The National Football Foundation announced on Wednesday that 170 players and 35 coaches from all level of college football would be on the 2017 Hall of Fame ballot.

As explained by the NFF, "The ballot was emailed this week to the more than 12,000 NFF members and current Hall of Famers whose votes will be tabulated and submitted to the NFF’s Honors Courts, which deliberate and select the class."

The class will be announced on January 6th, 2017 in Tampa, where the College Football Playoff Championship will be held. The induction ceremony will be on December 5th, 2017 in New York City.

There are 977 players and 211 coaches currently in the Hall of Fame.

From the Underdog ranks, here are those on the ballot, including the recently-discussed Eric Dickerson.

2017 PLAYER CANDIDATES



Freddie Carr, UTEP - Linebacker

Trevor Cobb, Rice - Running Back

Eric Dickerson, SMU - Running Back

Paul Palmer, Temple - Running Back

Marc Zeno, Tulane - Wide Receiver

Bill Bergey, Arkansas State - Linebacker

Joe Campbell, Middle Tennessee State - Running Back

Bruce Collie, Texas-Arlington - Offensive Tackle

John Dorsey, Connecticut - Linebacker

Bernard Ford, Central Florida - Wide Receiver

Don Griffin, Middle Tennessee State - Safety

Rene Ingoglia, Massachusetts - Running Back

Steve McAdoo, Middle Tennessee State - Offensive Lineman

Ed O’Brien, Central Florida - Placekicker

Chris Parker, Marshall - Running Back

Adrian Peterson, Georgia Southern - Running Back

Charlie Pierce, Central Florida - Punter / Placekicker

David Rhodes, Central Florida - Wide Receiver

Terry Schmidt, Ball State - Defensive Back

Steve Schubert, Massachusetts - Wide Receiver

Freddie Thomas, Troy - Defensive Back

2017 COACH CANDIDATES