Willie Roaf, a former New Orleans Saints star tackle now in the Pro Football Hall of Fame and one of the team's first inductees into its Ring of Honor, was one of six former Saints players listed on the ballot for the 2014 College Football Hall of Fame. Ricky Williams, a Heisman Trophy winning running back from Texas, was a first-round pick of the Saints and had several strong seasons in New Orleans before finishing his career with the Miami Dolphins.
The other former Saints players on the ballot released Thursday: wide receiver Wes Chandler, tight end Wesley Walls, wide receiver Trey Burton and running back Troy Davis.
Here are the 75 players and six coaches from the FBS level on this year's ballot. The class will be announced in May.
PLAYERS
Trev Alberts, LB, Nebraska
Eric Bieniemy, RB, Colorado
Dre Bly, DB, North Carolina
Tony Boselli, OT, USC
Brian Bosworth, LB, Oklahoma
Bob Breunig, LB, Arizona State
Jerome Brown, DT, Miami
Ruben Brown, OT, Pitt
Larry Burton, WR, Purdue
Dave Butz, DT, Purdue
Freddie Carr, LB, UTEP
Mark Carrier, S, USC
Wes Chandler, WR, Florida
Shane Conlan, LB, Penn State
Tim Couch, QB, Kentucky
Tom Cousineau, LB, Ohio State
Bob Crable, LB, Notre Dame
Paul Crane, C/LB, Alabama
Eric Crouch, QB, Nebraska
Randall Cunningham, QB/P, UNLV
Troy Davis, RB, Iowa State
Eric Dickerson, RB, SMU
Mike Dirks, DT, Wyoming
D.J. Dozier, RB, Penn State
Tim Dwight, WR/Returner, Iowa
Jumbo Elliott, OT, Michigan
William Fuller, DT, North Carolina
Thom Gatewood, WR, Notre Dame
Willie Gault, WR, Tennessee
Kirk Gibson, WR, Michigan State
Charlie Gogolak, K, Princeton
Joe Hamilton, QB, Georgia Tech
Al Harris, DE, Arizona State
Dana Howard, LB, Illinois
Randy Hughes, DB, Oklahoma
Bobby Humphrey, RB, Alabama
Raghib Ismail, WR, Notre Dame
Roy Jefferson, WR, Utah
Ernie Jennings, WR, Air Force
Keyshawn Johnson, WR, USC
Clinton Jones, RB, Michigan State
Lincoln Kennedy, OT, Washington
Tim Krumrie, DT, Wisconsin
Greg Lewis, RB, Washington
Jesse Lewis, DT, Oregon State
Ray Lewis, LB, Miami
Robert Lytle, RB, Michigan
Bob McKay, OT, Texas
Cade McNown, QB, UCLA
Mark Messner, DL, Michigan
Darrin Nelson, RB, Stanford
Ken Norton Jr, LB, UCLA
Tom Nowatzke, FB, Indiana
Jim Otis, FB, Ohio State
Paul Palmer, RB, Temple
Antwaan Randle El, QB, Indiana
Simeon Rice, LB, Illinois
Ron Rivera, LB, Cal
Willie Roaf, OL, Louisiana Tech
Mike Ruth, NG, Boston College
Rashaan Salaam, RB, Colorado
Warren Sapp, DT, Miami
John Sciarra, QB, UCLA
Larry Seivers, WR, Tennessee
Sterling Sharpe, WR, South Carolina
Art Still, DE, Kentucky
Derrick Thomas, LB, Alabama
Zach Thomas, LB, Texas Tech
LaDainian Tomlinson, RB, TCU
Jackie Walker, LB, Tennessee
Wesley Walls, TE, Mississippi
Lorenzo White, RB, Michigan State
Clarence Williams, RB, Washington State
Ricky Williams, RB, Texas
Steve Wisniewski, OG, Penn State
COACHES
Mike Belotti -- Chico State, Oregon
Jim Carlen -- West Virginia, Texas Tech, South Carolina
Pete Cawthon -- Texas Tech
Danny Ford -- Clemson, Arkansas
Billy Jack Murphy -- Memphis
Darryl Rogers -- Call State-Hayward, Fresno State, San Jose State, Michigan State, Arizona State
