fusina in 1978. Manning might have to wait in line, though, as the College Football Hall of Fame catches up with this century. The 2000 through 2002 Maxwell winners – Purdue QB Drew Brees, Miami (Fla.) QB Ken Dorsey and Penn State RB Larry Johnson – weren’t Heisman winners. Alabama quarterbacks AJ McCarron and Tua Tagovailoa also were Maxwell winners, with both finishing as Heisman runners-up.

Johnny Manziel, quarterback, Texas A&M 2012-2013

The College Football Hall of Fame eligibility rules say: “While each nominee’s football achievements in college are of prime consideration, his post-football record as a citizen is also weighed. He must have proven himself worthy as a citizen, carrying the ideals of football forward into his relations with his community and his fellow man. Consideration may also be given for academic honors and whether or not the candidate earned a college degree.” Is that going to make a difference for Johnny Football? No, because he won the Heisman Trophy. Every Heisman Trophy winner from 1935 through 2002 has been enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame, and three players from beyond that block already are in – 2004 winner Matt Leinart, 2005 winner Reggie Bush and 2007 winner Tim Tebow. And Manziel didn’t have to give back his Heisman, so he can wait to hear his name called along with Mark Ingram, Cam Newton, Derrick Henry, Joe Burrow, DeVonta Smith, Bryce Young and Jayden Daniels, the SEC’s other unenshrined Heisman winners.

Cam Newton, quarterback, Florida 2007-2008, Auburn 2010

Newton has the Heisman-Maxwell-Camp ticket into the College Football Hall of Fame. But will the Auburn QB really be inducted based on one season as a college starter? The College Football Hall of Fame is loaded with players who ignited in their final season, and few of them had a season as good as Newton did for the 2009 undefeated BCS national-championship team, when he broke the SEC record for yards of total offense and rushing yards by a quarterback.

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Patrick Peterson, cornerback, LSU 2008-2010

Does having an NFL career worthy of Pro Football Hall of Fame consideration help a College Football Hall of Fame candidate? It doesn’t seem to hurt, as illustrated by the rapidity of Peyton Manning’s College Football Hall of Fame enshrinement after he retired from the NFL. There are 31 former SEC players enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame for their NFL careers. Sixteen of those players meet the first-team All-American eligibility requirement for the College Football Hall of Fame, and only two of those 16 haven’t reached the College Football Hall of Fame, too. Georgia defensive lineman Richard Seymour and LSU fullback Jim Taylor are the only members of the SEC’s Pro Football of Fame representation who are eligible for the College Football of Fame but aren’t in. (Seymour was on the Class of 2024 ballot.) Peterson just completed his 13th NFL season. He’s been a Pro Bowler eight times and first-team All-Pro three times. Texas A&M wide receiver Mike Evans and pass-rusher Myles Garrett are other current pros worthy of the NFL effect. On the flip side, could Alabama running back Trent Richardson’s College Football Hall of Fame candidacy be adversely affected by perceptions about his NFL career?

Nick Saban, coach, LSU 2000-2004, Alabama 2007-2023

If Saban had retired a week earlier, he might have been in the College Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024. While there is a ballot in the selection process, the members of the National Football Foundation’s Honors Court choose the new College Football Hall of Fame members, and enshrinees don’t have to be on the ballot. Former Alabama coach Gene Stallings wasn’t on the ballot when he was chosen for the Class of 2010. Saban doesn’t have to wait three full seasons after retirement to be eligible for consideration. Because he’s 72, Saban is immediately eligible, so the Class of 2025 would seem to have its first member, pending the formalities.

Kirby Smart, coach, Georgia 2016-2023

Smart is still two seasons away from meeting an eligibility requirement for the College Football Hall of Fame. Coaches are required to have a minimum of 10 seasons. They also need at least 100 games and a .600 winning percentage, which seems a lower bar than players are required to clear. Maybe that’s why the SEC had eight coaches who would go on to the College Football Hall of Fame on the sidelines in the 1946 through 1948 seasons and seven in eight other seasons. What will set Smart apart will be his two CFP national championships. Fifteen SEC coaches have won national championships (either awarded by The Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, National Football Foundation or Football Writers Association of America or captured on the field in the playoff era). Eight are in the College Football Hall of Fame. Three will not meet the eligibility standard, Nick Saban didn’t become eligible for consideration until last week and Smart hasn’t coached long enough. That leaves Florida’s Urban Meyer and LSU’s Les Miles. Meyer was coaching as recently as last season, but that was in the NFL with the Jacksonville Jaguars. Miles might need an eligibility ruling, now that 2023 was his third full season out of coaching (a requirement for coaches who aren’t at least 70 years old). Miles has an on-the-field record of 145-73 – a .665 winning percentage. But with NCAA-imposed penalties, his record drops to 108-73 – a .597 winning percentage.

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