University of Delaware Athletics
Delaware Alums Kuhlman and Renna Part of 2023 CFB Hall of Fame Ballot
6/16/2022 2:07:00 PM | Football
IRVING, Texas – The National Football Foundation (NFF) and the College Football Hall of Fame have announced the 2023 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame Wednesday, which included a pair of University of Delaware All-Americans in Garry Kuhlman '82 and Mike Renna '90. This is the second-consecutive year that both alums have been on the ballot.
Kuhlman was a member of the Blue Hens from 1979-81 as an offensive lineman and a two-time First-Team All-American selection. He was part of the 1979 Division II National Championship team and reached the NCAA Division II Quarterfinals as a senior. Kuhlman helped Delaware rank as the highest-scoring offense in 1979, averaging 35.5 points per game, and yards per game, piling up 405.5 yards per game.
Renna played for the Blue and Gold from 1987-89 as a defensive lineman, earning two selections to the All-America First Team. He closed out his career as the 10th leading tackler in program history with 205. Renna helped guide the Blue Hens back to the playoffs in 1988. He is a 2008 inductee into the University of Delaware Athletics Hall of Fame.
The announcement of the 2023 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be made in early 2023, with specific details to be announced in the future.
The 2023 College Football Hall of Fame Class will be officially inducted during the 65th NFF Annual Awards Dinner on Dec. 5, 2023, 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 2023 season.
Criteria for Hall of Fame consideration:
- 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 2023 ballot, the player must have played his last year in 1973 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.
- Nominations may only be submitted by the current athletics director, head coach or sports information director (SID) of a potential candidate's collegiate institution. Nominations may also be submitted by the president/executive director of a dues-paying chapter of the National Football Foundation.
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