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Rene Ingoglia Named To 2024 College Football Hall of Fame Ballot

June 05, 2023 | Football

The National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame made the joint announcement on Monday

IRVING, Texas -- Former Massachusetts football running back Rene Ingoglia has been named to the 2024 ballot for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame announced on Monday (June 5).

Ingoglia finished his collegiate career as one of the top running backs in school history and was a two-time All-America selection (1994 and 1995) and he was also a three-time All-Yankee Conference selection. Ingoglia became the school and Yankee Conference's all-time leading career rusher with 4,623 yards after he ran for 656 yards during his rookie year, 1,284 yards as a sophomore, 1,505 yards as a junior and 1,178 yards as a senior.

Ingoglia closed out four years of dominance with 10 program records and a pair of the Yankee Conference's top statistical marks. He was the first UMass player in history to average more than 100 yards per game rushing over a career (112.8), posted 21 career 100-plus yard games, three career 200-plus yard performances and outrushed the entire opposing team 18 times in his career.

Following his college career, Ingoglia played parts of three NFL seasons (1996-98) with the Buffalo Bills and the Washington Redskins. He then competed for the Frankfurt Galaxy of NFL Europe in 1999, where he helped the team to the World Bowl Championship.

A Massachusetts Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, Ingoglia continues to work as a color analyst for ESPN.

The 2024 ballot includes 78 players and nine coaches from the Football Bowl Subdivision and 101 players and 32 coaches from the divisional ranks.



       
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