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Danny Wuerffel, Tommie Frazier make College Football Hall of Fame

Florida Heisman Trophy-winner Danny Wuerffel prepares to unload a pass in the 1997 Sugar Bowl.
(Steve Coleman / Associated Press)
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The 2013 inductees into the College Football Hall of Fame were announced on Tuesday. They are: Heisman Trophy winner Danny Wuerffel of Florida, two-time national champion Tommie Frazier of Nebraska, Heisman winner Ron Dayne of Wisconsin, Heisman winner Vinny Testaverde of Miami, Ted Brown of North Carolina State, Tedy Bruschi of Arizona, Jerry Gray of Texas, Steve Meilinger of Kentucky, Orlando Pace of Ohio State, Rod Shoate of Oklahoma, Percy Snow of Michigan State and Don Trull of Baylor.

No USC or UCLA players were elected this year. The induction ceremony will be in December.

The new Hall of Fame coaches are Wayne Hardin, who led Navy and Temple, and Bill McCartney of Colorado.

Wuerffel won the Heisman in 1996, when he led the Gators to the national championship, throwing for 3,625 yards and 39 touchdowns.

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Frazier helped the Cornhuskers to national championships in 1994 and 1995. He finished second in the Heisman Trophy voting in 1995 as a senior and finished his career with 5,476 yards of total offense and 79 touchdowns.

Dayne is the NCAA’s career rushing leader with 6,397 yards, though his bowl game yards would boost his career total past 7,000 yards if he played at a time when the NCAA counted them in season stats. He won the Heisman in 1999.

Brown left North Carolina State as the Atlantic Coast Conference’s leader in rushing yards (4,602) and touchdowns (51).

Bruschi had 52 sacks as part of Arizona’s Desert Swarm defenses during the mid-1990s.

Gray is one of the top defensive backs to play at Texas. He finished his career with 16 interceptions and 297 tackles.

Steve Meilinger was a star on offense, defense and special teams at Kentucky in the early 1950s.

Orlando Pace is considered one of the most dominant offensive linemen in college football history. He finished fourth in the Heisman voting in 1996.

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Shoate led the Sooners in tackles for three straight seasons during his career from 1972 to 1974.

Snow became the first player to win both the Butkus Award as the nation’s top linebacker and the Lombardi as the top linemen or linebacker as a senior with Michigan State in 1989.

Trull passed for more than 4,000 yards and 27 touchdowns for the Bears from 1961 to 1963.

Hardin coached Joe Bellino and Roger Staubach to the Heisman Trophy at Navy in the 1960s, and then went on to become the most successful coach in Temple history.

McCartney helped turn Colorado to a national title contender in the 1990s

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