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LEXINGTON, KY - SEPTEMBER 19: Randall Cobb #18 of the Kentucky Wildcats reaches for the game winning touchdown while defended by Karldell Dunning #7 of the Louisville Cardinals during the game at Commonwealth Stadium on September 19, 2009 in Lexington, Kentucky. (Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images) | Getty Images
Former Kentucky Wildcats standout Randall Cobb has been named to the 2027 ballot for consideration for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame. Cobb is one of 80 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 99 players and 39 coaches from the divisional ranks.
Cobb, a native of Alcoa, Tennessee, was a three-year letter winner for the Wildcats from 2008-10. He was named First-Team All-America as a junior and First-Team All-Southeastern Conference as a sophomore and junior after setting the SEC single-season record for all-purpose yardage (2,396 yards in 2010) and the UK career record for touchdowns (37).
As a freshman in 2008, he was named to the SEC All-Freshman Team after accounting for 11 touchdowns – two passing, two receiving, and seven rushing.
During the 2010 season, Cobb was a finalist for the Paul Hornung Award as the nation’s most versatile player and was the only FBS player to rank first or second on a team in rushing, passing, and receiving.
A clutch player, he scored five game-winning fourth-quarter touchdowns in his career, at Georgia, at Auburn, and at home vs. Arkansas, Louisville, and South Carolina.
After his junior season, Cobb was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the 2011 NFL Draft. Throughout his 13 years in the NFL with four different teams (Packers, Cowboys, Texans, and Jets), he totaled over 7,600 receiving yards with 54 touchdowns, including a career-high 1,287 yards in the 2014 campaign with the Packers to earn him a spot in the Pro Bowl.
Despite leaving as a junior, Cobb continued to work on his degree in community and leadership development until graduating in 2016. His graduation fulfilled a vow he made to himself as a child that he would become the first person in his immediate family to graduate from college.
Cobb was inducted into the UK Athletics Hall of Fame in 2017, the (state of) Kentucky Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2022 and the (state of) Kentucky Sports Hall of Fame in 2025.
The announcement of the 2027 NFF College Football Hall of Fame Class will be made in early 2027, with specific details to be announced in the future.
A decade ago, Aaron Rodgers connected with Randall Cobb on a clutch 4th-and-8 play, winning the NFC North title!
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— OutOfSightSports(@OOSSports) December 30, 2023
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