Former Oklahoma NG Dewey Selmon (1972-75) and Oklahoma State WR Justin Blackmon (2009-11) have been selected by the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame to the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame Class.
 
The 19 First Team All-America players and three standout coaches in the 2024 Class were selected from the national ballot of 78 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 101 players and 32 coaches from the divisional ranks.
 
The 2024 College Football Hall of Fame Class will officially be inducted during the 66th NFF Annual Awards Dinner Presented by Las Vegas on Dec. 10, 2024, at Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.
 
The inductees will also be recognized at their respective collegiate institutions with NFF Hall of Fame On-Campus Salutes, presented by Fidelity Investments, during the fall. Their accomplishments will be forever immortalized at the Chick-fil-A College Football Hall of Fame, which is celebrating its 10^th Anniversary in Atlanta on Aug. 23. Each inductee will receive a custom ring created by Jostens, the official and exclusive supplier of NFF rings.
 
Blackmon became one of the most dominant receivers in college football history, twice garnering unanimous First Team All-American laurels during his time in Stillwater. The Ardmore, Oklahoma, product now becomes the sixth Oklahoma State player to enter the Hall.
 
Only the second player in history to twice win the Biletnikoff Award, given to the nation's top receiver, Blackmon was the back-to-back recipient in 2010 and 2011. Each year, he also claimed unanimous First Team All-American honors while finishing fifth in the Heisman Trophy voting in 2010.
 
Blackmon holds the NCAA record with 14-straight games with at least 100 receiving yards and 14-straight games with at least 100 receiving yards and a touchdown.  He turned in the sixth-best receiving season in NCAA history with 1,782 yards on 111 receptions with 20 touchdowns in 2010. His 20 touchdown receptions in 2010 ranked seventh-most in NCAA history and his 1,782 receiving yards set an NCAA record for a sophomore. As a junior in 2011, his 122 receptions set the 13th-highest total in NCAA history at the time.
 
He became the first receiver in conference history to be named the Big 12 Offensive Player of the Year, claiming the honor in 2010. A two-time First Team All-Big 12 performer, he ranks third in Big 12 single-season annals with 122 receptions (2011), 1,782 receiving yards (2010) and 20 receiving touchdowns (2010). He led the league in receiving (148.5 ypg), scoring touchdowns (11 ppg) and all-purpose yards (155.5 ypg) in 2010, and in 2011, he led the Big 12 with 9.4 receptions per game. He holds multiple spots in the Pokes' record books, boasting the single-season records- for receptions (122 in 2011), receiving yards (1,782 in 2010) and receiving touchdowns (20 in 2010). His OSU career totals include 253 receptions for 3,564 receiving yards and 42 touchdowns.
 
Oklahoma State went 32-7 during Blackmon's time in Stillwater. The 2011 campaign produced one of the most successful seasons in school history with the Pokes' first-ever Big 12 title and first outright conference title since 1948. The team finished with a 12-1 record and a final No. 3 AP ranking after a 41-38 victory in the Fiesta Bowl over Stanford. Blackmon was named the game's offensive MVP after catching eight passes for 186 yards and three touchdowns. In 2010, OSU went 11-2, finishing as Big 12 South Co-Champions and marking the school's first 11-win season. They beat Arizona, 36-10, in the Alamo Bowl, finishing No. 13 in the AP Poll. Blackmon earned Offensive MVP honors with two touchdowns and 117 receiving yards.
 
Selected fifth overall in the 2012 NFL Draft, Blackmon played two seasons for the Jacksonville Jaguars and was named to the 2012 NFL All-Rookie Team. Following his NFL career, he returned home to Ardmore, Oklahoma, and he is a regular participant with the Coaches vs. Cancer initiatives. He was inducted into the Oklahoma State Athletics Hall of Honor in 2023.
 
An All-American on the Oklahoma teams that claimed back-to-back national titles, Dewey Selmon dominated on the defensive line for the Sooners during one of the most impressive winning streaks in college football history. The Eufaula, Oklahoma, native becomes the 23^rd Oklahoma player to enter the College Football Hall of Fame.
 
A two-time First Team All-American (consensus in 1975), Selmon starred for Hall of Fame coach Barry Switzer and the Sooners from 1972-75, helping them to national titles in 1974 and 1975. Oklahoma sewed up the 1975 national championship by beating No. 5 Michigan 14-6 in the Orange Bowl as Selmon recorded 13 tackles, an OU bowl game record by a defensive lineman. His Sooners held the Wolverines to just 202 offensive yards in the game.
 
With Selmon as a starter from 1973-75, OU went a remarkable 32-1-1, boasting four-consecutive top-three final AP rankings at No. 2 in 1972, No. 3 in 1973 and No. 1 in 1974 and 1975. The Sooners allowed just 12.1 points per game in 1973, 8.4 in 1974 and 12.8 in 1975. His 34-career starts were the second-most by an OU defensive lineman at the end of his career. His teammates included his brothers Lee Roy Selmon a fellow Hall of Fame inductee and a 1975 NFF National Scholar-Athlete, and Lucious Selmon, also a First Team All-American. In 2022, OU unveiled a statue of the three brothers in recognition of their unique contributions at OU.
 
Selmon finished his OU career with 325 tackles, 25 tackles for loss (for 109 yards), three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries. In a 16-13 win over Texas in 1974, he registered 22 tackles, which still stands as the single-game school record by a defensive lineman. He is one of only five OU defensive linemen in school history to record 100-plus tackle seasons twice. A two-time First Team All-Big Eight selection, Selmon contributions also included four-straight Big Eight titles from 1972-75 by the Sooners.
 
Selmon also excelled in the classroom, earning recognition as a two-time CoSIDA Academic All-American (1975 First Team and 1974 Second Team) and a four-time Academic All-Big Eight selection. He was inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-America Hall of Fame in 2010.
 
Selmon was selected in the second round of the 1976 NFL Draft by Tampa Bay. After a seven-year NFL career between the Buccaneers and San Diego Chargers, he returned to Oklahoma to work as an oil and gas consultant, later opening his own construction business.
 
His profile work in the community includes volunteering with the United Way, serving on the board of the Shine Foundation, chairing fundraising campaigns for the Sam Nobel Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, the American Lung Association, the Ronald McDonald House and the Children's Miracle Network. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame in 2012 and the Orange Bowl Hall of Fame in 2022. His son, Zac, is the director of athletics at Mississippi State.