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Tennessee football head coach Josh Heupel and two former Vols are on the 2027 National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame ballot.
Heupel, WillieGault and Deon Grant are also on the ballot, which was released Monday.
Heupel is appearing on the ballot for a seventh consecutive year. As a quarterback at Oklahoma, he was a first-team consensus All-American and won the 2000 BCS national championship.
Gault was a First-Team All-American in 1982. He led the Vols to three bowl games. As a wide receiver and returner, he set six SEC punt and kick return records. Gault tied the NCAA record with kickoff returns in a single season with three in 1980.
He totaled 82 receptions and amassed 1,482 receiving yards and recorded 10 receiving touchdowns during his career at Tennessee.
Gault was a 1983 first-round draft pick by the Chicago Bears. He played 11 seasons for the Bears and Los Angeles Raiders, and was a Super Bowl champion with Chicago in Super Bowl XX.
Grant, a safety, played for the Vols from 1997-99 under head coach Phillip Fulmer. He was a member of Tennessee's 1998 BCS national championship team. Grant was a 1999 consensus First Team All-American and Jim Thorpe Award finalist.
He helped the Vols win two SEC championships, and was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press in 1999. Grant was a first-team all-conference performer as a junior after leading the SEC with nine interceptions.
Following his career with the Vols, Grant was selected in the second round of the 2000 NFL draft (No. 57 overall) by Carolina. He played for the Panthers (2000-03), Jacksonville (2004-06), Seattle (2007-09) and the Giants (2010-11).
Grant was a Super Bowl champion with New York. He recorded 776 career tackles, 6.5 sacks, 30 interceptions, 10 fumble recoveries and four forced fumbles.
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Heupel, WillieGault and Deon Grant are also on the ballot, which was released Monday.
Heupel is appearing on the ballot for a seventh consecutive year. As a quarterback at Oklahoma, he was a first-team consensus All-American and won the 2000 BCS national championship.
Gault was a First-Team All-American in 1982. He led the Vols to three bowl games. As a wide receiver and returner, he set six SEC punt and kick return records. Gault tied the NCAA record with kickoff returns in a single season with three in 1980.
He totaled 82 receptions and amassed 1,482 receiving yards and recorded 10 receiving touchdowns during his career at Tennessee.
Gault was a 1983 first-round draft pick by the Chicago Bears. He played 11 seasons for the Bears and Los Angeles Raiders, and was a Super Bowl champion with Chicago in Super Bowl XX.
Grant, a safety, played for the Vols from 1997-99 under head coach Phillip Fulmer. He was a member of Tennessee's 1998 BCS national championship team. Grant was a 1999 consensus First Team All-American and Jim Thorpe Award finalist.
He helped the Vols win two SEC championships, and was named the SEC Defensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press in 1999. Grant was a first-team all-conference performer as a junior after leading the SEC with nine interceptions.
Following his career with the Vols, Grant was selected in the second round of the 2000 NFL draft (No. 57 overall) by Carolina. He played for the Panthers (2000-03), Jacksonville (2004-06), Seattle (2007-09) and the Giants (2010-11).
Grant was a Super Bowl champion with New York. He recorded 776 career tackles, 6.5 sacks, 30 interceptions, 10 fumble recoveries and four forced fumbles.
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This article originally appeared on Vols Wire: Josh Heupel, Willie Gault, Deon Grant on Hall of Fame ballot
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