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6. Aeneas Williams
The Professional Football career of Aeneas Williams was extraordinary, as he was a walk-on at Southern during his junior year and two years later would be a third round pick.
Williams was not on anyone's radar for greatness, but that is what he became in a career that began with the Cardinals. Winning the starting Cornerback on the right side, Williams was an All-Rookie with six picks and finished third in Defensive Player of the Year honors. The team moved him to the left side, where he was named a Pro Bowler six years in a row (1994-99), with First Team All-Pro honors coming in 1995 and 1997. Williams also led the NFL in Interceptions in 1994 (9) and had 55 over his career, 44 as a Cardinal.
The rebuilding Cards would trade Williams to the St. Louis Rams, where he would win a Super Bowl.
Williams entered the Cardinals Ring of Honor in 2008 and got the Pro Football Hall of Fame call in 2014.
The Black College Football HOF has announced their latest class
Ken Burrough: Wide Receiver, Texas Southern University: 1966-69.
Burrough would parlay a successful career at Texas Southern into a first round pick by the New Orleans Saints. He would go to the Houston Oilers the year after and stay there for a decade where he would be named to two Pro Bowls. In 1975 he would lead the NFL in Receiving Yards.
Jethro Pugh: Defensive Tackle, Elizabeth City State: 1961-64.
Pugh would be named a two-time All-CIAA Defensive End in college and would go to professionally play for the Dallas Cowboys where he would help the team win two Super Bowls.
Otis Taylor: Wide Receiver, Prairie View A&M: 1961-64.
Taylor would become a star with the Kansas City Chiefs and was a big reason they made it to and won Super Bowl IV. The Wide Receiver would accumulate more than 7,000 Yards as a wide out.
Emmitt Thomas: Cornerback, Bishop College: 1962-65.
Thomas would go on to have a thirteen year career in the National Football League with the Kansas City Chiefs, where he would make five Pro Bowls and win a Super Bowl. He would win two more Super Bowls as a coach.
Aeneas Williams: Cornerback/Free Safety, Southern University: 1989-90.
Aeneas Williams would become a defensive force in the NFL with the Arizona Cardinals making eight Pro Bowls. Williams would become a Pro Football Hall of Famer in 2014.
Lloyd Wells: Contributor.
Wells was a Scout at Texas Southern University and would later become one in the NFL. He would be instrumental in the scouting of traditional black colleges and was somewhat of a pioneer in that field.
The Class of 2016 will be honored at the Enshrinement Ceremony in Atlanta, Georgia on February 27, 2016.
We here at Notinhalloffame.com would like to congratulate the newest class to the Black College Football Hall of Fame and are looking forward to seeing this institution’s progression.