Coral Gables - Bennie Blades, one of the greatest players ever in Miami Hurricanes football history, will be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame at the annual enshrinement festival this Friday and Saturday in South Bend, Ind.
Blades will become only the third Hurricanes player to be inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame, joining Ted Hendricks and Don Bosseler, and he is the first from the modern era of UM football to be voted into the Hall of Fame. Two UM coaches are also in the Hall of Fame: Jack Harding and Andy Gustafson.
Blades joins a class of 15 inductees, including Emmitt Smith, Bruce Smith, Mike Rozier, Charlie Ward and coaches Joe Paterno and Bobby Bowden.
Blades to Be Inducted Into College Football Hall of Fame This Weekend