Twelve former SEC players and one former conference coach could be members of the College Football Hall of Fame’s Class of 2024.

The College Football Hall of Fame will announce its Class of 2024 on Sunday night, and the ballot for the class featured 12 former SEC stars among the 78 nominees – Alabama’s Antonio Langham, Auburn’s Gregg Carr, Ed King and Takeo Spikes, Florida’s Brad Culpepper, Georgia’s Garrison Hearst and Richard Seymour, Kentucky’s Tim Couch, LSU’s Bradie James, Ole Miss’ Michael Oher and Tennessee’s Willie Gault and Larry Seivers.

Former Ole Miss and Auburn coach Tommy Tuberville is among the nine coaches on the ballot.

The SEC has 102 former players and 31 former coaches in the College Football Hall of Fame.

The Class of 2024 nominees from the SEC included:

Gregg Carr, Auburn, linebacker, 1981-84: The former Woodlawn High School standout capped his college career as a consensus All-American in 1984, which was his second straight season as a first-team All-SEC pick. In 1983, he had helped Auburn win the SEC championship. On Auburn’s all-time tackles list, Carr ranks second. He also was a National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete in 1984 and went on to become a surgeon.

Tim Couch, Kentucky, quarterback, 1996-98: As a senior, Couch set SEC records for pass completions with 400, passing yards with 4,275, completion percentage at .723 and yards of total offense at 4,151. He became the first SEC player with more than 4,000 yards of total offense in a season. Couch finished fourth in the 1998 Heisman Trophy balloting and was the first player selected in the 1999 NFL Draft. Couch is appearing on the ballot for the 11th straight year.

Brad Culpepper, Florida, defensive tackle, 1988-91: A consensus All-American in 1991, Culpepper was a team captain for Florida’s SEC championship squad that season. In addition to his playing honors, Culpepper also received the Campbell Trophy as college football’s top scholar-athlete. His 47.5 tackles for loss are still a career record for Florida defensive linemen.

Willie Gault, Tennessee, wide receiver, 1979-82: Gault’s receiving totals won’t get him into the Hall of Fame. He caught 89 passes for 1,482 yards and 10 touchdowns at Tennessee, with 50 of the receptions coming in his senior season. But Gault made a record-setting mark as a kickoff and punt returner, breaking six SEC records in those categories while with the Volunteers. In 1980, he tied the NCAA record for most touchdowns by kickoff return in a single season with three.

Garrison Hearst, Georgia, running back, 1990-92: Hearst won the SEC Player of the Year Award and the Doak Walker Award as the nation’s best running back in 1992, when he ran for 1,547 yards and 19 touchdowns and finished third in the voting for the Heisman Trophy. His 126 points led the nation that season, and he earned unanimous All-American recognition.

Bradie James, LSU, linebacker, 1999-2002: After helping LSU win the SEC championship in 2001, James earned first-team All-American recognition from The Sporting News and American Football Coaches Association in 2002. He completed his career with 418 tackles, which ranked second on LSU’s career list.

Ed King, Auburn, guard, 1988-90: A first-team All-American selection by the Walter Camp Football Foundation in 1989, King earned unanimous All-American recognition in 1990. In 1988 and 1989, King helped Auburn post the first back-to-back 10-win seasons in school history as the Tigers tied for the best record in the SEC in both years.

Antonio Langham, Alabama, cornerback, 1990-93: Langham was a unanimous All-American and the winner of the Jim Thorpe Award as the nation’s best defensive back in 1993. The previous season, the three-time All-SEC selection’s interception return for a touchdown late in the fourth quarter had lifted Alabama to a 28-21 victory in the first SEC Championship Game, sending the Crimson Tide on to a matchup with undefeated Miami (Fla.) in the Sugar Bowl for the national championship. The former Hazlewood High School star holds the Alabama career record with 19 interceptions.

Michael Oher, Ole Miss, offensive tackle, 2005-08: Oher started 47 consecutive games during his career with the Rebels. In 2008, he received the SEC’s Jacobs Blocking Trophy and earned unanimous All-American recognition, the third Ole Miss player to reach that status.

Larry Seivers, Tennessee, wide receiver, 1974-76: Seivers is one of the 29 SEC players who has been a consensus All-American more than once. Seivers led the SEC in receiving in 1975 and 1976, catching 41 passes for a league-leading 840 yards in 1975 and making 51 catches for 737 yards in 1976. When he left Tennessee, he was the Volunteers’ all-time leader in receptions and receiving yards.

Richard Seymour, Georgia, defensive tackle, 1997-2000: After becoming one of the two defensive linemen to lead a Georgia team in tackles for a season and earning All-SEC recognition in 1999, Seymour repeated as an all-conference pick and earned first-team All-American recognition from the American Football Coaches Association and the Walter Camp Football Foundation in 2000. Seymour played on four bowl-winning teams with the Bulldogs.

Takeo Spikes, Auburn, linebacker, 1995-97: A two-time member of The Associated Press’ All-American second team, Spikes was a first-team All-American for The Sporting News in 1997. Auburn played in the SEC Championship Game for the first time that season, and Spikes capped his career as the MVP of the Tigers’ 21-17 victory over Clemson in the Peach Bowl. Spikes made 331 tackles at Auburn, then recorded 1,431 in a 15-year NFL career.

Tuberville compiled a 159-99 record in 21 seasons as a head coach, including 14 in the SEC. At his first stop as a head coach, Tuberville went 25-20 at Ole Miss from 1995 through 1998. He moved to Auburn in 1999 and guided the Tigers to an 85-40 record over the next 10 seasons. Auburn went 13-0 under Tuberville in 2004, including a 38-28 victory over Tennessee in the SEC Championship Game. Tuberville finished his coaching career with three seasons at Texas Tech and four at Cincinnati.

Also on the player ballot are Arkansas defensive lineman Dan Hampton and guard Leotis Harris. They played for the Razorbacks before Arkansas became a member of the SEC.

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.

Players aren’t considered for the College Football Hall of Fame until 10 years after their final season. They also aren’t considered while they are active NFL players.

Players aren’t considered if their college careers ended more than 50 years ago either. Those players still can be chosen for the College Football Hall of Fame, but their qualifications are examined by the Football Bowl Subdivision Honors Review Committee, bypassing the ballot.

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.

Head coaches must have at least 10 seasons and 100 games of experience and a winning percentage of at least .600 to be considered.

More than 12,000 National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame voters received the ballot. Their votes were considered by the NFF’s Honors Court, which selected the Class of 2024.

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