Andy Levitre Named To 2024 College Football Hall Of Fame Ballot

CORVALLIS, Ore. – Andy Levitre was named to the 2024 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced Monday.
 
The ballot was emailed to the more than 12,000 NFF members and current Hall of Famers whose votes will be tabulated and submitted to the NFF's Honors Court, which will deliberate and select the class. The Honors Court, chaired by NFF Board Member and College Football Hall of Famer Archie Griffin from Ohio State, includes an elite and geographically diverse pool of athletic administrators, Hall of Famers and members of the media.
 
There have been five former Oregon State players or coaches inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. The list includes Terry Baker (1982), Bill Enyart (2011) and Mike Hass (2022) as those who starred on the field, while the coaches include Tommy Prothro (1991) and Dennis Erickson (2019).
 
Levitre was a four-year letterman offensive lineman for the Beavers from 2005-08, redshirting in 2004. He assisted the Beavers to a record of 33-18, including 27-12 as a starter, and three bowl victories. The Beavers finished in the final Associated Press Poll each of his final three seasons, which culminated with Sun Bowl victories over Missouri and Pittsburgh, and an Emerald Bowl win over Maryland.
 
The Ben Lomand, Calif., native earned All-America honors as a senior by the Associated Press, American Football Coaches Association, and Pro Football Weekly. He was a 2008 Pac-12 First Team honoree and earned 2007 Second Team and 2006 Honorable Mention. Levitre was on the Outland Trophy Watch List, presented to the nation's top interior lineman, and participated in the Senior Bowl.
 
Levitre was drafted in the second round, the highest selected Beaver offensive lineman in the history of the program, of the 2009 NFL Draft by the Buffalo Bills. His career spanned through the 2018 season that also included stints with the Tennessee Titans and the Atlanta Falcons. He started for the Falcons in Super Bowl LI in 2017. He was a member of the NFL's All-Rookie Team in 2009 and twice was a Pro Bowl alternative.
 
The announcement of the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be made in early 2024, with specific details to be announced in the future.
 
The 2024 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be officially inducted during the 66th NFF Annual Awards Dinner Presented by Las Vegas on Dec. 10, 2024, and permanently immortalized at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta. They will also be honored at their respective schools with an NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salute, presented by Fidelity Investments, during the 2024 season.
 
The criteria for Hall of Fame consideration include:
 

• First and foremost, a player must have received First-Team All-America recognition by a selector that is recognized by the NCAA and utilized to comprise its consensus All-America teams.
• A player becomes eligible for consideration by the Foundation's Honors Courts 10 full seasons after his final year of intercollegiate football played.
• While each nominee's football achievements in college are of prime consideration, his post-football record as a citizen is also weighed. He must have proven himself worthy as a citizen, carrying the ideals of football forward into his relations with his community. Consideration may also be given for academic honors and whether the candidate earned a college degree.
• Players must have played their last year of intercollegiate football within the last 50 years.* For example, to be eligible for the 2024 ballot, the player must have played his last year in 1974 or thereafter. In addition, players who are playing professionally and coaches who are coaching on the professional level are not eligible until after they retire.
• A coach becomes eligible three full seasons after retirement or immediately following retirement provided he is at least 70 years of age. Active coaches become eligible at 75 years of age. He must have been a head football coach for a minimum of 10 years and coached at least 100 games with a .600 winning percentage.

 
Of the 5.62 million individuals who have played college football since Princeton first battled Rutgers on Nov. 6, 1869, only 1,074 players have earned induction into the College Football Hall of Fame, or less than two one-hundredths of a percent (.02%) of those who have played the game during the past 153 seasons. From the coaching ranks, 230 individuals have achieved Hall of Fame distinction.
 
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