NFF, Hall to Honor Stovall in Tiger Stadium
LSU and The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced today that they will jointly honor Jerry Stovall with an NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute Nov. 6, 2010, as the Tigers host Alabama in Baton Rouge.
"This is a great and important recognition for one of the legendary figures in LSU athletics history," LSU Vice Chancellor and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva said. "This honor is long overdue for someone who had such a tremendous impact on the game of football. Jerry played an important role in our football history and LSU congratulates him on this well-deserved honor."
On May 27, the NFF announced that Stovall, who played halfback at LSU from 1960-62 and earned unanimous All-America honors in '62 , will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as a member of the 2010 class. Throughout the football season, each Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) College Football Hall of Fame inductee returns to his school for the special on-field event, where a commemorative plaque is presented to the university for permanent display. Beginning with the NFF's inaugural Hall of Fame class in 1951, the On-Campus Salute has served as the first of numerous highlights in the hall of fame experience, giving each inductee one more chance to take the field.
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