Four former Jaguars, including wide receiver Justin Blackmon and linebacker Paul Posluszny, will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame this December.
The National Football Foundation is celebrating the Class of 2024 electees, sharing available highlight compilations of incoming Hall of Fame members via social media, including the following videos of Blackmon with Oklahoma State and Posluszny with Penn State.
Watch the highlights below.
Justin Blackmon was DIFFERENT. Congratulations on becoming an electee for the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame.
Blackmon will be inducted on Dec. 10, 2024, in Las Vegas.
Learn how to join us: https://t.co/0j4R2pV3Sh#DAT l #GoPokes l @CowboyFB l @Big12Conference pic.twitter.com/7tzRd5jdHf
— National Football Foundation (@NFFNetwork) July 11, 2024
Paul Posluszny, a Penn State legend, is an electee for the 2024 College Football Hall of Fame.
Posluszny will be inducted on Dec. 10, 2024, in Las Vegas.
Learn how to join us: https://t.co/0j4R2pV3Sh#WeAre l #PennState l @PennStateFball l @bigten pic.twitter.com/5iFRmAkQ4J
— National Football Foundation (@NFFNetwork) July 9, 2024
Blackmon became Jacksonville’s first-round, No. 5 overall pick in the 2012 NFL draft after his two-time unanimous All-American career with the Cowboys. He caught 253 passes for 3,564 yards and 40 touchdowns over three seasons at Oklahoma State.
Blackmon’s explosive debut campaign with the Jaguars, in which he led the team with 64 receptions and all rookie wide receivers with 865 yards, was thought to be the beginning of an uber-productive NFL career.
But multiple suspensions and arrests on offenses related to substance abuse between 2012-14, resulting in fines, placement in the NFL’s substance abuse program and eventually probation, effectively brought his career to an end after four appearances in 2013.
Blackmon was denied reinstatement by the league in 2015 while on the Jaguars’ reserve/suspended list. He was never officially removed from the list.
Posluszny, a two-time consensus All-American at Penn State, racked up 372 tackles including for loss, nine sacks, two interceptions and three forced fumbles over 37 games with the Nittany Lions, before his second-round draft selection by Buffalo in 2007.
Posluszny signed with Jacksonville as a free agent in 2011 and spent seven seasons with the Jaguars before he retired from the NFL in 2018. He accumulated 816 tackles with 45 for loss, 13 sacks, 11 interceptions, 36 defended passes and four forced fumbles in that stretch and earned a Pro Bowl nod in 2013.
Additionally, former Jaguars defensive back Deon Figures (Colorado) and running back Toby Gerhart (Stanford) will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame later this year.
Bridges was a first-round pick by Pittsburgh in 1993 and spent four years with the Steelers before signing with Jacksonville in 1997. He recorded five interceptions in his first season with the Jaguars and logged another two picks the following campaign, his last in the NFL.
A second-round pick by Minnesota in 2010, Gerhart signed with the Jaguars in 2013 after four seasons with the Vikings. He rushed for 370 yards and two touchdowns and caught three passes for 23 yards in 21 games with Jacksonville before his release and exit from pro football in 2016.
