Howard, after graduating in 1988 from St. Joseph (now Villa Angela-St. Joseph), was a wide receiver and kick returner at Michigan. He went on to win Super Bowl XXXI MVP honors with the champion Green Bay Packers. Arizona State's Tillman was killed while serving in Afghanistan in 2004.
Michigan's Desmond Howard (21) heads toward the end zone with lineman Matt Elliott (69) during the Wolverines' 24-21 victory at Notre Dame in 1991.New York – The late Pat Tillman and Heisman Trophy winner Desmond Howard are among the 14 newly elected members of the College Football Hall of Fame.
The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame announced its latest class Thursday at a news conference at the Nasdaq Stock Exchange in Manhattan.
Tillman played linebacker for Arizona State from 1994-97 and gave up an NFL career to enlist in the Army in 2002. He killed while serving in Afghanistan in 2004.
Howard was a wide receiver for Michigan and won the Heisman 1991.
The newly elected Hall of Fame coaches are Barry Alvarez and Gene Stallings.
The other players in the new Hall class include Dennis Byrd of North Carolina State; Ronnie Caveness of Arkansas; Ray Childress of Texas A&M; Randy Cross of UCLA; Sam Cunningham of USC; Mark Herrmann of Purdue; Clarkston Hines of Duke; Chet Moeller of Navy; Jerry Stovall of LSU; and Alfred Williams of Colorado.