Coach Larry Blakeney and players Al Lucas and Freddie Thomas are candidates for enshrinement.
Troy State defensive linemen Al Lucas and Osi Umenyiora tackle Stephen F. Austin running back Joe Rauls on Nov. 6, 1999, in Troy.coach Larry Blakeney and players Al Lucas and Freddie Thomas are among the nominees for the College Football Hall of Fame.Blakeney, Lucas and Thomas appeared together for the first time on the ballot for the Class of 2019 and have been included annually since.
This year, Blakeney is among the nine coaches on the NCAA FBS portion of the ballot and Lucas and Thomas are among the 101 players on the divisional part of the ballot. A three-sport star at Gordo High School and a former Auburn quarterback, defensive back and assistant coach, Blakeney served as Troy’s head coach from 1991 through 2014 as the Trojans moved from NCAA Division II to NCAA FCS and NCAA FBS.
As Blakeney compiled a 178-113-1 record, the Trojans won the Sun Belt Conference championship annually from 2006 through 2010 under his leadership after winning three Southland Conference titles. Troy went to the FCS playoffs seven times and bowls five times under Blakeney’s guidance. Lucas played defensive tackle for Blakeney-coached teams from 1996 through 1999. In his senior season, the two-time All-American won the Buck Buchanan Award as the best defensive player in NCAA FCS. The Trojans won the Southland Conference championship that season, as they had in his freshman campaign in 1996.A defensive back, Thomas came to Troy as a walk-on in 1984, when the Trojans won the NCAA Division II championship by beating North Dakota State 18-17.
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