Texas Tech record-setting quarterback Graham Harrell was named to the 2024 ballot for induction into the prestigious National Football Foundation College Football Hall of Fame.

This is Harrell's second time to appear on the national ballot as he was joined by former teammate and fellow college football great Michael Crabtree as a nominee for the 2022 class. Crabtree received the necessary votes to be inducted as a first-time nominee that year as he was formally enshrined this past December during a banquet held in Las Vegas.

Over his three seasons leading Texas Tech's record-setting offense, Harrell torched opposing defenses to the tune of 15,793 passing yards over his Red Raider career. Harrell finished fourth in the 2008 Heisman Trophy voting, narrowly topping Crabtree, who was fifth overall after a memorable season that saw the Red Raiders finish 11-1 in the regular season and rise to No. 2 in the national polls.

Harrell was named the Sammy Baugh Trophy winner as a junior in 2007 before claiming the Johnny Unitas Award as well as AT&T All-America Player of the Year and Sporting News Co-Player of the Year honors in 2008. He was also tabbed a first team All-American by the AFCA following a 2008 season where he threw for 5,111 yards and 45 touchdowns.

Harrell previously threw for 5,705 yards through the air in 2007, which ranks third all-time in NCAA FBS history and second in school history only to fellow Red Raider signal caller B.J. Symons. To this day, Harrell remains Texas Tech's career leader for passing yards, touchdown passes (134), pass attempts (2,062), completions (1,403), passing yards per game (350.9), 300-yard games (32) and 400-yard games (20). He still ranks third in NCAA history for career touchdown passes and fourth for career passing yards.

Harrell was one of 78 former players from the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) selected for possible induction along with nine longtime coaches, a list that includes three former Texas Tech head coaches in Jim Carlen (1970-74), Pete Cawthon (1930-40) and Tommy Tuberville (2010-12). Carlen compiled a 37-20-2 record in his five seasons leading the Red Raiders, which was highlighted by an 11-1 campaign in 1973 that earned him National Coach of the Year honors. He was a three-time Southwest Conference Coach of the Year recipient after leading Texas Tech to a bowl appearance in four of his five seasons.

Cawthon boasts the highest winning percentage (.693) all-time by a Texas Tech head coach after he led the Red Raiders to four Border Conference titles over his 11 seasons. Cawthon, only the third head coach in program history, was 76-32-6 while leading the Red Raiders, which included a perfect 10-0 regular season in 1938 that resulted in the school's first-ever Cotton Bowl appearance.

Tuberville, meanwhile, was 20-17 over his three seasons in Lubbock, one of four stops for him over his coaching career, which also included stints at Ole Miss (1995-98), Auburn (1999-08) and Cincinnati (2013-16).

To be eligible for the College Football Hall of Fame ballot, players must have been the following: named a first team All-American by a major/national selector as recognized by the NCAA for its consensus All-America teams; played their last year of intercollegiate football at least 10 full seasons prior; played within the last 50 years; and cannot be currently playing professional football.

Coaches become 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. Coaches are required to have been a head coach for a minimum of 10 years and coached at least 100 games with a .600 winning percentage.

Voting for the 2024 class will begin this week among more than 12,000 NFF members and current Hall of Famers. Votes will be tabulated and submitted to the NFF's Honors Court, which will deliberate and select the class ahead of the official unveiling in early 2023.

Texas Tech currently has six players enshrined in the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta as E.J. Holub was inducted in 1986 followed by Donny Anderson in 1989, Dave Parks in 2008 and Gabe Rivera in 2012. Zach Thomas and Crabtree became Texas Tech's most recent inductees as part of the 2015 and 2022 classes, respectively. Former head coach Jerry Moore was also inducted as part of the 2014 class.