Several former Detroit Lions players are on the 2020 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. The nominations include 78 players and seven coaches from Division I and more than 100 from the other divisions of college football up for nomination.
The most notable NFL career belongs to Dwight Freeney, though the elite pass rusher did very little at the end of his long career in a brief 2017 cameo in Detroit.
Of players who achieved their NFL notoriety with the Lions, defensive lineman Jared DeVries is the most noteworthy. DeVries spent a decade in Detroit after being a 3rd-round pick out of Iowa in 1999.
Other ex-Lions joining DeVries and Freeney on the ballot include RB D.J. Dozier, OG Don Greco, RB Ken Simonton and CB Jerry Woods.
The College Football Hall of Fame doesn’t consider NFL success in the voting process. As a disclaimer, I am a voter.
