PLAYER FINALISTS (22 Players)
- Joe “747” Adams (QB, Tennessee State University, 1977-1980)
- Coy Bacon (DL, Jackson State University, 1964-1967)
- Verlon Biggs (DE, Jackson State University, 1962-1965)
- Dwaine Board (DE, North Carolina A&T State University, 1975-1978)
- Ben Coates (TE, Livingstone College, 1987-1990)
- Greg Coleman (P, Florida A&M University, 1972-1975)
- Clem Daniels (RB, Prairie View A&M University, 1956-1959)
- Kevin Dent (S, Jackson State University, 1985-1988)
- Donald Driver (WR, Alcorn State University, 1995-1998)
- Jimmie Giles (TE, Alcorn State University, 1973-1976)
- Winston Hill (OL, Texas Southern University, 1960-1963)
- Richard Huntley (RB, Winston-Salem State University, 1992-1995)
- Henry Lawrence (OL, Florida A&M University, 1970-1973)
- Albert Lewis (DB, Grambling State University, 1979-1982
- Tyrone McGriff (OL, Florida A&M University, 1976-1979)
- John “Big Train” Moody (RB, Morris Brown College, 1939-1941)
- Nate Newton (OL, Florida A&M University, 1979-1982)
- Elijah Pitts (RB, Philander Smith College, 1958-1961)
- Jake Reed (WR, Grambling State University, 1987-1990)
- Johnnie Walton (QB, Elizabeth City State University, 1965-1968)
- Sammie White (WR, Grambling State University, 1972-1975)
- Roynell Young (DB, Alcorn State University, 1976-1979)